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 \v 21 I will summon a sword against him on all my mountains—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—each man's sword will be against his brother.
-\v 22 With plague and blood I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many nations with him—a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire and sulfur.
+\v 22 With plague and blood I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain on him and on his troops—and on the many nations with him—a torrential downpour and hailstones, fire and sulfur.
 \v 23 For I will show my greatness and my holiness and I will make myself known in the eyes of the many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"
 
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-\v 1 Many have taken on the work of putting together an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
+\v 1 Many have taken on the work of putting together an account of the things that have been accomplished among us,
 \v 2 just as they were passed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
 \v 3 So it seemed good to me also, because I have accurately investigated everything from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
 \v 4 so that you might know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
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 \v 34 Mary said to the angel, "How will this happen, since I have not known any man?"
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-\v 35 The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
+\v 35 The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will overshadow you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
 
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 \v 36 See, your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age. This is the sixth month for her, she who was called barren.
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 \v 41 Now it happened that when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb jumped, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
 
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-\v 42 She raised her voice and said loudly, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
+\v 42 She cried out with a loud shout and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
 \v 43 Why has it happened to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
 \v 44 For see, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.
 \v 45 Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of the things that were told her from the Lord."
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 \v 48 For he has looked at the low condition of his female servant.
 \q For see, from now on all generations will call me blessed.
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-\v 49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me,
+\v 49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me,
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 \v 72 He will do this to show mercy to our fathers
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-\v 73 the oath that he spoke to Abraham our father.
+\v 73 the oath that he swore to Abraham our father.
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 \v 74 He swore to grant to us that we, having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies,
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 \v 24 So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."
 
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-\v 25 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout. He was looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
+\v 25 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
 \v 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
 
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 \v 39 When they had finished everything they were required to do according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
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-\v 40 The child grew and became strong, increasing in wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
+\v 40 The child grew and became strong; he was full of wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
 
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 \v 8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus's knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
-\v 9 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken.
-\v 10 This included James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
+\v 9 For amazement had seized him and all who were with him at the catch of fish which they had taken,
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+\v 10 and also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
 \p Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid, because from now on you will catch men."
 \v 11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
 
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 \v 3 Answering them, Jesus said, "Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and the men who were with him?
-\v 4 He went into the house of God and took the bread of the presence and ate some of it, and also gave some to the men who were with him to eat, even though it was only lawful for the priests to eat it."
+\v 4 He went into the house of God and took the consecrated bread and ate some of it, and also gave some to the men who were with him to eat, even though it was only lawful for the priests to eat it."
 \v 5 Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
 
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 \v 9 Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"
 \v 10 Then he looked around at them all and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored.
-\v 11 But they were filled with anger and they talked to each other about what they might do to Jesus.
+\v 11 But they were filled with senseless rage, and they talked to each other about what they might do to Jesus.
 
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 \v 31 As you want people to do to you, you should do the same to them.
-\v 32 If you only love people who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
-\v 33 If you do good only to people who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
-\v 34 If you only lend to people from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
+\v 32 If you only love people who love you, what reward is there for you? For even sinners love those who love them.
+\v 33 If you do good only to people who do good to you, what reward will there be for you? For even sinners do the same.
+\v 34 If you only lend to people from whom you hope to be repaid, what reward will there be for you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back the same amount.
 
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 \v 35 But love your enemies and do good to them. Lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind toward unthankful and evil people.
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 \v 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
 
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-\v 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A generous amount—pressed down, shaken together and spilling over—will pour into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you."
+\v 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good amount—pressed down, shaken together and spilling over—will pour into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you."
 
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 \v 40 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
 
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-\v 41 Why do you look at the tiny piece of straw that is in your brother's eye, but you do not notice the log that is in your own eye?
+\v 41 Why do you look at the tiny piece of straw that is in your brother's eye, but you do not perceive the log that is in your own eye?
 \v 42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the piece of straw that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not even see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the piece of straw that is in your brother's eye.
 
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 \v 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him said, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
-\v 10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant was well.
+\v 10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant was healthy.
 
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-\v 18 John's disciples told him about all these things.
-\v 19 Then John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to say, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"
+\v 18 John's disciples told him about all these things. Then John called two of his disciples
+\v 19 and sent them to the Lord to say, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"
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 \v 20 When they had come near to Jesus, the men said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, 'Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?'"
 
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 \v 24 After John's messengers had gone away, Jesus began to say to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
-\v 25 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear expensive clothing and who live in luxury are in kings' palaces.
+\v 25 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear splendid clothing and who live in luxury are in kings' palaces.
 \v 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
 
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 \v 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
-\v 47 Therefore I say to you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven—for she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little."
+\v 47 For this reason I say to you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven—for she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little."
 
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 \v 48 Then he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
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 \v 36 Then those who had seen it told them how the man who had been possessed by demons had been healed.
-\v 37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, for they were overwhelmed with great fear. So he got into the boat so they could start back.
+\v 37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, for they were overwhelmed with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.
 
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-\v 43 Now a woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years \f + \ft Scholars are divided whether the phrase \fqa and had spent all her living on physicians \fqa* should be included here. \f* and could not be healed by anyone.
+\v 43 Now a woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years \f + \ft Scholars are divided whether the phrase \fqa and had spent all her money on physicians \fqa* should be included here. \f* and could not be healed by anyone.
 \v 44 She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his coat, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
 
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 \v 51 When he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child and her mother.
 \v 52 Now all were mourning and wailing for her, but he said, "Do not weep; she is not dead but asleep."
-\v 53 But they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
+\v 53 But they began to mock him, knowing that she was dead.
 
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 \v 54 But he took her by the hand and called out, saying, "Child, get up!"
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 \v 23 Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
 \v 24 Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
-\v 25 What good is it for a person to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit himself?
+\v 25 What profit is there for a person to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit himself?
 
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 \v 26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his own glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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 \v 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.
 
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-\v 21 When a strong man who is fully armed guards his own house, his goods are safe,
+\v 21 When a strong man who is fully armed guards his own palace, his possessions are safe,
 \v 22 but when a stronger man overcomes him, the stronger man takes away the armor in which the man trusted and plunders the man's possessions.
 \v 23 The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
 
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 \v 33 No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
 \v 34 Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, the whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your body is full of darkness.
-\v 35 Therefore, be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
+\v 35 Therefore, take heed that the light in you is not darkness.
 \v 36 If then your whole body is full of light, not having any member in darkness, then your whole body will be like when a lamp shines its brightness on you."
 
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 \v 38 The Pharisee was surprised that Jesus did not first wash before dinner.
 
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-\v 39 But the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of cups and bowls, but the inside of you is filled with greed and evil.
+\v 39 But the Lord said to him, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of cups and bowls, but the inside of you is filled with robbery and evil.
 \v 40 You senseless men! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
 \v 41 Give what is inside as alms, and then all things will be clean for you.
 
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 \v 48 So you are witnesses and you consent to the works of your ancestors, for they indeed killed them and you build their tombs.
 
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-\v 49 For this reason also, God's wisdom said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and they will persecute and kill some of them.'
-\v 50 This generation, then, will be held responsible for all the blood of the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,
-\v 51 from Abel's blood to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, this generation will be held responsible.
+\v 49 For this reason also, God's wisdom said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and they will persecute and kill some of them,'
+\v 50 so that all the blood of the prophets shed since the foundation of the world this will be charged against this generation,
+\v 51 from Abel's blood to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it will be charged against this generation.
 
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 \v 52 Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key of knowledge; you do not enter in yourselves, and you hinder those who are entering."
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 \v 16 Then Jesus told them a parable, saying, "The field of a rich man yielded abundantly,
 \v 17 and he reasoned with himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have a place to store my crops?'
-\v 18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all of my grain and other goods.
+\v 18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all of my grain and other goods.
 \v 19 I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods stored up for many years. Rest easy, eat, drink, be merry."'
 
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 \v 23 For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.
 
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-\v 24 Consider the ravens, that they do not sow or reap. They have no storeroom or barn, but God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
+\v 24 Take notice of the ravens, that they do not sow or reap. They have no storeroom or barn, but God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
 \v 25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his lifespan?
 \v 26 If then you are not able to do such a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
 
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-\v 27 Consider the lilies—how they grow. They do not labor, neither do they spin. Yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
+\v 27 Take notice of the lilies—how they grow. They do not labor, neither do they spin. Yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
 \v 28 If God so clothes the grass in the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
 
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 \v 35 "Keep your loins girded and your lamps lit,
-\v 36 and be like people looking for their master when he returns from the marriage feast, so that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open the door for him.
+\v 36 and be like people waiting expectantly for their master when he returns from the marriage feast, so that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open the door for him.
 
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 \v 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will gird himself to serve and have them sit down at the table, and he will come and serve them.
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 \v 39 But understand this, that if the master of the house had known the hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
-\v 40 Be ready also, because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man comes."
+\v 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."
 
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 \v 44 Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his property.
 
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-\v 45 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his return,' and begins to beat the male and female servants and to eat and drink and to become drunk,
+\v 45 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his return,' and begins to beat the male servants and female servants and to eat and drink and to become drunk,
 \v 46 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know and will cut him in pieces and appoint a place for him with the unfaithful.
 
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 \v 57 Why do you not judge what is right for yourselves?
-\v 58 For when you go with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle the matter with him so that he does not drag you to the judge, and so that the judge does not deliver you to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.
+\v 58 For when you go with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way make an effort to be reconciled with him so that he does not drag you to the judge, and so that the judge does not deliver you to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.
 \v 59 I say to you, you will never come out from there until you have paid the very last bit of money."
 
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