Harry Harris' reader report

23-ISA/55.usfm

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 \v 10 For as the rain and snow come down from heaven
 \q1 and do not return there unless they saturate the earth
-\q1 and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
+\q1 and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the farmer who sows and bread to the eater,
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 \v 11 so also my word will be that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me useless,
 \q1 but it will accomplish that which I wish, and it will succeed in that for which I sent it.

24-JER/50.usfm

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-\v 16 Destroy both the sower and the one who uses a sickle at the time of harvest in Babylon.
+\v 16 Destroy both the farmer who sows seed and the one who uses a sickle at the time of harvest in Babylon.
 \q Let each person turn back to his own people from the oppressor's sword; let them flee to their own land.
 
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41-MAT/13.usfm

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 \v 2 A very large crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat in it, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.
 
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-\v 3 Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, "Behold, a sower went out to sow.
+\v 3 Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow seed.
+\v 3 Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow seed.
 \v 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.
 \v 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil. Immediately they sprang up, because the soil had no depth.
 \v 6 But when the sun had risen, they were scorched because they had no root, and they withered away.
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 \v 17 Truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and did not see them. They desired to hear the things that you hear, and did not hear them.
 
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-\v 18 Listen then to the parable of the sower.
+\v 18 Listen then to the parable of the farmer who sowed his seed.
 \v 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road.
 
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42-MRK/01.usfm

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-\v 7 He preached and said, "Someone is coming after me who is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy even to stoop down to untie the strap of his sandals.
+\v 7 He proclaimed, "Someone is coming after me who is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy even to stoop down to untie the strap of his sandals.
 \v 8 I baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
 
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42-MRK/03.usfm

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 \v 13 He went up on the mountain, and he called for those he wanted, and they came to him.
-\v 14 He appointed the twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they might be with him and he might send them to preach,
+\v 14 He appointed the twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they might be with him and he might send them to proclaim the message,
 \v 15 and to have authority to cast out demons.
 \v 16 And he appointed the twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter,
 

42-MRK/04.usfm

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 \v 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and he said to them in his teaching,
 
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-\v 3 "Listen, the sower went out to sow.
+\v 3 "Listen, the farmer went out to sow his seed.
 \v 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured them.
 \v 5 Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately they sprang up, because they did not have deep soil.
 
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 \v 13 And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
-\v 14 The sower sows the word.
+\v 14 The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
 \v 15 Some are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown. And when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
 
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42-MRK/13.usfm

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 \v 9 Be on your guard. They will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before both governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.
-\v 10 But the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
+\v 10 But the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
 
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 \v 11 When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry about what you should say. For in that hour, what you should say will be given to you; it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

42-MRK/14.usfm

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-\v 51 A young man followed him, who was wearing only a linen garment that was wrapped around him; they seized him but
-\v 52 he left the linen garment there and ran away from them naked.
+\v 51 A young man, wearing only a linen garment that was wrapped around him, was following Jesus. When the men seized him 
+\v 52 he left the linen garment and ran away naked.
 
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42-MRK/15.usfm

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-\v 16 The soldiers led him inside the courtyard (that of the barracks), and they called together the whole cohort of soldiers.
+\v 16 The soldiers led him inside the courtyard (that is, the governor's residence), and they called together the whole cohort of soldiers.
 \v 17 They put a purple robe on Jesus, and they twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on him.
 \v 18 They began to salute him and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
 
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-\v 19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him. They bent their knees before him in homage.
+\v 19 They struck his head with a reed and they spit on him. They bent their knees before him in homage.
 \v 20 When they had mocked him, they took off of him the purple robe and put his own garments on him, and then led him out to crucify him.
-\v 21 They pressed a passerby into service, one who was coming in from the country, a man named Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus); they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
+\v 21 They forced a passerby who was coming in from the country to carry Jesus' cross, a man named Simon of Cyrene the father of Alexander and Rufus.
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 \v 22 The soldiers brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which interpreted means, "Place of a Skull").
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 \v 33 At the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
 \v 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
-\v 35 Some of those standing by heard it and said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah."
+\v 35 Some of those standing by heard his words and said, "Look, he is calling for Elijah."
 
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 \v 36 Someone ran, put sour wine on a sponge, put it on a reed staff, and gave it to him to drink. The man said, "Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down."
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 \v 44 Pilate was amazed that Jesus was already dead; he called the centurion and asked him if Jesus was dead.
 
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-\v 45 When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted his body to Joseph.
+\v 45 When Pilate learned from the centurion that Jesus was dead, he allowed Joseph to take the body.
 \v 46 Joseph had bought a linen cloth. He took him down from the cross, wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of a rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
 \v 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw the place where Jesus was buried.
 

43-LUK/08.usfm

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 \v 4 Now, when a large crowd of people had gathered together, including people who were coming to him from many different cities, he spoke to them using a parable.
-\v 5 "A sower went out to sow some seeds. As he sowed, some of the seeds fell beside the road and they were trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured them.
+\v 5 "A farmer went out to sow some seeds. As he sowed, some of the seeds fell beside the road and they were trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured them.
 \v 6 Other seeds fell on rocky soil and as soon as they grew into plants, they withered away, because they had no moisture.
 
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48-2CO/09.usfm

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-\v 10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will also supply and multiply your seed for sowing. He will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
+\v 10 He who supplies seed to the farmer who sows and bread for food, will also supply and multiply your seed for sowing. He will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
 \v 11 You will be enriched in every way so you can be generous. This will bring about thanksgiving to God through us.
 
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48-2CO/13.usfm

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 \v 9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you may be made complete.
-\v 10 I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I am with you I do not have to act harshly toward you. I do not want to have to use the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not tear you down.
+\v 10 I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I am with you I do not have to act harshly toward you. I do not want to have to use the authority the Lord gave me so that I may build you up and not tear you down.
 
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49-GAL/05.usfm

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 \v 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we are waiting for the confidence of righteousness.
-\v 6 In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. Only faith working through love is what matters.
+\v 6 In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith working through love.
 \v 7 You were running well. Who stopped you from obeying the truth?
 \v 8 The persuasion to do that is not from him who calls you.