diff --git a/openlp/database/BibleDBImpl.py b/openlp/database/BibleDBImpl.py
index f241c7918..62d6b5231 100644
--- a/openlp/database/BibleDBImpl.py
+++ b/openlp/database/BibleDBImpl.py
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ class BibleDBImpl:
         s = text (""" select text FROM verse,book where verse.book_id == book.id AND verse.chapter == :c and verse.verse == :v and book.name == :b """)
         return self.db.execute(s, c=chapter, v=verse , b=bookname).fetchone()
         
+    def getBibleText(self, bookname, chapter, sverse, everse):
+        metadata.bind.echo = True
+        s = text (""" select text FROM verse,book where verse.book_id == book.id AND verse.chapter == :c AND (verse.verse between :v1 and :v2) and book.name == :b """)
+        return self.db.execute(s, c=chapter, v1=sverse , v2=everse, b=bookname).fetchall()
+
     def _cleanText(self, text):
         text = text.replace('\n', '')
         text = text.replace('\r', '')
diff --git a/openlp/database/BibleManager.py b/openlp/database/BibleManager.py
index b08fbca71..198f10249 100644
--- a/openlp/database/BibleManager.py
+++ b/openlp/database/BibleManager.py
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class BibleManager:
         then only one verse is returned
         """
         if everse < sverse:
-            everse = sverse  # make sure end after we start.  Also optional
-        text = self.biblelist[bible].getBibleText(book, chapter, sverse)
+            text = self.biblelist[bible].getBibleText(book, chapter, sverse)
+        else:
+            text = self.biblelist[bible].getBibleText(book, chapter, sverse, everse)
         print text
         return text
diff --git a/openlp/database/test/testBibleManager.py b/openlp/database/test/testBibleManager.py
index 970c8fcfe..7c6aca3dc 100644
--- a/openlp/database/test/testBibleManager.py
+++ b/openlp/database/test/testBibleManager.py
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ class TestBibleManager(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def testGetVerseText(self):
         print "testGetVerseText"          
-        c = self.bm.getVerseText("TheMessage",'"Genesis"',1,2,1)
+        c = self.bm.getVerseText("TheMessage",'Genesis',1,1,1)
         print c
-        c = self.bm.getVerseText("NIV",'"Genesis"',1,2,1)
+        c = self.bm.getVerseText("NIV",'Genesis',1,1,3)
         print c
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':