diatheke2tex.sh

#!/bin/bash

REF="$1"
VERSION="$2"
FILE="$3"


VERSE=$(diatheke -b "$VERSION" -k "$REF" | \
  head -n -1 | \
  sed -e 's/^[^:]\+ [0-9:]\+:[ \t\n]*//' | \
  tr '\n' ' ')

cat << EOF >> $FILE
\expandafter\def\csname[versequote(${VERSION}){${REF}}]\endcsname{%
  ${VERSE}
}
EOF

diatheke_example.tex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xunicode}
%\usepackage{bibleref}
\usepackage{bibleref-french}
\biblerefstyle{colombefull}

\newcommand\versequote[3]{%
  \immediate\write18{./diatheke2tex.sh "#1 #2" "#3" "\jobname.verses"}
  \input{\jobname.verses}
  \csname[versequote(#3){#1 #2}]\endcsname
}

\newcommand\versequoteref[3]{%
  \versequote{#1}{#2}{#3} (\bibleverse{#1}(#2))
}

\newcommand\versequoterefbook[3]{%
  \versequote{#1}{#2}{#3} (\bibleverse{#1}(#2) --- \textsc{#3})
}

\begin{document}
\versequoterefbook{Jn}{3:16-17}{FreMartin}


\versequoterefbook{ICo}{13:}{FrePGR}
\end{document}