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He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
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and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
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Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;
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James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and them he surnamed Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;
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Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
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and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. He came into a house.
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The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
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When his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, "He is insane."
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The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
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He called them to him, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
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If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.