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And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them.
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And going forth they preached men should do penance:
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And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
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And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he said: John the Baptist is risen again from dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
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And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
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Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.
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For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
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For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
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Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death and could not.
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For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.
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And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.