PURPOSE: Read the Bible word for word from a stored text, never from memory: a passage by reference, a verse in its context, every verse containing given words, one verse side by side in several translations, the Hebrew or Greek words behind a verse, the passages readers link to it, a check of whether quoted words are real Scripture, or the list of stored translations. The default text is the King James Version the app ships; about sixty stored public domain or freely licensed Bibles, with the Hebrew and Greek, are read by translation or language. WHEN TO USE: whenever you will quote or examine Scripture and know the reference or the words, or need to check a quotation before repeating it. WHEN NOT: verses for a feeling or need, a topic, the words of Jesus on a theme, or the verse of the day: find_scripture_for. A parable, doctrine or the gospel explained: learn_the_faith. MODES (required parameters in brackets): passage [reference] one verse, a range inside one chapter, or a whole chapter. context [reference] the passage with the verses around it (around, default 2). search [query] verses containing all the words, or an exact phrase in double quotes, a page at a time (book, testament, whole_words, limit, cursor, parallel). compare [reference] one verse in up to six translations side by side (translations, include_original). original_words [reference] each Hebrew or Greek word with its Strong's number, lexicon entry, parsing and the KJV words it became (strong keeps one number, e.g. "G25"). cross_references [reference] linked passages from OpenBible.info with votes (limit, include_text). verify [quote] checks the words against every held translation (reference optional). translations [none] every stored translation with language, canon and license (language filters; include_license_text). PARAMETERS: translation and language apply to passage, context, search and cross_references; compare takes a list in translations. Ranges across chapters are not supported. OUTPUT: mode, answered_by (the implementation used) and that mode's fields: passage gives ref, text, verses [{verse, text}], translation, translation_name, source, read_more; context gives passage, before and after; search gives total_matches, results and next_cursor; compare gives rows per translation; original_words gives verses[].words with strong, lemma, definition and morph; cross_references gives references with votes; verify gives verdict (verbatim, close_but_differs with a word diff, or not_found), best_match with SHA-256 hashes; translations gives the list. Every Scripture answer carries evidence (translation, license, corpus version, SHA-256 per passage) and content_layers. BEHAVIOR: read only and deterministic; the texts are bundled, no network call. An unparseable reference, an unknown translation, or a book a translation does not hold returns an error with try_instead; a search with no match returns count 0 and result_state empty. Parameters a mode does not use are ignored and named in ignored_params. Access: no sign-in; shared limit of 300 requests a minute per IP.