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-Is plagiarism acceptable? Did William Branham plagiarize from others?<br>
+'''Plagiarism''' is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. The Bible records what the Lord thinks of prophets who plagiarize from each other, and say it is a word from the Lord.
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-=What is Plagiarism?=
-Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.<br>
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-Here is what the Lord thinks of plagiarism by someone calling himself a prophet.
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 '''Jeremiah 23:30'''
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+:KJV: ''Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.''
-:''Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.''  (KJV)
+:NET: ''So I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.'' (NET)
+:GNT: ''I am against those prophets who take each other’s words and proclaim them as my message.''  (GNT)
+:NLT: ''“Therefore,” says the LORD, “I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me.'' (NLT)
+:NIV: ''“Therefore,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.'' (NIV)
-:''So I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.'' (NET)
+It is clear that God is against plagiarism when a person says they received their inspiration from God, when in fact they received it from another person.
-:''I am against those prophets who take each other’s words and proclaim them as my message.''  (GNT)
+Below are specific examples of plagiarism in William Branham's ministry.  We have also addressed a specific question relating to plagiarism which can be found by [[Q&A:Plagiarism|clicking here]].
-:''“Therefore,” says the LORD, “I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me.'' (NLT)
-:''“Therefore,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.'' (NIV)
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-It is clear that God is against plagiarism, particularly when the person doing the plagiarism says that they got their inspiration from God.
-Below are specific examples of plagiarism.  We have also addressed a specific question relating to plagiarism which can be found by [[Q&A:Plagiarism|clicking here]].
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