→ curl -s https://bible-api.com/John+3:16 | jq
{
  "reference": "John 3:16",
  "verses": [
    {
      "book_id": "JHN",
      "book_name": "John",
      "chapter": 3,
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.\n\n"
    }
  ],
  "text": "\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.\n\n",
  "translation_id": "web",
  "translation_name": "World English Bible",
  "translation_note": "Public Domain"
}

→ ruby -r open-uri -r json -r pp -e "pp JSON.parse(URI.open('https://bible-api.com/John+3:16').read)"
{"reference"=>"John 3:16",
 "verses"=>
  [{"book_id"=>"JHN",
    "book_name"=>"John",
    "chapter"=>3,
    "verse"=>16,
    "text"=>
     "\n" +
     "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.\n" +
     "\n"}],
 "text"=>
  "\n" +
  "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.\n" +
  "\n",
 "translation_id"=>"web",
 "translation_name"=>"World English Bible",
 "translation_note"=>"Public Domain"}