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Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
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He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick folk, and healed them.
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He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
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He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
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He charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
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but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
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He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.
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Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
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They went out, and preached that people should repent.
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They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.
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King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers work in him."
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But others said, "It is Elijah." Others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets."
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But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."
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For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold on John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
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For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
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Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,
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for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
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When a convenient day had come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
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and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those reclining with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
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He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
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She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
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She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
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The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
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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?"
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He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
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He commanded those that all should sit down by companies on the green grass.