42
And when it was day he departed and went into a lonely place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them;
43
but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose."
44
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
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