diff --git a/source/_scripts.haml b/source/_scripts.haml
index 0d69070..49d4aff 100644
--- a/source/_scripts.haml
+++ b/source/_scripts.haml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 #{javascript_include_tag "app"}
 #{javascript_include_tag "services"}
 #{javascript_include_tag "reader/markdown"}
+#{javascript_include_tag "reader/json"}
 #{javascript_include_tag "controllers"}
diff --git a/source/scripts/reader/json.coffee b/source/scripts/reader/json.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..358b0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/scripts/reader/json.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+angular.module("sideBySide").factory("jsonReader", () ->
+    return (source) ->
+        parsed = eval('(' + source + ')')
+
+        new_content = []
+        for verse in parsed.content
+            if typeof(verse) == "string"
+                new_content.push({ section: "", text: verse })
+            else
+                if "section" not of verse
+                    verse.section = ""
+                new_content.push(verse)
+
+        parsed.content = new_content
+        return parsed
+)
diff --git a/source/scripts/tests/reader/json.coffee b/source/scripts/tests/reader/json.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb1e087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/scripts/tests/reader/json.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+test("jsonReader", () ->
+    injector = angular.injector(["ng", "sideBySide"])
+    jsonReader = injector.get("jsonReader")
+
+    testCases = [{
+        tested: """
+            {
+                meta: {
+                    Title: "Test leading text"
+                },
+                content: [
+                    "<p><strong>This</strong> is leading text.</p>",
+                    { section: "I", text: "<p>First section.</p>" },
+                    { section: "II", text: "<p>Second section.</p>" },
+                    { text: "<p>Another section.</p>" },
+                ],
+            }"""
+        expected: {
+            meta: {
+                Title: "Test leading text"
+            }
+            content: [
+                { section: "", text: "<p><strong>This</strong> is leading text.</p>" }
+                { section: "I", text: "<p>First section.</p>" }
+                { section: "II", text: "<p>Second section.</p>" }
+                { section: "", text: "<p>Another section.</p>" }
+            ]
+        }
+    }]
+
+    for testCase in testCases
+        deepEqual(jsonReader(testCase.tested), testCase.expected)
+)
diff --git a/source/tests.haml b/source/tests.haml
index cc78807..8b86676 100644
--- a/source/tests.haml
+++ b/source/tests.haml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         #{stylesheet_link_tag "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/qunit/1.11.0/qunit.css"}
         #{javascript_include_tag "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/qunit/1.11.0/qunit.js"}
         #{javascript_include_tag "tests/reader/markdown"}
+        #{javascript_include_tag "tests/reader/json"}
 
     %body
         %div{:id => "qunit"}