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And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.
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And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
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He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts;
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but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.
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And he said to them, "Where you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place.
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And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."
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So 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 healed them.
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King Herod heard of it; for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him."
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But others said, "It is Eli'jah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."
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But when Herod heard of it he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised."