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Immediately the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
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and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.
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When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
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The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
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He said to them, "You come apart into a desert place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
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They went away in the boat to a desert place by themselves.
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They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.
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Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
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When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is a desert, and it is late in the day.
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Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."
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But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"