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and from Jerusalem, and from 1Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of 2Tyre and Sidon, a greatnumber of peopleheard of all that He was doing and came to Him.
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3And He told His disciples that a boat should standready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;
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for He had 4healedmany, with the result that all those whohad5afflictionspressedaround Him in order to 6touch Him.
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Whenever the uncleanspiritssaw Him, they would falldownbefore Him and shout, "You are 7the Son of God!"
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And He 8earnestlywarned them not to tellwho He was.
The Twelve Are Chosen
13 And He went up on 9the mountain and 10summoned those whom He Himselfwanted, and they came to Him.
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And He appointedtwelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,