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-\v 1 As Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+\v 1 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
 \v 2 saying to them, "Go into the next village, and you will immediately find a donkey tied up there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
 \v 3 If anyone says anything to you about that, you will say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and that person will immediately send them with you."
 
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 \v 33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, a person with extensive land. He planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a watchtower, and rented it out to vine growers. Then he went into another country.
-\v 34 When the time of the grape harvest drew near, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his grapes.
+\v 34 When the time of the grape harvest approached, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his grapes.
 
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 \v 35 But the vine growers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned still another.