Frequently asked questions

Ezra by MarkYourBible is a voice Bible study companion. You speak a question out loud and Ezra answers from Scripture, looking up every verse in real time from the actual Bible text. It is built by Efibernet Inc. as part of the MarkYourBible ministry led by Pastor John W. Jones.

No. Ezra fetches every verse in real time from the actual Bible text rather than quoting from memory. It is prohibited from paraphrasing or inventing a reference, and if a verse cannot be found it says so instead of guessing.

Ezra supports six translations: the King James Version (KJV), New International Version (NIV), New Living Translation (NLT), Berean Standard Bible (BSB), American Standard Version (ASV), and World English Bible (WEB). The King James Version is the default.

Yes. Ezra is free to start with three minutes of voice conversation every day and no credit card required. The Personal plan is $9.95 per month for thirty hours of conversation, the Church & Leadership plan is $29.95 per month for sixty shared hours, and the Pastors & Church Leaders plan is $39.95 per month for eighty hours of deep study — with 10% off the first month. Every plan, including the free one, can also talk to Ezra by phone for up to 15 minutes a day at (318) 373-5997.

General AI assistants will produce a plausible-sounding verse that does not exist, because nothing stops them. Ezra is built only for Scripture study and every verse it speaks is retrieved from a real translation at the moment it answers, so the words you hear are the words in the text.

Yes. Pastors use Ezra to work through a passage in its context, trace a theme across the whole canon, test an interpretation against the text, and talk through the shape of a message — all by voice, with every verse verified as it is quoted.

Yes. The Church & Leadership plan at $29.95 per month provides sixty hours of shared voice conversation each month, which suits a weekly group Bible study, Sabbath/Sunday School preparation, and congregational use. Pastors and church leaders who need more time can step up to the Pastors & Church Leaders plan at $39.95 per month for eighty hours. Study rooms also let a leader share a session by code so others can follow the transcript.

Yes. Ezra installs straight from the browser on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS with no app store required. One tap starts a live voice session.

Ezra speaks with you in ten languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tagalog. Written articles on the site remain in English.

Ezra is built by Efibernet Inc. and is part of the MarkYourBible ministry, led by Pastor John W. Jones, Th.D. It is written with a pastoral, scholarly tone for people who take the text seriously.

Yes. Ezra is a study partner for the desk, not a sermon generator. You can read a passage aloud with it, ask what the surrounding chapters are doing, follow a theme from Genesis through Revelation, and think out loud about how the text preaches — with every verse pulled from a real translation as you go.

Yes. Every reference Ezra speaks is fetched from the actual Bible text in real time across six translations: KJV, NIV, NLT, BSB, ASV, and WEB. It will not paraphrase a verse into something the text does not say, and it will tell you when it cannot find what you asked for.

A general assistant has no obligation to the text and will invent a reference that sounds like Scripture. That is a serious problem in a pulpit. Ezra retrieves the verse before it speaks it, so what you carry into Sunday is what is actually written.

No, and that is deliberate. Ezra opens the text with you, asks questions back, and keeps the Scripture in front of you. The message God gives your congregation still comes through your own study, prayer, and pastoral knowledge of the people in front of you.

Yes. The Church & Leadership plan at $29.95 per month provides sixty shared hours of conversation each month, and the Pastors & Church Leaders plan at $39.95 per month provides eighty hours for deeper study. Study rooms let you share a live session by code so a group can follow along and keep the transcript afterwards.

Yes. Ezra holds a spoken study in ten languages — English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Tagalog — so a bilingual congregation can study in the language the room actually speaks.

Nothing to start — Ezra gives three minutes of voice conversation every day at no cost and without a card. When you are ready, the Pastors & Church Leaders plan at $39.95 per month gives eighty hours of deep study, and it starts with 10% off your first month ($35.96).