Retrieve the cross-references for a Bible reference — the passages traditionally read alongside it — or a curated chain of passages for a doctrinal theme. Two modes: **By verse reference** (most common). Pass `reference="John 3:16"` (or any canonical verse) to get the passages historically read alongside it. The database draws from four scholarly sources, returned in a three-tier ranking: **Tier 3 (top, "consensus and curated"):** - **CH** — Harrison & Romhild's curated dataset (~58k links, OT-only as source). Hand-vetted; high-relevance pairs flagged canonical-direction. - **Gage parallel** — the tighter pairings from Warren Gage's John ↔ Revelation typological reading (Bradley/Gage, John/Rev only). - **TSK ≥100 votes** — TSK pairs with crowd-source consensus that strong are near-universal cross-references (top ~0.4% of TSK) and break through to compete with curated. **Tier 2 ("argued and acknowledged"):** - **Burnett** — David A. Burnett's argued chain for the Gen 15:5 / Rom 4:18 "star-like seed" deification reading (JSPL 5.2, 2015). ~30 pairs. - **Gage chiastic** — the looser-typology sheet of Bradley/Gage (the source spreadsheet labels these "looser connections, just noting"). - **TSK 20–99 votes** — solid topical links acknowledged across commentaries (top ~5%). **Tier 1 (long-tail):** TSK <20 votes — surface only when explicitly raising `limit` for exhaustive study. Results typically include the texts the verse quotes, its fulfilment passages, contested parallel readings, and the later authors who picked the verse up. **By theme**. Pass `theme="atonement"` (or `salvation_by_grace`, `deity_of_christ`, `resurrection`, `holy_spirit`, `justification`) to get a hand-curated chain of foundational passages for that doctrine — relevant for broad theological questions not anchored to a specific verse.

Look up the text of a Bible verse or verse range, in English and in the original language. Returns: - The English verse text - The original Greek/Hebrew text (optional, on by default) - A word-by-word breakdown with Strong's numbers and glosses - Optional grammatical parsing for each word - Genre-specific interpretive background for the passage's literary type - Availability notes for related data (cross-references, Torah weave partners, and NT/OT LXX-quotation variants) where the verse has such records Accepts references such as 'John 3:16', 'Gen 1:1', or 'Romans 3:21-26'. Relevant whenever the verified wording of a passage, or its original-language form, is needed.