evidence: The verses weren't "removed" from the NIV Bible, according to its publisher; they were relocated to same-page footnotes in order to distinguish between older and newer versions of biblical texts. In 2024, a nearly decade-old meme began to spread across Facebook claiming that 45 complete verses had been removed from the New International Version Bible by HarperCollins, its publisher: [...] When we reached out to Zondervan, the Christian publishing company owned by HarperCollins that publishes the NIV Bible in the U.S., a representative directed us to a PolitiFact article that rated the claim about "removed verses" false.