# The Near Word

> A free Bible reference desk built around one main service: narrative commentary
> on any single chapter of the Bible, read inside the Bible's own storyline.
> Alongside it, a question-and-answer directory and a shelf of human-reviewed
> listings. Every answer carries the exact passages to check it against —
> checking is the point (Acts 17:11). The chapter's text is shown beside every
> reading, and quotations follow it: the Berean Standard Bible (BSB).

## Pages

- [Commentary](https://thenearword.com/): name a book and chapter; one chapter per request. Each chapter is generated once, kept, and served identically to every reader. Shareable permalinks at /commentary/<book>/<chapter>; a chapter marked REVIEWED has passed human review.
- [Ask a question](https://thenearword.com/ask): plain-language briefings with the passages behind every claim and an honest map of where traditions genuinely differ.
- [Listings](https://thenearword.com/catalog): briefings written, human-reviewed, and approved before publication.
- [The Storyline](https://thenearword.com/timeline) and [The Presence of God](https://thenearword.com/presence): teaching pages walking the Bible's big picture.
- [About](https://thenearword.com/about): how the answers are made, stated honestly.

## For AI agents (MCP)

- MCP endpoint: https://mcp.thenearword.com/mcp — a remote Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP, stateless JSON-RPC 2.0). Tools: consult (structured briefing on a question), commentary (one chapter), shelf (what is servable now). No key required.
- MCP resources: library://storyline-primer — an open orientation document on the Bible's one storyline; the server's instructions direct agents to read it before biblical reasoning. library://recurring-pattern is listed, with access opening later.
- Every tool payload carries provenance ("human-approved" or "generated-awaiting-review"), the passages behind each claim, guard notes, and a closing line inviting verification against the texts. Agents are asked to relay provenance to their users.
- Human-readable server description: https://mcp.thenearword.com/