MCP server

Bible

io.github.nirajagarwal/bible-mcp

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Bible corpus MCP server: scripture, Greek/Hebrew interlinear data, cross-refs, semantic search.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

16

Token cost

About 2,756 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http bible-mcp https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.bible-mcp]
url = "https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"bible-mcp":{"httpUrl":"https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"bible-mcp":{"url":"https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"bible-mcp":{"type":"http","url":"https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add bible-mcp https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"bible-mcp","server_url":"https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"bible-mcp","server_url":"https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"}

Tools

• compare_versions ~76 tokens
  Show a verse or short range in both BSB and WEB side by side.
• concepts_in_passage ~143 tokens
  List theological concepts and lexical keywords linked to a verse or chapter via the OT+NT concept graph (seeded from Easton's Bible Dictionary), e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'. Complements entities_in_passage (people/places/ events) with abstract themes and keyword nodes.
• corpus_info ~52 tokens
  What's in the corpus: documents, layers, licenses, and counts.
• entities_in_passage ~90 tokens
  List the people, places, and events linked to a verse or chapter, e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'.
• find_similar ~135 tokens
  Find passages semantically similar to a given verse or prose paragraph ref — across scripture, Apocrypha, and the classics. E.g. 'Philippians 2:7' or 'JULIAN.27.2'. Powers parallel-finding across corpus layers.
• get_citations ~232 tokens
  Where a Bible verse is cited by name in the patristic corpus, extracted from the translators' own footnotes (tier 1). E.g. reference='Ephesians 5:21'. Complements get_cross_references, which links scripture to scripture; this links patristic text to scripture. COVERAGE NOTE: footnote ext
• get_concept ~233 tokens
  Look up a theological concept or lexical keyword in the OT+NT concept graph (5,673 nodes seeded from Easton's Bible Dictionary — see DESIGN.md #5). Returns its definition (with a pointer to the full Easton entry), verse anchors, and entities that instantiate it (e.g. Abraham for Covenant
• get_concept_relations ~246 tokens
  Typed relations for a concept in the OT+NT concept graph: broader/narrower (taxonomy), causes, part_of, symbol_of, fulfills, contrasts — ~430 edges, hand-reviewed against cited evidence (Phase 5/6, weight>=10 only, see DESIGN.md #5). Excludes the much larger 'associated' fallback tier by
• get_cross_references ~116 tokens
  Cross-references for a verse (OpenBible.info, ranked by community votes), with the target text included. E.g. reference='Romans 5:12'.
• get_entity ~128 tokens
  Look up a biblical person, place, event, or people group by name (Theographic knowledge graph). Returns details and where they appear. entity_type optional: person | place | event | people_group.
• get_interlinear ~177 tokens
  Word-by-word original language for a verse or short range: surface form, lemma, Strong's, gloss, morphology (Hebrew/Aramaic OT, Greek NT). For OT verses also shows Septuagint Greek surface text where available (Swete edition — Genesis-Malachi plus Apocrypha, Theodotion Daniel/Susanna/Bel
• get_passage ~117 tokens
  Get Bible text for a reference like 'John 3:16', 'John 3:16-18', 'Genesis 1', or 'Tobit 4:5' (Apocrypha requires version='WEB'). Versions: BSB, WEB.
• read_work ~215 tokens
  Read a prose work from the corpus by paragraph range. Works: CONFESSIONS (Augustine), IMITATION (à Kempis), PILGRIM (Bunyan), PRESENCE (Brother Lawrence), JULIAN (Julian of Norwich), ORTHODOXY (Chesterton), 1CLEMENT (Clement of Rome), BARNABAS (Epistle of Barnabas). Chapters = books/chap
• search ~202 tokens
  Full-text search (stemmed, ranked). Supports phrases in quotes, AND/OR/NOT, e.g. 'living water', 'faith AND works NOT law'. Optional book filter e.g. 'Psalms'. NOTE: porter stemming conflates related surface forms — 'desert' also matches 'deserted' and 'deserts' (as merits) in prose laye
• semantic_search ~194 tokens
  Meaning-based search across the whole corpus — scripture AND prose works — using embeddings, optionally fused with keyword search (hybrid, recommended). Finds passages about a theme even with no shared words, e.g. 'divine self-emptying', 'the soul's dark night'. kind optional: verse | wi
• word_study ~400 tokens
  Original-language word study across the whole Bible. Query by Strong's number ('G26', 'H2617', zero-padding optional — 'H953' works), lemma (pointed or unpointed: 'חֶסֶד' or 'חסד', accented or bare Greek), Hebrew/Aramaic transliteration ('miqweh' finds מִקְוֶה, macrons optional), or Engl

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