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12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
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But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
13 And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him.
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Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach
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He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
15 and have authority to cast out demons:
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and to have authority to drive out demons.
16 Simon whom he surnamed Peter;
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These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),
17 James the son of Zeb'edee and John the brother of James, whom he surnamed Bo-aner'ges, that is, sons of thunder;
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James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”),
18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot
19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went home;
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and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.
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Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself."
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When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Be-el'zebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons."
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And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
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