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There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."
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When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage.
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They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff.
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But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.
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He went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath.
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They were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
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In the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
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"Let us alone! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God."
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But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down before them, he came out of him without having done him any harm.
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They were all amazed and kept saying to one another, "What kind of utterance is this? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and out they come!"
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And a report about him began to reach every place in the region.