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Why the Scripture on this site is the World English Bible.
Expand Heaven quotes the World English Bible.
That translation is in the public domain. You may read it, copy it, and share it. No publisher has to grant permission, and no copyright line has to travel with the verse.
These pages used to quote the New King James Version. That translation is still under copyright. A site full of those verses is not ours to give away. The World English Bible is a modern English translation of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, and it is free for anyone to use.
A prayer may echo a verse in ordinary words. A passage set out as Scripture is the World English Bible.
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;” — Romans 3:23