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Then calling together the twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases.
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And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
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And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats.
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And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there and depart not from thence.
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And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them.
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And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing every where.
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Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him. And he was in a doubt, because it was said
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By some that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared: and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
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And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
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And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which belongeth to Bethsaida.