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1 One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases.
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And when the twelve apostles were called together, Jesus gave to them virtue and power on [upon] all devils, and that they should heal sicknesses.
2 Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
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And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal sick men.
3 “Take nothing for your journey,” he instructed them. “Don’t take a walking stick, a traveler’s bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes.
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And he said to them, Nothing take ye in the way, neither a staff, nor scrip, neither bread, nor money [+And he saith to them, Take ye nothing in the way, neither rod, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money], and neither have ye two coats.
4 Wherever you go, stay in the same house until you leave town.
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And into what house ye enter, dwell ye there, and go ye not out from thence. [And into whatever house ye shall enter, dwell ye there, and go ye not out thence.]
5 And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”
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And whoever receive not you, go ye out of that city, and shake ye off the powder of your feet into witnessing on them. [And whoever shall not receive you, ye going out of that city shake off also the powder of your feet into witnessing upon them.]
6 So they began their circuit of the villages, preaching the Good News and healing the sick.
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And they went forth, and went about by castles, preaching [evangelizing] and healing every where.
7 When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about everything Jesus was doing, he was puzzled. Some were saying that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead.
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And Herod [the] tetrarch heard all [the] things that were done of him, and he doubted, for that it was said of some men, that John was risen from death; [+Forsooth Herod, the fourth prince/prince of the fourth part, heard all the things that were done of him, and he doubted, for that it was said of some, for John hath risen from dead;]
8 Others thought Jesus was Elijah or one of the other prophets risen from the dead.
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and of some men, that Elias had appeared; but of others, that one of the old prophets was risen.
9 “I beheaded John,” Herod said, “so who is this man about whom I hear such stories?” And he kept trying to see him.
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And Herod said, I have beheaded John; and who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
10 When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he slipped quietly away with them toward the town of Bethsaida.
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And the apostles turned again, and told to him all things that they had done. And he took them, and went beside into a desert place, that is Bethsaida [the which is called Bethsaida].
11 But the crowds found out where he was going, and they followed him. He welcomed them and taught them about the Kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick.
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And when the people knew this, they followed him. And he received them, and spake to them of the kingdom of God; and he healed them that had need of cure [and healed them that had need of cure].
12 Late in the afternoon the twelve disciples came to him and said, “Send the crowds away to the nearby villages and farms, so they can find food and lodging for the night. There is nothing to eat here in this remote place.”
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And the day began to bow down, and the twelve came, and said to him, Let go the people [Leave the companies of people], that they go, and turn into the castles and towns, that be about, that they find meat [that they find meats], for we be here in a desert place.
13 But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?”
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And he said to them, Give ye to them to eat. And they said, There be not to us more than five loaves and two fishes, but peradventure that we go, and buy meats to all this people [and buy meats for all the company].
14 For there were about 5,000 men there. Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
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And the men were almost five thousand. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit to meat by companies, a fifty together.
15 So the people all sat down.
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And they did so, and they made all men sit to [the] meat.
16 Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people.
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And when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he beheld into heaven, and blessed them, and brake, and dealed to his disciples, that they should set before the companies.
17 They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!
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And all men ate, and were full-filled [and were filled]; and that that (was) left to them of broken meats was taken up, twelve baskets [twelve coffins].
18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
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And it was done, when he was alone praying, his disciples were with him, and he asked them, and said [saying], Whom say the people that I am?
19 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the dead.”
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And they answered, and said, John Baptist, others say Elias, and others say, one prophet of the former is risen [but others say, for one prophet of the former hath risen].
20 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Peter replied, “You are the Messiah sent from God!”
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And he said to them, But whom say ye that I am? Simon Peter answered, and said, The Christ of God [Simon Peter answering said, The Christ of God].
21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was.
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And he blaming them commanded that they should say to no man, [And he blaming them commanded them that they should say to no man these things,]
22 “The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,” he said. “He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
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and said these things [saying], For it behooveth man's Son to suffer many things, and to be reproved of the elder men, and of the princes of priests [and princes of priests], and of the scribes, and to be slain, and the third day to rise again.
23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me.
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And he said to all [men], If any [man] will come after me, deny he himself, and take he his cross every day [and take his cross every day], and follow he me.
24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
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For he that will make his life safe shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, shall make it safe. [Soothly he that shall desire to make his life safe, shall lose it; for why he that shall lose his life for me, shall make it safe.]
25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
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And what profiteth a man, if he win all the world, and lose himself, and do impairing of himself. [Forsooth what profiteth it to a man, if he win all the world, forsooth lose himself, and do impairing to himself.]
26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.
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For who so shameth me and my words, man's Son shall shame him, when he cometh in his majesty [For why who that shall shame me and my words, and man's Son shall shame him, when he shall come in his majesty], and of the Father's, and of the holy angels.
27 I tell you the truth, some standing here right now will not die before they see the Kingdom of God.”
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And I say to you, verily there be some standing here, which shall not taste death, till they see the realm of God.
28 About eight days later Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray.
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And it was done after these words almost eight days, and he took Peter and James and John, and he ascended into an hill, to pray.
29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
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And while he prayed, the likeness of his face was changed, and his clothing was white shining. [And the while he prayed, the likeness of his cheer was made other manner, and his clothing white shining.]
30 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking with Jesus.
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And lo! two men spake with him, and Moses and Elias
31 They were glorious to see. And they were speaking about his exodus from this world, which was about to be fulfilled in Jerusalem.
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were seen in majesty; and they said his going out, which he should fulfill in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.
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And Peter, and they that were with him, were heavy of sleep [were grieved, or heavied, with sleep], and they waking saw his majesty, and the two men that stood with him.
33 As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, “Master, it’s wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials —one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
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And it was done, when they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Commander, it is good that we be here, and make we here three tabernacles, one to thee, and one to Moses, and one to Elias. And he knew not what he should say. [And it was done, when they departed from him, Peter saith to Jesus, Commander, it is good to us for to be here, and make we here three tabernacles, one to thee, and one to Moses, and one to Elias; not witting what he should say.]
34 But even as he was saying this, a cloud overshadowed them, and terror gripped them as the cloud covered them.
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But while he spake these things, a cloud was made, and overshadowed them; and they dreaded, when they entered into the cloud.
35 Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.”
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And a voice was made out of the cloud, and said [saying], This is my dear-worthy Son, hear ye him.
36 When the voice finished, Jesus was there alone. They didn’t tell anyone at that time what they had seen.
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And while the voice was made, Jesus was found alone. And they were still, and to no man said in those days any of those things, that they had seen [And they held peace, and said to no man in those days aught of those things, which they had seen].
37 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.
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But it was done in the day following, when they came down of the hill, much people met them.
38 A man in the crowd called out to him, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child.
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And lo! a man of the company cried, and said [saying], Master, I beseech thee, behold [into] my son, for I have no more [for he is only to me];
39 An evil spirit keeps seizing him, making him scream. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It batters him and hardly ever leaves him alone.
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and lo! a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he crieth, and hurtleth [him] down, and draweth him with foam, and scarcely he goeth away drawing him all to pieces.
40 I begged your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they couldn’t do it.”
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And I prayed thy disciples, that they should cast him out, and they might not.
41 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you and put up with you?” Then he said to the man, “Bring your son here.”
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And Jesus answered and said to them, A! unfaithful generation and wayward [Soothly Jesus answering said to them, O! unfaithful generation and wayward], how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring hither thy son.
42 As the boy came forward, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw him into a violent convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit and healed the boy. Then he gave him back to his father.
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And when he came nigh, the devil hurtled him down [the devil hurled him down], and wrenched him. And Jesus blamed the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and yielded him to his father.
43 Awe gripped the people as they saw this majestic display of God’s power. Jesus Again Predicts His Death While everyone was marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,
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And all men wondered greatly in the greatness of God. And when all men wondered in all things that he did [And all men wondering in all things which he did], he said to his disciples,
44 “Listen to me and remember what I say. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.”
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Put ye these words in your hearts [Put ye these words in your heart], for it is to come, that man's Son be betrayed into the hands of men.
45 But they didn’t know what he meant. Its significance was hidden from them, so they couldn’t understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
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And they knew not this word, and it was hid before them, that they feeled it not; and they dreaded to ask him of this word.
46 Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the greatest.
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But a thought entered into them, who of them should be greatest.
47 But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to his side.
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And Jesus, seeing the thoughts of the heart of them, took a child, and setted [set] him beside him;
48 Then he said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me also welcomes my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among you is the greatest.”
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and said to them, Whoever receiveth this child in my name, receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me; for he that is least among you all, is the greatest. [and said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me; and whoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me; for why he that is less among you all, this is the more.]
49 John said to Jesus, “Master, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he isn’t in our group.”
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And John answered and said, Commander, we saw a man casting out fiends in thy name, and we have forbidden him, for he followeth not thee with us.
50 But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him! Anyone who is not against you is for you.”
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And Jesus said to him, Do not ye forbid, for he that is not against us, is for us.
51 As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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And it was done, when the days of his taking up were fulfilled, he set fast his face, to go to Jerusalem,
52 He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival.
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and sent messengers before his sight. And they went, and entered into a city of Samaritans, to make ready to him.
53 But the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem.
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And they received not him, for the face of him was going into Jerusalem [for the face was of him going into Jerusalem].
54 When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up ?”
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And when James and John, his disciples, saw, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we say [wilt thou that we ask], that fire come down from heaven, and waste them, [as Elias did]?
55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
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And he turned, and blamed them, and said, Ye know not, whose spirits ye be; [And he turned blamed them, saying, Ye know not, whose spirit ye be;]
56 So they went on to another village.
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for man's Son came not to destroy men's souls [to lose men's souls], but to save [them]. And they went into another castle.
57 As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
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And it was done, when they walked in the way, a man said to him [some man said to him], I shall follow thee, whither ever thou [shalt] go.
58 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
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And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens [Foxes have ditches, or dens], and birds of the air have nests, but man's Son hath not where he [shall] rest his head.
59 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
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And he said to another, Follow thou me. And he said, Lord, suffer me first to go, and bury my father.
60 But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.”
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And Jesus said to him, Suffer that dead men bury their dead men [Suffer that dead men bury their dead]; but go thou, and tell the kingdom of God.
61 Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.”
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And another said, Lord, I shall follow thee, but first suffer me to leave all things that be at home [but first suffer me to tell to them that be at home].
62 But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”
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And Jesus said to him, No man that putteth his hand to the plow, and beholding backward, is able to the kingdom of God.