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Luke 4:17 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him and, opening the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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