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title: "Bible Copyright and Permissions"
description: "Attribution and reading permissions for the ESV Bible text displayed through Crossway’s official Bible API on the Christ the King website."
canonical: "https://ctkrp.org/bible/copyright/"
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# Bible copyright and permissions

Our Bible reader uses Scripture supplied by Crossway’s official ESV API.

ESV® Bible © 2001 Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture is loaded on request, one chapter or a range within a chapter at a time. We do not offer a downloadable Bible or store a copy of the Bible text.

Copying and downloading are limited to 500 verses or half of a biblical book, whichever is smaller. Further reproduction is subject to Crossway’s permissions. The ESV text cannot be translated into another language or distributed under a Creative Commons license.

[Visit ESV.org](https://www.esv.org/) · [Read Crossway’s complete usage guidelines and copyright notices](https://api.esv.org/)

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Canonical page: https://ctkrp.org/bible/copyright/