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| 1 One day he was teaching the people in the Temple, proclaiming the Message. The high priests, religion scholars, and leaders confronted | 1 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. |
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