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42-MRK/06.usfm

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 \v 19 But Herodias held on to anger against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not,
 \v 20 for Herod feared John; he knew that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. Listening to him made him greatly upset, yet he heard him gladly.
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-\v 21 Then an opportune day came when Herod had his birthday and he made a dinner for his officials, and his commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
+\v 21 Then the opportunity came when Herod had his birthday and he made a dinner for his officials, and his commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
 \v 22 The daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced for them, and she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want and I will give it to you."
 
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 \v 25 And immediately she entered with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once, upon a platter, the head of John the Baptist."
 
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-\v 26 The king became very sad, but because of the oath and the guests, he could not refuse her request.
+\v 26 Though this deeply grieved the king, he could not refuse her request because of the oath he had made and because of his dinner guests.
 \v 27 So the king sent a soldier from his guard and commanded him to bring him John's head. The guard went and beheaded him in the prison.
 \v 28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
 \v 29 And his disciples, hearing this, came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
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 \v 39 He commanded all the people to sit down in groups upon the green grass.
 \v 40 They sat down in groups; groups of hundreds and fifties.
-\v 41 As he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And he divided the two fish among them all.
+\v 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all.
 
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 \v 42 They all ate until they were satisfied.
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 \v 47 Evening came, and the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on land.
 
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-\v 48 And he saw that they were stressed while they rowed because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he wanted to pass by them.
+\v 48 And he saw that they were having great difficulty as they pulled against the oars because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he wanted to pass by them.
 \v 49 But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought he was a ghost and cried out,
 \v 50 because they saw him and were terrified. And immediately he spoke to them and said to them, "Be courageous! It is I! Do not be afraid!"
 

42-MRK/07.usfm

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 \v 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.
 
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-\v 2 And they saw that some of his disciples ate bread with defiled hands; that is unwashed.
+\v 2 And they saw that some of his disciples ate bread with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
-\v 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands thoroughly; they hold to the tradition of the elders.
+\v 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, because they hold to the tradition of the elders.
-\v 4 When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves. And there are many other rules which they strictly follow, including the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and even the dining couches.)
+\v 4 When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves. And there are many other rules which they strictly follow, including the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and the couches upon which they eat.)
 
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 \v 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
 
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-\v 6 But he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites, he wrote,
+\v 6 But he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites. He wrote,
 \q 'This people honors me with their lips,
 \q but their heart is far from me.
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 \v 17 Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
 \v 18 Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,
-\v 19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the toilet?" With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
+\v 19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?" With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
 
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 \v 20 He said, "It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.

42-MRK/14.usfm

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 \v 32 They came to the place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."
 \v 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him and began to be distressed and deeply troubled.
-\v 34 He said to them, "My soul is deeply sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch."
+\v 34 He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and watch."
 
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 \v 35 Jesus went a little farther, fell to the ground, and he prayed that if it were possible, this hour might pass from him.