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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. Scripture quotations marked NIV 2011 are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com; ESV are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved; NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved; MSG are taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group; KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. (Public Domain.); MOUNCE are taken from THE MOUNCE REVERSE-INTERLINEAR NEW TESTAMENT Copyright © 2011 by Robert H. Mounce and William D. Mounce. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide; WBT are taken from Webster’s Bible Translation. (Public Domain.); TNIV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, TODAY’S NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, TNIV®. Copyright © 2001, 2005 by Biblica®. Used by permission of Biblica®. All rights reserved worldwide; NKJV are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4347-0535-8

International Trade Paperback Edition ISBN 978-0-7814-0995-7

eISBN 978-1-4347-0597-6

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