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And there was also many a leper in Israel in the time of the Prophet Elisha, and yet not one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian was."
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Then all in the synagogue, while listening to these words, were filled with fury.
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They rose, hurried Him outside the town, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw Him down the cliff;
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but He passed through the midst of them and went His way.
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So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.
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And they were greatly impressed by His teaching, because He spoke with the language of authority.
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But in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. In a loud voice he cried out,
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"Ha! Jesus the Nazarene, what have you to do with us? I know who you are--God's Holy One!"
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But Jesus rebuked the demon. "Silence!" He exclaimed; "come out of him." Upon this, the demon hurled the man into the midst of them, and came out of him without doing him any harm.
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All were astonished and awe-struck; and they asked one another, "What sort of language is this? For with authority and real power He gives orders to the foul spirits and they come out."
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And the talk about Him spread into every part of the neighbouring country.