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And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you, when ye depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet in testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city.
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And they went out and preached that men should repent.
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And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many that were sick, and they
were healed.
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And king Herod heard
of him (for his name was spread abroad), and he said, John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore virtues operate in him.
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Others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is
the prophet or one of the prophets.
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But when Herod heard
of it, he said, This is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
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For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
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For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
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Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him and would have killed him, but she could not;
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for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and respected him; and when he heard him, he did many things and heard him gladly.
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And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his princes and tribunes and to the principal
people of Galilee;