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and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal .
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And he said to them , "
Take nothing for your journey ,
no staff ,
nor bag ,
nor bread ,
nor money ;
and do not have two tunics .
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And whatever house you enter ,
stay there ,
and from there depart .
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And wherever they do not receive you ,
when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them ."
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And they departed and went through the villages ,
preaching the gospel and healing everywhere .
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done ,
and he was perplexed ,
because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead ,
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by some that Eli '
jah had appeared ,
and by others that one of the old prophets had risen .
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Herod said , "
John I beheaded ;
but who is this about whom I hear such things ?"
And he sought to see him .
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On their return the apostles told him what they had done .
And he took them and withdrew apart to a city called Beth-sa '
ida .
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When the crowds learned it ,
they followed him ;
and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God ,
and cured those who had need of healing .
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Now the day began to wear away ;
and the twelve came and said to him , "
Send the crowd away ,
to go into the villages and country round about ,
to lodge and get provisions ;
for we are here in a lonely place ."
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But he said to them , "
You give them something to eat ."
They said , "
We have no more than five loaves and two fish--unless we are to go and buy food for all these people ."
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For there were about five thousand men .
And he said to his disciples , "
Make them sit down in companies ,
about fifty each ."
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And they did so ,
and made them all sit down .
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And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven ,
and blessed and broke them ,
and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd .
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And all ate and were satisfied .
And they took up what was left over ,
twelve baskets of broken pieces .
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Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him ;
and he asked them , "
Who do the people say that I am ?"
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And they answered , "
John the Baptist ;
but others say ,
Eli '
jah ;
and others ,
that one of the old prophets has risen ."
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And he said to them , "
But who do you say that I am ?"
And Peter answered , "
The Christ of God ."
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But he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one ,
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saying , "
The Son of man must suffer many things ,
and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes ,
and be killed ,
and on the third day be raised ."
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And he said to all , "
If any man would come after me ,
let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me .
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For whoever would save his life will lose it ;
and whoever loses his life for my sake ,
he will save it .
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For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself ?
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For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words ,
of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels .