FD issues chapter 4

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-\v 1 Again Jesus walked into the synagogue and there was a man with a withered hand.
+\v 1 Again Jesus walked into the synagogue, and there was a man with a withered hand.
 \v 2 Some people watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath so that they could accuse him.
 
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 \v 20 Then he went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat bread.
 \v 21 When his family heard about it, they went out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
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 \v 22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul" and "By the ruler of the demons he drives out demons."
 
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 \v 23 Jesus called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
 \v 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
 \v 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
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 \v 28 Truly I say to you, all sins of the sons of men will be forgiven, even all the blasphemies which they utter,
 \v 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin."
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 \v 30 Jesus said this because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
 
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 \v 32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they are looking for you."
 
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 \v 33 He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
 \v 34 He looked around at those who were sitting in a circle around him and said, "See, here are my mother and my brothers!
 \v 35 For whoever does the will of God, that person is my brother, and sister, and mother."
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-\v 21 Jesus said to them, "Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
+\v 21 Jesus said to them, "Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
 \v 22 For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
 \v 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
 
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 \v 30 Again he said, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
-\v 31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
+\v 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
 \v 32 Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade."
 
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 \v 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."
 \v 36 So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him. 
-\v 37 Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
+\v 37 Just then a violent windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
 
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 \v 38 But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, "Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?"
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 \v 39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
 
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 \v 40 Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?"
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 \v 41 They were filled with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?"
 
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