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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this</span></span></span><span class="content">: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was a righteous man and</span></span></span><span class="content"> did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="fq">Jesus </span><span class="ft">is the Greek form of </span><span class="fqa">Joshua, </span><span class="ft">which means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> saves.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because he will save his people from their sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 7:14</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means &#8220;God with us&#8221;).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">(This was the first census that took place while</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">This census took place before</span></span></span><span class="content"> Quirinius was governor of Syria.) </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And everyone went to their own town to register.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But the angel said to them, &#8220;Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Glory to God in the highest heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:1 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> by the devil. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The tempter came to him and said, &#8220;If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is written: &#8216;Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 8:3</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you are the Son of God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;throw yourself down. For it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;He will command his angels concerning you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">and they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 91:11,12</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Jesus answered him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is also written: &#8216;Do not put the Lord your God to the test.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 6:16</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;All this I will give you,&#8221; he said, &#8220;if you will bow down and worship me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Jesus said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Away from me, Satan! For it is written: &#8216;Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 6:13</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">where for forty days he was tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The devil said to him, &#8220;If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is written: &#8216;Man shall not live on bread alone.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 8:3</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he said to him, &#8220;I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If you worship me, it will all be yours.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is written: &#8216;Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:8 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 6:13</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. &#8220;If you are the Son of God,&#8221; he said, &#8220;throw yourself down from here. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.4.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;He will command his angels concerning you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.4.10"><span class="content">to guard you carefully;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.4.11"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:11 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 91:11,12</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Jesus answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is said: &#8216;Do not put the Lord your God to the test.&#8217;</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:12 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 6:16</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. &#8220;It&#8217;s a ghost,&#8221; they said, and cried out in fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Jesus immediately said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! It is I. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, if it&#8217;s you,&#8221; Peter replied, &#8220;tell me to come to you on the water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.14.29"><span class="content">Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, &#8220;Lord, save me!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You of little faith,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;why did you doubt?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.6.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.6.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MRK.6.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MRK.6.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">because they all saw him and were terrified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="content">Immediately he spoke to them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! It is I. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.6.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch6" data-usfm="JHN.6.16+JHN.6.17+JHN.6.18+JHN.6.19+JHN.6.20+JHN.6.21">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When they had rowed about three or four miles,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:19 </span><span class="ft">Or about 5 or 6 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is I; don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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      <div class="chapter ch20" data-usfm="JHN.20.1+JHN.20.2">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, &#8220;They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don&#8217;t know where they have put him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch28" data-usfm="MAT.28.1">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="MRK.16.1">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus&#8217; body. </span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="LUK.24.1">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. </span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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      <div class="chapter ch28" data-usfm="MAT.28.2">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. </span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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      <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="MRK.16.5">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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      <div class="chapter ch24" data-usfm="LUK.24.2">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, </span></span></div>
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