11And He called the twelvetogether, and gave them power and authorityoverall the demons and to healdiseases.
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And He sent them out to 2proclaim the kingdom of God and to performhealing.
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And He said to them, "3Takenothing for your journey, 4neither a staff, nor a bag, norbread, normoney; and do not even havetwotunicsapiece.
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"Whateverhouse you enter, staythereuntil you leave that city.
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"And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, 5shake the dustoff your feet as a testimonyagainst them."
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Departing, they began goingthroughout the villages, 6preaching the gospel and healingeverywhere.
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7Now8Herod the tetrarchheard of all that was happening; and he was greatlyperplexed, because it was said by some that 9John had risen from the dead,
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and by some that 10Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risenagain.
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Herodsaid, "I myself had Johnbeheaded; but who is thismanaboutwhom I hearsuchthings?" And 11he kept trying to see Him.
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12When the apostlesreturned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. 13Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a citycalled14Bethsaida.
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But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and welcoming them, He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God and curingthose who hadneed of healing.
Five Thousand Fed
12 Now the day was ending, and the twelvecame and said to Him, "Send the crowdaway, that they may go into the surroundingvillages and countryside and findlodging and getsomething to eat; for here we are in a desolateplace."
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But He said to them, "You give them something to eat!" And they said, "We have nomorethanfiveloaves and twofish, unless*perhaps we go and buyfood for allthesepeople."
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(For there were aboutfivethousandmen.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sitdown to eat 15in groups of aboutfiftyeach."
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Then He took the fiveloaves and the twofish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to setbefore the people.
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And they allate and were satisfied; and the brokenpieces which they had leftover were picked up, twelve16baskets full.
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17And it happened that while He was 18prayingalone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the peoplesay that I am?"
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They answered and said, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risenagain."
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And He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peteranswered and said, "19The Christ of God."
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But He 20warned them and instructed them not to tellthis to anyone,
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21saying, "22The Son of Manmustsuffermanythings and be rejected by the elders and chiefpriests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the thirdday."
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And He was saying to them all, "23Ifanyonewishes to comeafter Me, he must denyhimself, and take up his crossdaily* and follow Me.
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"For 24whoever*wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever*loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
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"For what is a manprofited if he gains the wholeworld, and 25losesorforfeitshimself?
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"26For whoever* is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holyangels.
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"But I say to you truthfully, 27there are some of thosestandingherewho will not tastedeathuntil they see the kingdom of God."