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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 2,
      "text": "Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "And Jonah rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord, and he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis from the face of the Lord,",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "But the Lord sent a great wind to the sea: and a great tempest was raised in the sea, and the ship was in danger to be broken.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: and Jonah went down into the inner part of the ship, and fell into a deep sleep.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 6,
      "text": "And the ship master came to him and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep? rise up call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us that we may not perish.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "And they said every one to his fellow: Come and let us cast lots, that we may know why this evil is upon us. And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou?",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 9,
      "text": "And he said to them: I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, and the God of heaven, who made both the sea and the dry land.",
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      "verse": 10,
      "text": "And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast thou done this? (For the men knew that he fled from the face of the Lord: because he had told them.)",
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      "verse": 11,
      "text": "And they said to him: What shall we do with thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 12,
      "text": "And he said to them: take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know for my sake this great tempest is upon you.",
      "citation": "Jonas 1:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 13,
      "text": "And the men rowed hard to return the land, but they were not able: because the sea tossed and swelled upon them.",
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      "verse": 14,
      "text": "And they cried to the Lord, and said: We beseech thee, O Lord let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, oh Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.",
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      "verse": 15,
      "text": "And they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging.",
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      "verse": 16,
      "text": "And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows.",
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