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1 He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
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And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.
2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?
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And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence [has] this [man] these things? and what [is] the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? ” And they took offense at him.
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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.
4 And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household. ”
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But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among [his] kinsmen, and in his own house.
5 And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.
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And he could not do any work of power there, save that laying his hands on a few infirm persons he healed [them].
6 And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.
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And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went round the villages in a circuit, teaching.
7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
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And he calls the twelve to [him]; and he began to send them out two [and] two, and gave to them power over the unclean spirits;
8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
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and he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their belt;
9 but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.
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but be shod with sandals, and put not on two body-coats.
10 And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there.
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And he said to them, Wheresoever ye shall enter into a house, there remain till ye shall go thence.
11 And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them. ”
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And whatsoever place shall not receive you nor hear you, departing thence, shake off the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them.
12 So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent.
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And they went forth and preached that they should repent;
13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.
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and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many infirm, and healed them.
14 King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him. ”
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And Herod the king heard [of him] (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among [the] dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.
15 But others said, “He is Elijah. ” And others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old. ”
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And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised. ”
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But Herod when he heard [it] said, John whom *I* beheaded, he it is; *he* is risen [from among the dead].
17 For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her.
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For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife. ”
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For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,
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But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
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for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee;
22 For when Herodias’s daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you. ”
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and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in, and danced, pleased Herod and those that were with [him] at table; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee.
23 And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom. ”
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And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.
24 And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask? ” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist. ”
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And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.
25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter. ”
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And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
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And the king, [while] made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with [him] would not break his word with her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison
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And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
28 and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
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and brought his head upon a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
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And his disciples having heard [it], came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.
30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.
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And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus. And they related to him all things, [both] what they had done and what they had taught.
31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. ”For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.
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And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a little. For those coming and those going were many, and they had not leisure even to eat.
32 And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves.
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And they went away apart into a desert place by ship.
33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
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And many saw them going, and recognised them, and ran together there on foot, out of all the cities, and got [there] before them.
34 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
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And on leaving [the ship] [Jesus] saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
35 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late.
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And when it was already late in the day, his disciples coming to him say, The place is desert, and it is already late in the day;
36 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat. ”
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send them away that they may go into the country and villages around, and buy themselves bread, for they have not anything they can eat.
37 But he answered them, “You give them something to eat. ”And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat? ”
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And he answering said to them, Give *ye* them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat?
38 And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see. ”And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish. ”
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And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.
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And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.
40 So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
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And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.
41 And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all.
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And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave [them] to his disciples that they might set [them] before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.
42 And they all ate and were satisfied.
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And they all ate and were satisfied.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
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And they took up of fragments the fillings of twelve hand-baskets, and of the fishes.
44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
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And those that ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
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And immediately he compelled his disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before to the other side to Bethsaida, while *he* sends the crowd away.
46 And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
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And, having dismissed them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
47 And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.
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And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and *he* alone upon the land.
48 And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,
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And seeing them labouring in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.
49 but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out,
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But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought that it was an apparition, and cried out.
50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid. ”
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For all saw him and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and says to them, Be of good courage: it is *I*; be not afraid.
51 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded,
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And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind fell. And they were exceedingly beyond measure astonished in themselves and wondered;
52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
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for they understood not through the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.
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And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and made the shore.
54 And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him
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And on their coming out of the ship, immediately recognising him,
55 and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was.
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they ran through that whole country around, and began to carry about those that were ill on couches, where they heard that he was.
56 And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.
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And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were only the hem of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.
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