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He sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
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He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey -- neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
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Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
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As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
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They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that Yochanan had risen from the dead,
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and by some that Eliyah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
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Herod said, "Yochanan I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.
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The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Beit-Tzaidah.
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But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.
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The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get provisions, for we are here in a desert place."