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And the Pharisees went forth and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
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But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea,
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and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And those from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him.
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And He spoke to His disciples that a small boat should await Him because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him.
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For He had healed many, insomuch that they pressed upon Him to touch Him, as many as had plagues.
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And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried, saying, "Thou art the Son of God!"
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And He strictly charged them that they should not make Him known.
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And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto Him.
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And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach,
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and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils:
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Simon (He surnamed Peter);
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and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder);
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and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
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and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house;
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and the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
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And when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, "He is beside himself."
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And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils."
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And He called them unto Him, and said unto them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
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And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
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And if Satan rise up against himself and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.