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+import requests
+import sys
+
+api_url = 'http://labs.bible.org/api/'
+bibleBooks =[    'Genesis','Exodus','Leviticus','Numbers','Deuteronomy','Joshua','Judges','Ruth','1 Samuel','2 Samuel', '1 Kings','2 Kings','1 Chronicles','2 Chronicles','Ezra','Nehemiah','Tobit'
+             ,'Judith','Esther','1 Maccabees','2 Maccabees','Job','Psalms','Proverbs','Ecclesiastes','Song of Songs','Wisdom','Sirach','Isaiah','Jeremiah','Lamentations','Baruch','Ezekiel',
+             'Daniel','Hosea','Joel','Amos','Obadiah','Jonah','Micah','Nahum','Habakkuk','Zephaniah','Haggai','Zechariah','Malachi','The Gospels','Matthew','Mark','Luke','John',
+            'Acts of the Apostles','Romans','1 Corinthians','2 Corinthians','Galatians','Ephesians','Philippians','Colossians','1 Thessalonians','2 Thessalonians','1 Timothy','2 Timothy','Titus',
+            'Philemon','Hebrews','James','1 Peter','2 Peter','1 John','2 John','3 John','Jude','Revelation']
+
+menuOptions = [1,2,3,4]
+def main():
+    print('[Main Menu]\n' , '1: return a specific bible passage \n', '2: Retrieve the verse of the day.\n', '3: Retrieve a random verse.\n', '4: Terminate program\n')
+    usOption = int(input('Please enter a menu option: '))
+    if usOption == 1:
+        userPassage = input("Please type a passage, passages, or just a book (Ex. John 3:16): ")
+        #Split it into list to check if the book is a proper book of the bible
+        bookCheck = userPassage.split()
+        if bookCheck[0] == 1 or bookCheck[0] == 2:
+            bookCheck = bookCheck[0]+' '+bookCheck[1]
+            if bookCheck not in bibleBooks:
+                #print(bookCheck)
+                wrongBookFunc()
+        elif bookCheck[0] not in bibleBooks:
+            wrongBookFunc()
+        print('Requesting passage ', userPassage, '...')
+        userPassage = userPassage.replace(' ', '+')
+        #Debugging what went wrong
+        #print('Requesting passage ', userPassage, '...')
+        response = requests.get(api_url+'?passage='+userPassage+'&formatting=plain')
+        print('\n'+response.text+ '\n')
+        main()
+    if usOption == 2:
+        response = requests.get(api_url+'?formatting=plain'+'&passage=votd')
+        print('\n'+response.text+ '\n')
+        main()
+    if usOption == 3:
+        response = requests.get(api_url+'?formatting=plain'+'&passage=random')
+        print('\n'+response.text+ '\n')
+        main()
+    if usOption == 4:
+        sys.exit(0)
+    if usOption not in menuOptions:
+        print('\n\nplease select a valid option')
+        main()
+
+def wrongBookFunc():
+    print('please type a book first')
+    main()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print('Hello, welcome to bible retriever! \n\n')
+    main()
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