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And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.
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And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.
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And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.
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And if you go into a house, let that house be your resting-place till you go away.
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And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.
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And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.
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Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;
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And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.
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And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.
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And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an account of what they had done. And he took them with him and went away from the people to a town named Beth-saida.
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But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and he was pleased to see them, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God, and made those well who were in need of it.