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Yeshua withdrew to the sea with his talmidim, and a great multitude followed him from the Galil, from Yehudah,
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from Yerushalayim, from Idumaea, beyond the Yarden, and those from around Tzor and Tzidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
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He spoke to his talmidim that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.
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For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
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The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"
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He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
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He went up into the mountain, and called to himself whom he wanted, and they went to him.
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He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
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and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
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Shim`on, to whom he gave the name Kefa;
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Ya`akov the son of Zavdai; Yochanan, the brother of Ya`akov, and them he surnamed Benei-Regesh, which means, Sons of Thunder;