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Bible text from bible-api.com (Tim Morgan's free Bible API) that the bible-helloao-org program does not carry: the Open English Bible (OEB, public domain under CC0, US and Commonwealth spelling), the 1860 Cherokee New Testament in Cherokee syllabary, and the Romanian Corrected Cornilescu Bible, by English reference ("John 3:16-18", "Psalm 23"). Random Bible verses, optionally by testament or book, in 16 public-domain translations including the World English Bible, King James Version, ASV, Bible in Basic English, Douay-Rheims, Darby, Chinese Union, Clementine Vulgate and Russian Synodal. Every answer carries the translation's licence (public domain, commercial use, basis). The Almeida Portuguese text is withheld pending its copyright status; copyrighted translations (NIV, ESV, NLT) are not in the API.

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What does John 3:16-18 say in the Open English Bible?

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string

English book name, abbreviation or USFM code (John, Jn, JHN, Psalms, 1 Corinthians); use with chapter instead of reference.

number

Chapter number, with book.

string

A Bible reference in English: book name or abbreviation, chapter and optional verse or range, e.g. "John 3:16", "Jn 3:16-18", "Ps 23", "Rom 8:28-9:1", "1 Cor 13". At most one chapter boundary. Single-chapter books take verses directly ("Jude 3"). Use this or book with chapter.

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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "bible-api-com",
    capability: "bible/get_passage",
    options: {
      reference: "John 3:16-18",
    },
  },
});
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{
  "book": {
    "english_name": "John",
    "id": "JHN",
    "name": "John"
  },
  "observed_at_ms": 1793156688102,
  "reference": "John 3:16-18",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://bible-api.com/data/oeb-us/JHN/3"
  ],
  "text": "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him. The person who believes in him escapes condemnation, while the person who does not believe in him is already condemned, because they have not believed in the only Son of God.",
  "translation": {
    "id": "oeb-us",
    "language": "English (US)",
    "language_code": "eng",
    "license": {
      "basis": "Open English Bible, released by its translators under Creative Commons Zero (public domain)",
      "commercial_use_allowed": true,
      "public_domain": true,
      "url": "https://openenglishbible.org/"
    },
    "name": "Open English Bible, US Edition"
  },
  "verses": [
    {
      "chapter": 3,
      "reference": "John 3:16",
      "text": "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.",
      "verse": 16
    },
    {
      "chapter": 3,
      "reference": "John 3:17",
      "text": "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.",
      "verse": 17
    },
    {
      "chapter": 3,
      "reference": "John 3:18",
      "text": "The person who believes in him escapes condemnation, while the person who does not believe in him is already condemned, because they have not believed in the only Son of God.",
      "verse": 18
    }
  ]
}

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