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 \v 1 He went out from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
 \v 2 When the Sabbath came, he taught in the synagogue. Many people heard him and they were amazed. They said, "Where did he get these teachings?" "What is this wisdom that has been given to him?" "What are these miracles that he does with his hands?"
-\v 3 "Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are his sisters not here with us?" And they were offended by Jesus.
+\v 3 "Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are his sisters not here with us?" They were offended by Jesus.
 
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 \v 4 Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household."
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 \v 55 and they ran throughout the whole region and began to bring the sick on their mats to wherever they heard he was.
 
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-\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them touch the edge of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed.
+\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch the edge of his garment, and as many as touched him were healed.

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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 hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
+\v 2 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, 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 the couches upon which they eat.)
+\v 4 When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves, and they hold fast to many other traditions, such as 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 8 You abandon the commandment of God and hold fast to the tradition of men."
-\v 9 And he said to them, "How well you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!
+\v 9 He also said to them, "How well you reject the commandment of God so you may keep your tradition!
 \v 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.'
 
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 \v 31 Then he went out again from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee up into the region of the Decapolis.
-\v 32 And they brought to him someone who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
+\v 32 They brought to him someone who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.
 
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 \v 33 He took him aside from the crowd privately, and he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
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 \v 35 And immediately his hearing was opened, and what prevented his tongue was destroyed and he could speak clearly.
 
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-\v 36 And he ordered them to tell no one. But the more he ordered them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
-\v 37 They were absolutely astonished, saying, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
+\v 36 Jesus ordered them to tell no one. But the more he ordered them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
+\v 37 They were extremely astonished, saying, "He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."