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Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
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from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
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He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.
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For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
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The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"
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He sternly warned them that they should not make him known.
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He went up into the mountain, and called to himself whom he wanted, and they went to him.
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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;