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cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/acts/">Acts</a> > Acts 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/5.htm" title="Acts 5">◄</a> Acts 6 <a href="../acts/7.htm" title="Acts 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Parallel Chapters</div><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">The Seven Chosen to Serve<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_timothy/3.htm#8">1 Timothy 3:8-13</a>)</span></p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5">In those days, as the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, "It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples <i>unto them</i>, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Then the Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, "It would not be right for us to give up preaching about God to handle financial matters.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the preaching ministry." </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte from Antioch.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid <i>their</i> hands on them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith. </span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">Stephen Arrested</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)--Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia--who began to argue with Stephen.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called <i>the synagogue</i> of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Then some from what is called the Freedmen's Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext3">But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext5">But they were unable to stand up against his wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, "We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and <i>against</i> God.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Then they persuaded some men to say, "We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/acts/6.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon <i>him</i>, and caught him, and brought <i>him</i> to the council,</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext5">They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, dragged him off, and took him to the Sanhedrin. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They produced false witnesses, who testified, "This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext3">They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext5">They also presented false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext3">for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext4">For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext5">For we heard him say that Jesus, this Nazarene, will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext5">And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel." </span></td></tr></table><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com" target="_top">Biblica®</a>.<br /><br />ESV® Text Edition® (2016): The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv" target="_top">Crossway Bibles</a>.<br /><br />New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960 - 1995 by <a href="http://www.lockman.org" target="_top">The Lockman Foundation</a>.<br 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