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Nearly 50 years after its inception, the New International Version (NIV) has become the most widely read contemporary English Bible translation. Why? Because the NIV combines ease of reading with uncompromising accuracy — in one Bible.

The NIV represents the very best in biblical scholarship. When the books of the Bible were first written, they captured exactly what God wanted to say in the language and idiom of everyday people. The NIV Bible recreates this experience for you, so you can hear God speak.

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Easy to read and uncompromisingly accurate, the NIV is one of the most faithful translations of the Bible ever made. More 

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Matthew 11:11-15

Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been… Continue reading

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