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He told his talmidim to have a boat ready for him, so that he could escape the crush of the crowd if necessary,
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for he had healed many people, and all the sick kept pressing forward to touch him.
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Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and scream, "You are the Son of God!"
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But he warned them strictly not to make him known.
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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;