# Bible Gateway API: Get Bible passage > Reads up to one chapter of a Bible passage in a chosen Bible Gateway translation. Licensed translations may show only part of the requested passage. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Bible Gateway. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/biblegateway.com/get-passage - Method: `biblegateway.com/get_passage`, version 1 - Website: biblegateway.com - Returns: reference, translation name and abbreviation, verses, copyright, passage link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `reference` | string | yes | `"Psalm 23"` | Bible passage, for example John 3:16, Psalm 23, or Romans 8:28-39. | | `translation` | string | no | `"King James Version"` | Translation name or abbreviation, for example King James Version or KJV. Defaults to NIV. Default "NIV". | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "reference": "Psalm 23", "translation": "King James Version" } ``` Its output: ```json { "link": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2023&version=KJV", "verses": [ { "book": "Psalm", "text": "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.", "chapter": 23, "verse_number": 1 }, { "book": "Psalm", "text": "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.", "chapter": 23, "verse_number": 2 }, { "book": "Psalm", "text": "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.", "chapter": 23, "verse_number": 3 } ], "copyright": "Public Domain", "reference": "Psalm 23", "translation_name": "King James Version", "translation_abbreviation": "KJV" } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"biblegateway.com/get_passage","input":{"reference":"Psalm 23","translation":"King James Version"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Can you pull up Psalm 23 in the King James Version? - I need the text of Romans 8:28-39 in the NIV. - Show me John 3:16 from the ESV translation on Bible Gateway. - What does Isaiah 40:28-31 say in the New Living Translation? - Read Genesis 1:1-5 for me in the NASB. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "reference" ], "properties": { "reference": { "type": "string", "description": "Bible passage, for example John 3:16, Psalm 23, or Romans 8:28-39." }, "translation": { "type": "string", "default": "NIV", "description": "Translation name or abbreviation, for example King James Version or KJV. Defaults to NIV." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "reference", "translation_name", "translation_abbreviation", "verses", "copyright", "link" ], "properties": { "link": { "type": "string", "description": "Bible Gateway passage page." }, "verses": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "book", "chapter", "verse_number", "text" ], "properties": { "book": { "type": "string" }, "text": { "type": "string" }, "chapter": { "type": "integer" }, "verse_number": { "type": "integer" } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "copyright": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Copyright line shown for the translation." }, "reference": { "type": "string", "description": "Passage reference as shown on Bible Gateway." }, "translation_name": { "type": "string" }, "translation_abbreviation": { "type": "string" } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Bible Gateway API: Search the Bible](https://fous.com/methods/biblegateway.com/search-bible.md): Finds Bible verses on Bible Gateway that contain the search words or relate to a topic. Returns the verse text and links in Bible order. - [Bible Gateway API: Get Verse of the Day](https://fous.com/methods/biblegateway.com/get-verse-of-the-day.md): Gets Bible Gateway's Verse of the Day in the requested translation (NIV by default). The date is the one Bible Gateway assigns, which may differ from the local date. - [Quran.com API: Search Quran verses](https://fous.com/methods/quran.com/search-quran.md): Finds Quran.com verses matching a word or topic, with Arabic text and a translation in the selected language, in Quran.com search order. - [Project Gutenberg API: Search free books](https://fous.com/methods/gutenberg.org/search-free-books.md): Finds free public-domain Project Gutenberg books by title, author or topic, with authors, languages, subjects, recent downloads, and reading and download links. Public-domain status is based on the United States. - [Project Gutenberg API: Get book text](https://fous.com/methods/gutenberg.org/get-book-text.md): Gets the plain text of a public-domain Project Gutenberg book by title, optionally matching its author and language. Chooses the most downloaded matching edition with a plain-text file, removes the Gutenberg header and license, and can cut the text after a chosen number of words. - [WordReference API: Translate word](https://fous.com/methods/wordreference.com/translate-word.md): Translates a word or phrase between languages using WordReference, including usage notes, example sentences and compound forms when shown. Only language pairs listed by WordReference are available. - [Google API: Translate text](https://fous.com/methods/translate.google.com/translate-text.md): Translates up to 5,000 characters on Google Translate, with the detected source language, Latin-letter pronunciation when shown, and dictionary alternatives for words or short phrases. - [Cambridge University Press API: Translate word](https://fous.com/methods/dictionary.cambridge.org/translate-word.md): Translates a word between English and a language Cambridge supports. Returns the meanings, the translations and any paired examples. - [All Bible Gateway methods](https://fous.com/methods/biblegateway.com.md)