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43 Two days later, Jesus left and went to Galilee.
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After the two days he left for Galilee.
44 (Jesus had said before that a prophet is not respected in his own country.)
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(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
45 When Jesus arrived in Galilee, the people there welcomed him. They had seen all the things he did at the Passover Feast in Jerusalem, because they had been there, too.
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When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.
46 Jesus went again to visit Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. One of the king's important officers lived in the city of Capernaum, and his son was sick.
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Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to Jesus and begged him to come to Capernaum and heal his son, because his son was almost dead.
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When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
48 Jesus said to him, "You people must see signs and miracles before you will believe in me."
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“Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
49 The officer said, "Sir, come before my child dies."
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The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
50 Jesus answered, "Go. Your son will live." The man believed what Jesus told him and went home.
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“Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
51 On the way the man's servants came and met him and told him, "Your son is alive."
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While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.
52 The man asked, "What time did my son begin to get well?" They answered, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him."
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When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”
53 The father knew that one o'clock was the exact time that Jesus had said, "Your son will live." So the man and all the people who lived in his house believed in Jesus.
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Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household believed.
54 That was the second miracle Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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