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And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;
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They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.
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And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.
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And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.
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And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.
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And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.
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And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.
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But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.
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But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.
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For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.
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For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.