VersePhraseExplanation
Mrk 6:7General Information:Jesus' instructions in verses 8 and 9 can be reordered to separate what he told the disciples to do from what he told them not to do, as in the UDB.
Mrk 7:11General Information:In verse 11 Jesus tells what the Pharisees allow people to say about their possessions, and in verse 12 he tells how that shows the Pharisees' attitude toward people helping their parents. This information can be reordered to first tell about the Pharisees' attitude toward people helping their parents and then tell how that attitude is shown in what the Pharisees allow people to say about their possessions.
Mrk 12:43General Information:In verse 43 Jesus says that the widow put more money in the offering than the rich people put in, and in verse 44 he tells his reason for saying that. The information can be reordered so that Jesus tells his reason first and then says that the widow put in more, as in the UDB.
Mrk 13:21General Information:In verse 21 Jesus gives a command, and in 22 he tells the reason for the command. This can be reordered with the reason first, and the command second, as in the UDB.
Luk 1:54General Information:The UDB rearranges these verses into a verse bridge in order to keep the information about Israel together.
Luk 2:4General Information:The UDB rearranges these two verses into a verse bridge in order to make it easier to shorten the sentences.
Luk 2:6General Information:The UDB rearranges these verses into a verse bridge in order to keep together the details about the place they stayed.
Act 8:1General Information:It may be helpful to your audience to move these parts of the story about Stephen together by using a verse bridge as the UDB does.