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Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;
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and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.
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And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey; neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have an extra under garment.
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Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from it start afresh.
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Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."
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So they departed and visited village after village, spreading the Good News and performing cures everywhere.
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Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life,
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by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.
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And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity of seeing Jesus.