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It is NOT true that #ThomasJefferson excised ALL of Jesus’ miracles from his so-called “bibles” (abridgements of the Gospels). Even if it was true, it is not entirely clear to me what it says about Jefferson or his goals in abridging the Gospels. #JeffersonBible 
“Life and Morals of Jesus,” e.g., one of Jefferson’s “bibles,” includes Luke 14:4 (in French), reporting that Jesus healed a man with dropsy. (NB: the precise contents of "Philosophy of Jesus,” another Jefferson “bible,” is unknown, but its table of texts includes Luke 14:1-6.)
“Jefferson Bible” is a title some have given to one or both of two abridgements of the Gospels created by Thomas Jefferson, circa 1804 and 1820 respectively, by cutting selected passages from printed New Testaments, rearranging them, and then pasting them onto blank pages. #Bible
