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02-EXO.usfm

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 \v 24 One night, as they were on the way to Egypt, Yahweh appeared to Moses in order to kill him.
-\v 25 Then Moses' wife, Zipporah, took a knife and cut off the foreskin of their firstborn son. Then she touched the foreskin to Moses' feet and said, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me."
+\v 25 Then Moses's wife, Zipporah, took a knife and cut off the foreskin of their firstborn son. Then she touched the foreskin to Moses's feet and said, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me."
 \v 26 Yahweh did not kill Moses. Zipporah said, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me" because of the circumcision.
 
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 \v 11 Whenever Moses lifted up his arms, the Israelite men started to win the battle; whenever he lowered his arms, the people of Amalek started to win.
-\v 12 But Moses' arms became tired. So Aaron and Hur rolled a large stone for him to sit on. While he was sitting on it, those two held up his arms, one man on either side of him. In that way, they kept his arms lifted up until the sun went down.
+\v 12 But Moses's arms became tired. So Aaron and Hur rolled a large stone for him to sit on. While he was sitting on it, those two held up his arms, one man on either side of him. In that way, they kept his arms lifted up until the sun went down.
 \v 13 In this way Joshua and the men with him defeated the people of Amalek in battle.
 
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-\v 1 Jethro, who was the priest for the people of Midian, and who was also Moses' father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for the Israelite people. He heard about how Yahweh had brought them out of Egypt.
+\v 1 Jethro, who was the priest for the people of Midian, and who was also Moses's father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for the Israelite people. He heard about how Yahweh had brought them out of Egypt.
 \v 2 Moses had sent his wife Zipporah and his two sons back home when he was returning to Egypt. But now Jethro came to him,
 \v 3 bringing Zipporah and her sons. One son was named Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means "foreigner" because Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner living in another land."
 \v 4 Her other son was named Eliezer, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means "God helps me" because Moses had said, "God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt."
 
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-\v 5 While Moses was camped with the Israelite people in the wilderness near Sinai, God's holy mountain, Jethro came to him, bringing along Moses' wife and two sons.
+\v 5 While Moses was camped with the Israelite people in the wilderness near Sinai, God's holy mountain, Jethro came to him, bringing along Moses's wife and two sons.
 \v 6 Jethro had sent a message to Moses, "I, your father-in-law, Jethro, am coming to see you. I am bringing your wife and her two sons!"
 
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-\v 7 So Moses went out of the campsite to meet his father-in-law. He bowed before him and kissed him on the cheek. They both asked each other, "Have you been well?" Then they went into Moses' tent.
+\v 7 So Moses went out of the campsite to meet his father-in-law. He bowed before him and kissed him on the cheek. They both asked each other, "Have you been well?" Then they went into Moses's tent.
 \v 8 Moses told Jethro everything that Yahweh had done to the king and all the other people in Egypt in order to help the Israelite people. He also told him about the troubles they had experienced on the way, and about how Yahweh had helped them.
 
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 \v 34 Whenever Moses entered the tent of meeting to talk with Yahweh, he would remove the cloth. When he came back out, he would always tell the Israelite people everything that Yahweh had commanded him to tell them.
-\v 35 The Israelite people would see that Moses' face was still shining. Then he would put the cloth back on his face again until the next time that he went to talk with Yahweh.
+\v 35 The Israelite people would see that Moses's face was still shining. Then he would put the cloth back on his face again until the next time that he went to talk with Yahweh.
 
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03-LEV.usfm

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 \v 28 Then Moses took those things from their hands and burned them on the altar. That was the offering that was burned to appoint Aaron and his sons as priests. And the aroma while it burned was pleasing to Yahweh.
-\v 29 Moses also took the breast of the second ram and lifted it high before Yahweh to offer it to him, as Yahweh had commanded. The breast was Moses' share of the ram that was sacrificed to dedicate the priests.
+\v 29 Moses also took the breast of the second ram and lifted it high before Yahweh to offer it to him, as Yahweh had commanded. The breast was Moses's share of the ram that was sacrificed to dedicate the priests.
 
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04-NUM.usfm

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-\v 1-2 Moses' older sister Miriam and his older brother Aaron were jealous of Moses and said, "Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us? Does Yahweh not speak messages through us two also?" They also criticized Moses because he had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people. And Yahweh heard Miriam and Aaron complaining about Moses.
+\v 1-2 Moses's older sister Miriam and his older brother Aaron were jealous of Moses and said, "Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us? Does Yahweh not speak messages through us two also?" They also criticized Moses because he had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people. And Yahweh heard Miriam and Aaron complaining about Moses.
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 \v 3 The truth was that Moses was a very humble person. He was more humble than anyone else on the earth.
 
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-\v 1 In the first month of the next year, the Israelite people traveled to the wilderness of Zin and camped near Kadesh. While they were there, Moses' sister Miriam died and was buried there.
+\v 1 In the first month of the next year, the Israelite people traveled to the wilderness of Zin and camped near Kadesh. While they were there, Moses's sister Miriam died and was buried there.
 
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 \toc1 The Book of Deuteronomy
 \toc2 Deuteronomy
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-\mt1 Moses' second speech
+\mt1 Moses's second speech
 
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 \v 4 Then Yahweh said to him, "You have now seen this land that I solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have allowed you to see it from a distance, but you will not go there."
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 \v 5 So Moses, who always served Yahweh faithfully, died there in the land of in Moab, which is what Yahweh said would happen.
-\v 6 Yahweh buried Moses' body in the valley in the land of Moab, across from the town of Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where he is buried.
+\v 6 Yahweh buried Moses's body in the valley in the land of Moab, across from the town of Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where he is buried.
 
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06-JOS.usfm

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-\v 1 After Moses the servant of Yahweh, died, Yahweh said this to Nun's son Joshua, who had been Moses' servant leader:
+\v 1 After Moses the servant of Yahweh, died, Yahweh said this to Nun's son Joshua, who had been Moses's servant leader:
 \v 2 "You know that my servant Moses is now dead. So now get ready to cross over the Jordan River, you and all these people. Enter the land that I will soon give to the people of Israel.
 \v 3 Everywhere you walk in this land, I will give to you, as I promised Moses.
 

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-\v 16 The Kenites who were descendants of Moses' father-in-law left Jericho, which was called "The City of Palm Trees." They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern Judean wilderness, near the city of Arad.
+\v 16 The Kenites who were descendants of Moses's father-in-law left Jericho, which was called "The City of Palm Trees." They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern Judean wilderness, near the city of Arad.
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 \v 17 The men of Judah and their fellow Israelites from the tribe of Simeon defeated the Canaanites who lived in the city of Zephath. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, which means "complete destruction."
 
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-\v 11 At that time Heber (the Kenite) had moved away from the Kenites with his wife Jael, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. (Heber was a descendant of Moses' father-in-law Hobab.)
+\v 11 At that time Heber (the Kenite) had moved away from the Kenites with his wife Jael, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. (Heber was a descendant of Moses's father-in-law Hobab.)
 
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 \q2 and they began to oppress his people.
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 \v 26 But then Yahweh sent his servant Moses
-\q2 along with Moses' older brother Aaron, whom Yahweh had also chosen to be his servant.
+\q2 along with Moses's older brother Aaron, whom Yahweh had also chosen to be his servant.
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 \v 27 Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt
 \q2 in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.

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-\v 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary's husband, and Mary was Jesus' mother. Jesus is the one who is called Christ.
+\v 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary's husband, and Mary was Jesus's mother. Jesus is the one who is called Christ.
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-\v 17 The list of Jesus' ancestors is as follows: Fourteen of them from the time when Abraham lived to the time when King David lived. There were another fourteen from the time when David lived until the time when people of Israel were taken away to Babylon, and then yet another fourteen from then until the time when Christ was born.
+\v 17 The list of Jesus's ancestors is as follows: Fourteen of them from the time when Abraham lived to the time when King David lived. There were another fourteen from the time when David lived until the time when people of Israel were taken away to Babylon, and then yet another fourteen from then until the time when Christ was born.
 
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-\v 21 Another man who was one of Jesus' disciples said to him, "Lord, permit me first to go home. After my father dies I will bury him, and then I will come with you."
+\v 21 Another man who was one of Jesus's disciples said to him, "Lord, permit me first to go home. After my father dies I will bury him, and then I will come with you."
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 \v 22 But Jesus said to him, "Come with me now. The people who are as good as dead, let them wait for their own people to die."
 
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 \v 1 A week after Jesus said that, he took Peter, James, and John the younger brother of James, and led them up a high mountain where they were away from other people.
-\v 2 While they were there, the three disciples saw Jesus' appearance change. His face shone like the sun, and his clothing shone and became as brilliant as light.
+\v 2 While they were there, the three disciples saw Jesus's appearance change. His face shone like the sun, and his clothing shone and became as brilliant as light.
 
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 \v 24 When Jesus and the disciples came to the city of Capernaum, the men who collected taxes for the temple approached Peter and said to him, "Your teacher pays the temple tax, does he not?"
 \v 25 He answered them, "Yes, he does pay it." 
-\p When the disciples came into Jesus' house, before Peter began to speak, Jesus said to him, "Simon, from whom do you think rulers collect revenue or taxes? Do they collect taxes from the citizens of their own country, or from citizens of countries they have conquered?"
+\p When the disciples came into Jesus's house, before Peter began to speak, Jesus said to him, "Simon, from whom do you think rulers collect revenue or taxes? Do they collect taxes from the citizens of their own country, or from citizens of countries they have conquered?"
 
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-\v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of the twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus' enemies to arrest him. A large crowd carrying swords and clubs was coming with him. The chief priests and elders had sent them.
+\v 47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of the twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus's enemies to arrest him. A large crowd carrying swords and clubs was coming with him. The chief priests and elders had sent them.
 \v 48 Judas had previously arranged to give them a signal. He had told them, "The man whom I will kiss is the one you want. Arrest him!"
 
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 \v 35 Then they nailed him to the cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling with something like dice to decide which piece of clothing each one would get.
 \v 36 Then the soldiers sat down there to guard him, to prevent anyone from trying to rescue him.
-\v 37 They fastened to the cross above Jesus' head a sign on which had been written why they were nailing him to the cross. But all it said was, 'This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.'
+\v 37 They fastened to the cross above Jesus's head a sign on which had been written why they were nailing him to the cross. But all it said was, 'This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.'
 
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42-MRK.usfm

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 \v 44 He said, "Do not tell anyone what just happened. Instead, go to a priest and show yourself to him in order that he may examine you and see that you no longer have leprosy. Then make the offering that Moses commanded for people whom God has healed from leprosy. This will be the testimony to the community that you do not have leprosy."
 
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-\v 45 The man did not follow Jesus' instruction. He began telling many people about how Jesus had healed him. As a result, Jesus was no longer able to enter towns publicly because the crowds of people would surround him. Instead, he remained outside the towns in places where no one lived. But people kept coming to him from all over that region.
+\v 45 The man did not follow Jesus's instruction. He began telling many people about how Jesus had healed him. As a result, Jesus was no longer able to enter towns publicly because the crowds of people would surround him. Instead, he remained outside the towns in places where no one lived. But people kept coming to him from all over that region.
 
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 \v 15 Later, Jesus was eating a meal in Levi's house. Many sinners and men who collected taxes were eating with Jesus and his disciples.
-\v 16 Men who taught the Jewish laws and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and men who collected taxes. They asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with sinners and men who collect taxes?"
+\v 16 Men who taught the Jewish laws and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and men who collected taxes. They asked Jesus's disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with sinners and men who collect taxes?"
 
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-\v 31 Jesus' mother and younger siblings arrived. While they stood outside, they sent someone inside in order to call him outside.
+\v 31 Jesus's mother and younger siblings arrived. While they stood outside, they sent someone inside in order to call him outside.
 \v 32 A crowd was sitting around Jesus. One of them said to him, "Your mother and younger siblings are outside. They want to see you."
 
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 \v 27 When she heard that Jesus healed people, she came to where he was and pushed in the crowd close behind Jesus.
 
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-\v 28 She was thinking, "If I touch him or even if I touch his clothes, it will heal me." So she touched Jesus' clothes.
+\v 28 She was thinking, "If I touch him or even if I touch his clothes, it will heal me." So she touched Jesus's clothes.
 \v 29 At once her bleeding stopped. At the same time, she sensed within herself that she had been cured of her illness.
 
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 \v 20 The man said to him, "Teacher, I have obeyed all those commandments ever since I was young."
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 \v 21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. He said to him, "There is one thing that you have not yet done. You must go home, sell all that you possess, and then give the money to poor people. As a result, you will have riches in heaven. After you have done what I have told you, come and follow me!"
-\v 22 The man became disappointed when he heard Jesus' instructions. He went away sad, because he was very rich.
+\v 22 The man became disappointed when he heard Jesus's instructions. He went away sad, because he was very rich.
 
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-\v 3 Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon, who was known as a leper. While they were eating, a woman came to him. She was carrying a stone jar that contained expensive, fragrant perfume called nard. She opened the jar and then poured all the perfume on Jesus' head.
+\v 3 Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon, who was known as a leper. While they were eating, a woman came to him. She was carrying a stone jar that contained expensive, fragrant perfume called nard. She opened the jar and then poured all the perfume on Jesus's head.
 \v 4 Some of the people who were present became angry and said to themselves, "It is terrible that she wasted that perfume!
 \v 5 It could have been sold for almost a year's wages and then the money could have been given to poor people!" So they scolded her.
 
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-\v 12 On the first day of the festival that they call Unleavened Bread, when they kill the lambs for the Passover, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the meal for the Passover Celebration so that we can eat it?"
+\v 12 On the first day of the festival that they call Unleavened Bread, when they kill the lambs for the Passover, Jesus's disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the meal for the Passover Celebration so that we can eat it?"
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 \v 13 So Jesus chose two of his disciples to prepare everything. He said to them, "Go into Jerusalem. A man will meet you, who will be carrying a large jar full of water. Follow him.
 \v 14 When he enters a house, say to the man who owns the house, 'Our teacher wants us to prepare the meal of the Passover Celebration so that he can eat it with us his disciples. Please show us the room.'
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-\v 43 While he was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of Jesus' twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus' enemies to capture him. A crowd who carried swords and clubs was with him. The leaders of the Jewish council had sent them.
+\v 43 While he was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of Jesus's twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus's enemies to capture him. A crowd who carried swords and clubs was with him. The leaders of the Jewish council had sent them.
 \v 44 Judas, who was betraying Jesus, had previously told this crowd, "The man whom I kiss is the one you want. When I kiss him, seize him and lead him away."
 \v 45 So when Judas arrived, he immediately went to Jesus and said, "My teacher!" Then he kissed Jesus.
 \v 46 Then the crowd seized Jesus.
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-\v 1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests met together with the rest of the Jewish council to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards tied Jesus' hands again. They took him to the residence of Pilate the governor.
+\v 1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests met together with the rest of the Jewish council to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards tied Jesus's hands again. They took him to the residence of Pilate the governor.
 \v 2 Pilate asked Jesus, "Do you say that you are the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "You yourself have said so."
 \v 3 Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things.
 
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 \v 25 It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him.
-\v 26 They attached to the cross above Jesus' head a sign on which it had been written the reason why they were nailing him to the cross. It said, "The King of the Jews."
+\v 26 They attached to the cross above Jesus's head a sign on which it had been written the reason why they were nailing him to the cross. It said, "The King of the Jews."
 \v 27 They also nailed to crosses two men who were robbers. They nailed one to a cross at the right side of Jesus and one to a cross at his left side.
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-\v 46 After Joseph had bought a linen cloth, he and others took Jesus' body down from the cross. They wrapped it in the linen cloth and laid it in a tomb that previously had been dug out of the rock cliff. Then they rolled a huge flat stone in front of the entrance to the tomb.
-\v 47 Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where Jesus' body was placed.
+\v 46 After Joseph had bought a linen cloth, he and others took Jesus's body down from the cross. They wrapped it in the linen cloth and laid it in a tomb that previously had been dug out of the rock cliff. Then they rolled a huge flat stone in front of the entrance to the tomb.
+\v 47 Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where Jesus's body was placed.
 
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-\v 1 When the Sabbath had ended, Mary from Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James, and Salome bought fragrant ointments to anoint Jesus' body for burial.
+\v 1 When the Sabbath had ended, Mary from Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James, and Salome bought fragrant ointments to anoint Jesus's body for burial.
 \v 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after the sun rose, they took the fragrant ointment and started going toward the tomb.
 
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-\v 33 Jesus' father and mother were very amazed at what Simeon said about him. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Jesus' mother, Mary,
+\v 33 Jesus's father and mother were very amazed at what Simeon said about him. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Jesus's mother, Mary,
 \v 34 "Note what I say: God has determined that because of this child, many people in Israel will turn away from God, and many others will turn to God. He will be like a sign to warn people, and many people will oppose him.
 \v 35 As a result, the thoughts of many people will be made evident. A sword will also pierce your own soul."
 
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-\v 41 Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover.
+\v 41 Every year Jesus's parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover.
 \v 42 So when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem for the festival as they always did.
 \v 43 When all the days for the festival had ended, his parents started to return home, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know he was still there.
 \v 44 They assumed that he was with the other people who were traveling with them. After walking a whole day's journey, they started to look for him among their relatives and friends.
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 \v 29 Later on, Levi prepared a big feast in his own house for Jesus and his disciples. There was a large group of tax collectors and others eating together with them.
-\v 30 Some men who belonged to the Pharisee sect, including those of them who taught Jewish laws, complained to Jesus' disciples, saying, "You should not be eating with tax collectors and other terrible sinners.
+\v 30 Some men who belonged to the Pharisee sect, including those of them who taught Jewish laws, complained to Jesus's disciples, saying, "You should not be eating with tax collectors and other terrible sinners.
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 \v 31 Then Jesus said to them, "It is people who are sick who know they need a doctor, not those who think they are well.
 \v 32 Similarly, I did not come from heaven to invite those who think they are righteous to come to me. On the contrary, I came to invite those who know that they are sinners to turn from their sinful behavior and come to me."
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 \v 3 Jesus replied to the Pharisees, "Certainly you have read what is written in the scriptures about what David did (before he was king), when he and the men with him were hungry!
-\v 4 As you know, David entered the tabernacle and asked for some food. The priest gave him the bread that had been on display before God. In one of Moses' laws, God had said that only the priests were permitted to eat that bread. But even though David and his men were not priests, he ate some of the bread and also gave some to the men who were with him!"
+\v 4 As you know, David entered the tabernacle and asked for some food. The priest gave him the bread that had been on display before God. In one of Moses's laws, God had said that only the priests were permitted to eat that bread. But even though David and his men were not priests, he ate some of the bread and also gave some to the men who were with him!"
 \v 5 Jesus also said to them, "In the same way, the Son of Man has the authority to determine what is right for people to do on the Sabbath!"
 
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 \v 36 One day a certain Pharisee named Simon invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man's house and reclined at a table to eat.
 \v 37 There was also a woman in that city whom many people knew had been a prostitute. When she heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee's house, she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
-\v 38 As Jesus was reclining to eat, the woman stood behind him at his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on Jesus' feet. She continually wiped his feet with her hair, and kept kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.
+\v 38 As Jesus was reclining to eat, the woman stood behind him at his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on Jesus's feet. She continually wiped his feet with her hair, and kept kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.
 
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-\v 9 Then Jesus' disciples asked him to tell them the meaning of the story.
+\v 9 Then Jesus's disciples asked him to tell them the meaning of the story.
 \v 10 And he said, "To you has been granted the privilege of knowing the hidden things about how God will rule as king. But I speak to everyone else only in parables, so that,
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-\v 19 One day Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they could not get near to him because there was such a large crowd around him in the house where he was.
+\v 19 One day Jesus's mother and brothers came to see him, but they could not get near to him because there was such a large crowd around him in the house where he was.
 \v 20 Then someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers have been standing outside, wanting to see you."
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 \v 21 But he replied to them, "Those who hear God's word and obey it are as dear to me as my mother and my brothers."
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-\v 24 So Jesus' disciples came to him and woke him up. They said to him, "Master! Master! We are going to die!" He then woke up and commanded the wind and the violent waves to be still and they became still. Everything became calm.
+\v 24 So Jesus's disciples came to him and woke him up. They said to him, "Master! Master! We are going to die!" He then woke up and commanded the wind and the violent waves to be still and they became still. Everything became calm.
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 \v 5 In any town where the people do not welcome you, you should not continue to stay there. As you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet. Do that as a warning against them for rejecting you."
-\v 6 Then Jesus' disciples left and traveled through many villages. Everywhere they went, they talked to people about the good news from God and healed sick people.
+\v 6 Then Jesus's disciples left and traveled through many villages. Everywhere they went, they talked to people about the good news from God and healed sick people.
 
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 \v 31 They appeared surrounded in glory and spoke with Jesus about his departure, which would soon be accomplished in Jerusalem.
 
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-\v 32 Peter and the other disciples who were with him were very sleepy. When they woke up, they saw Jesus' glory; they also saw the two men standing with him.
+\v 32 Peter and the other disciples who were with him were very sleepy. When they woke up, they saw Jesus's glory; they also saw the two men standing with him.
 \v 33 As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it is good for us to be here! We should make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah!" But he really did not realize what he was saying.
 
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 \v 38 As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village near Jerusalem. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
-\v 39 Her younger sister, whose name was Mary, was sitting near Jesus' feet. She was listening to what he was teaching.
+\v 39 Her younger sister, whose name was Mary, was sitting near Jesus's feet. She was listening to what he was teaching.
 
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 \v 14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." So they went, and as they were going, they were healed.
 \v 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly.
-\v 16 He came to Jesus and he lay down on the ground with his face at Jesus' feet and he thanked him. This man was a Samaritan.
+\v 16 He came to Jesus and he lay down on the ground with his face at Jesus's feet and he thanked him. This man was a Samaritan.
 
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-\v 5 Some of Jesus' disciples were talking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and decorations that people had given. But Jesus said,
+\v 5 Some of Jesus's disciples were talking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and decorations that people had given. But Jesus said,
 \v 6 "These things you are looking at will be destroyed completely. Yes, the time is coming when not one of these stones will be left on top of another."
 
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-\v 49 All of Jesus' acquaintances, including the women who had come with him from the region of Galilee, stood at a little distance away and watched everything happen.
+\v 49 All of Jesus's acquaintances, including the women who had come with him from the region of Galilee, stood at a little distance away and watched everything happen.
 
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 \v 50-51 Now there was a man named Joseph, from Arimathea, a Jewish town. He was a good and a righteous man, and he was a member of the Jewish council. He saw everything happen, but he had not agreed with the other council members when they decided to kill Jesus and when they did it. He was waiting eagerly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule.
 
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-\v 52 Joseph went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take Jesus' body to bury it. Pilate gave him permission,
-\v 53 so he took Jesus' body down from the cross. He wrapped it in a linen cloth. Then he put his body in a burial chamber that someone had cut in a rock cliff. No one had ever put a body in it before.
+\v 52 Joseph went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take Jesus's body to bury it. Pilate gave him permission,
+\v 53 so he took Jesus's body down from the cross. He wrapped it in a linen cloth. Then he put his body in a burial chamber that someone had cut in a rock cliff. No one had ever put a body in it before.
 
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-\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.
+\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's 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's body. However, they did no work on the Sabbath, just as the Jewish law required.
 
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-\v 12 However, Peter got up and ran to the burial chamber anyway. He stooped down and looked inside. He saw the linen cloths in which Jesus' body had been wrapped, but Jesus was not there. So, wondering what had happened, he went home.
+\v 12 However, Peter got up and ran to the burial chamber anyway. He stooped down and looked inside. He saw the linen cloths in which Jesus's body had been wrapped, but Jesus was not there. So, wondering what had happened, he went home.
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-\v 13 That same day two of Jesus' disciples were walking to a village named Emmaus. It was ten kilometers from Jerusalem.
+\v 13 That same day two of Jesus's disciples were walking to a village named Emmaus. It was ten kilometers from Jerusalem.
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-\v 1 Three days later, there was a wedding in Cana, a city in Galilee, and Jesus' mother was there.
+\v 1 Three days later, there was a wedding in Cana, a city in Galilee, and Jesus's mother was there.
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-\v 3 After a while, all the wine was gone. Jesus' mother said to him, "They are out of wine."
+\v 3 After a while, all the wine was gone. Jesus's mother said to him, "They are out of wine."
 \v 4 Jesus said to her, "Madam, what does that have to do with me? The chosen time to begin my most important work has not yet come."
-\v 5 Jesus' mother turned and said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
+\v 5 Jesus's mother turned and said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
 
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-\v 66 From that time on, many of Jesus' disciples turned back from following him.
+\v 66 From that time on, many of Jesus's disciples turned back from following him.
 \v 67 So he said to the twelve, "You also do not want to leave me, do you?"
 \v 68 Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? Only you have the message that allows us to live forever!
 \v 69 We trust in you, and we know for certain that you are the Holy One whom God has sent!"
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-\v 3 Because the festival was to take place in Judea, Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your other followers can see the powerful works you can do.
+\v 3 Because the festival was to take place in Judea, Jesus's brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your other followers can see the powerful works you can do.
 \v 4 No one hides his work if he wants people to know what kind of a person he is. Show yourself to the world!"
 
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 \v 27 He answered them, "I have told you that already, but you did not believe me. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also really want to become his disciples?"
 
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+\v 28 Then they became angry and insulted him: "You are that man's disciple, but we are Moses's disciples!
 \v 29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but about this man, we do not even know where he comes from."
 
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-\v 28 Then the soldiers led Jesus from Caiaphas' house to the headquarters of Pilate, the Roman governor. It was early morning. Pilate was not a Jew, so Jesus' accusers thought that if they entered his headquarters, they would defile themselves and be unable to celebrate the Passover Festival. So they did not go in.
+\v 28 Then the soldiers led Jesus from Caiaphas' house to the headquarters of Pilate, the Roman governor. It was early morning. Pilate was not a Jew, so Jesus's accusers thought that if they entered his headquarters, they would defile themselves and be unable to celebrate the Passover Festival. So they did not go in.
 \v 29 So Pilate came out to talk to them. He said, "Of what are you accusing this man?"
 \v 30 "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!" they replied.
 
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-\v 19 Pilate also told someone to write on a board a notice and fasten it to Jesus' cross. It read, 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.'
+\v 19 Pilate also told someone to write on a board a notice and fasten it to Jesus's cross. It read, 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.'
 \v 20 Many Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city and the sign was written in three languages: Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.
 
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 \v 25 The soldiers did those things.
-\p Jesus' mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were all standing near his cross.
+\p Jesus's mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were all standing near his cross.
 \v 26 When Jesus saw his mother standing there and John, the disciple whom he especially loved, standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Mother, here is the one who will act like a son to you."
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 \v 27 And he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother!" So from that very moment, that disciple took her to live in his home.
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-\v 29 A jar of sour wine stood there, so they took a short branch from a hyssop plant and put a sponge on it, and they dipped in the sour wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth.
+\v 29 A jar of sour wine stood there, so they took a short branch from a hyssop plant and put a sponge on it, and they dipped in the sour wine and held it up to Jesus's mouth.
 \v 30 After Jesus drank the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and died.
 
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+\v 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus's side with a spear, and right away blood and water poured out of his body.
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-\v 38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple because he was afraid of the Jews, went to Pilate and asked him if he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave Joseph permission, so he came and took away the body of Jesus.
+\v 38 After these things Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple because he was afraid of the Jews, went to Pilate and asked him if he might take away Jesus's body. Pilate gave Joseph permission, so he came and took away the body of Jesus.
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-\v 7 but he also saw the cloth cover that had been on Jesus' head, folded and put aside, separate from the linen strips.
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-\v 12 She saw two angels dressed in white robes sitting on the very place where Jesus' body had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.
+\v 12 She saw two angels dressed in white robes sitting on the very place where Jesus's body had been, one at the head, the other at the feet.
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 \v 13 After they entered the city, they went into the upstairs room in the house where they were staying. Those who were there included Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, another James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of another man named James.
-\v 14 All these apostles began to pray together all the time. Others who prayed with them included the women who had been with Jesus, and Mary who was Jesus' mother, as well as his brothers, who were all younger than he was.
+\v 14 All these apostles began to pray together all the time. Others who prayed with them included the women who had been with Jesus, and Mary who was Jesus's mother, as well as his brothers, who were all younger than he was.
 
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 \v 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on him. O Lord, come!
-\v 23 May the Lord Jesus' kindness, which we do not deserve, be with you.
+\v 23 May the Lord Jesus's kindness, which we do not deserve, be with you.
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-\v 7 God's law brings death, and he wrote it on stone tablets, and he gave it to Moses. It came with the brilliant light that always shines where God is. And that glory shined on Moses' face; his face shined so brightly that the people of Israel could not look at his face. That bright light slowly faded from his face.
+\v 7 God's law brings death, and he wrote it on stone tablets, and he gave it to Moses. It came with the brilliant light that always shines where God is. And that glory shined on Moses's face; his face shined so brightly that the people of Israel could not look at his face. That bright light slowly faded from his face.
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-\v 23 Moses' mother and father show us how they trusted in God. For three months after their son was born they hid him, because they saw that the child was beautiful. They were not afraid of disobeying the command from the king of Egypt. The king's command declared that all the Jewish male babies must be killed.
+\v 23 Moses's mother and father show us how they trusted in God. For three months after their son was born they hid him, because they saw that the child was beautiful. They were not afraid of disobeying the command from the king of Egypt. The king's command declared that all the Jewish male babies must be killed.
 \v 24 The daughter of the king whom they called Pharaoh raised Moses, but when Moses had grown up, because he trusted God, he refused to accept the royal privileges that would have been his if people were to call him by the title "Moses, son of Pharaoh's daughter."
 \v 25 He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with God's people than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully in the king's palace.
 \v 26 He decided that if he suffered for Christ, it would be worth far more in God's sight than owning the treasures of Egypt that he would receive as one of Pharaoh's family. He looked forward to the time when God would give him an eternal reward.
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 \v 1 We know about many people like these who proved that they trusted in God. Let us put off everything that weighs us down and so put away the sin that clings to us. Then let us run our race patiently and do everything God gives us to do until we make it to the finish line.
 \v 2 And let us keep thinking about Jesus and give him all our attention. He is the one who leads us and he makes our faith complete. He is the one who endured the terrible suffering on the cross and he paid no attention to the people who tried to shame him. He did this because he knew how joyful God would make him later. He now sits at the place of highest honor beside the throne where God rules in heaven.
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-\v 3 Jesus patiently endured it when sinful people hatefully acted against him. Strengthen your hearts and minds with Jesus' example so that you will not give up trusting God or become discouraged.
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 \v 23 You have joined the assembly of all the believers who have privileges as firstborn sons, whose names God has written down in heaven. You have come to God who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God's people are, people who lived righteously before they died, and whom God has now made perfect in heaven.
-\v 24 You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant between us and God by the blood that flowed when he died on the cross. Jesus' blood made it possible for God to forgive us, and his blood is better for us than Abel's blood.
+\v 24 You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant between us and God by the blood that flowed when he died on the cross. Jesus's blood made it possible for God to forgive us, and his blood is better for us than Abel's blood.
 
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-\v 6 Think about Jesus Christ. He is the one who came to earth from God. God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when John baptized Jesus in water, but also when Jesus' blood flowed from his body when he died. And God's Spirit declares truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God.
+\v 6 Think about Jesus Christ. He is the one who came to earth from God. God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when John baptized Jesus in water, but also when Jesus's blood flowed from his body when he died. And God's Spirit declares truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God.
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-\v 9 Even when Michael the archangel argued with Satan about who would take possession of Moses' body, he kept from insulting and condemning him; he merely said, "May the Lord punish you!"
+\v 9 Even when Michael the archangel argued with Satan about who would take possession of Moses's body, he kept from insulting and condemning him; he merely said, "May the Lord punish you!"
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