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              40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
            
            
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Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.            
            
              41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house
            
            
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Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house            
            
              42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
            
            
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because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.            
          
            
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