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"Anyplace that does not receive you orlisten to you, as you go out from there, 1shake the dustoff the soles of your feet for a testimony against them."
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2They went out and preached that men should repent.
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And they were casting out manydemons and 3were anointing with oilmanysickpeople and healing them.
John's Fate Recalled
144And KingHerodheard of it, for His name had becomewellknown; and people were saying, "5John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is whythesemiraculouspowers are at work in Him."
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But others were saying, "He is 6Elijah." And others were saying, "He is 7a prophet, likeone of the prophets of old."
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But when Herodheard of it, he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!"
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For Herodhimself had sent and had Johnarrested and bound in prison on account of 8Herodias, the wife of his brotherPhilip, because he had married her.
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For John had been saying to Herod, "9It is not lawful for you to have your brother'swife."
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10Herodiashad a grudgeagainst him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;
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for 11Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holyman, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was veryperplexed; but he used to enjoylistening to him.
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A strategicdaycamewhenHerod on his birthday12gave a banquet for his lords and militarycommanders and the leadingmen13of Galilee;