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And he calls the twelve to [him]; and he began to send them out two [and] two, and gave to them power over the unclean spirits;
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and he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their belt;
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but be shod with sandals, and put not on two body-coats.
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And he said to them, Wheresoever ye shall enter into a house, there remain till ye shall go thence.
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And whatsoever place shall not receive you nor hear you, departing thence, shake off the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them.
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And they went forth and preached that they should repent;
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and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many infirm, and healed them.
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And Herod the king heard [of him] (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among [the] dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.
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And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
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But Herod when he heard [it] said, John whom *I* beheaded, he it is; *he* is risen [from among the dead].
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For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.