In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

Q: the four canonical texts are the gospel of matthew , gospel of mark , gospel of luke and gospel of john , probably written between ad 65 and 100 -lrb- see also the gospel according to the hebrews -rrb-.

A: the four canonical texts are the gospels of matthew , mark , luke and john , written between ad 65 and 100.
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Q: as iraq-kuwait relations rapidly deteriorated , saddam was receiving conflicting information about how the u.s. would respond to the prospects of an invasion.

A: as the iraq-kuwait relationship quickly became bad , saddam was getting different information about how the u.s would react to the idea of an invasion.
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Q: as a result of this colsefini was moved to backing vocals and percussion.

A:
colsefini was moved to backing vocals and percussion because of this.
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