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Then he went up into the hill country and summoned to himself those he wanted, and they came to him.
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He appointed twelve to be with him, to be sent out to preach
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and to have authority to expel demons:
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Shim`on, to whom he gave another name, "Kefa";
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Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, Ya`akov's brother -- to them he gave the name "B'nei-Regesh" (that is, "Thunderers");
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Andrew, Philip, Bar-Talmai, Mattityahu, T'oma, Ya`akov Ben-Halfai, Taddai, Shim`on the Zealot,
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and Y'hudah from K'riot, the one who betrayed him. Then he entered a house;
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and once more, such a crowd came together that they couldn't even eat.
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When his family heard about this, they set out to take charge of him; for they said, "He's out of his mind!"
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The Torah-teachers who came down from Yerushalayim said, "He has Ba`alZibbul in him," and "It is by the ruler of the demons that he expels the demons."
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But he called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan expel Satan?