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And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases ,
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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 .
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But I tell you truly ,
there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God ."
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Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James ,
and went up on the mountain to pray .
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And as he was praying ,
the appearance of his countenance was altered ,
and his raiment became dazzling white .
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And behold ,
two men talked with him ,
Moses and Eli '
jah ,
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who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure ,
which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem .
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Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep ,
and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him .
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And as the men were parting from him ,
Peter said to Jesus , "
Master ,
it is well that we are here ;
let us make three booths ,
one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli '
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not knowing what he said .
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As he said this ,
a cloud came and overshadowed them ;
and they were afraid as they entered the cloud .
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And a voice came out of the cloud ,
saying , "
This is my Son ,
my Chosen ;
listen to him !"
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And when the voice had spoken ,
Jesus was found alone .
And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen .
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On the next day ,
when they had come down from the mountain ,
a great crowd met him .
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And behold ,
a man from the crowd cried , "
Teacher ,
I beg you to look upon my son ,
for he is my only child ;
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and behold ,
a spirit seizes him ,
and he suddenly cries out ;
it convulses him till he foams ,
and shatters him ,
and will hardly leave him .
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And I begged your disciples to cast it out ,
but they could not ."
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Jesus answered , "
O faithless and perverse generation ,
how long am I to be with you and bear with you ?
Bring your son here ."
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While he was coming ,
the demon tore him and convulsed him .
But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit ,
and healed the boy ,
and gave him back to his father .
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And all were astonished at the majesty of God .
But while they were all marveling at everything he did ,
he said to his disciples ,
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Let these words sink into your ears ;
for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men ."
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But they did not understand this saying ,
and it was concealed from them ,
that they should not perceive it ;
and they were afraid to ask him about this saying .
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And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest .
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But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts ,
he took a child and put him by his side ,
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and said to them , "
Whoever receives this child in my name receives me ,
and whoever receives me receives him who sent me ;
for he who is least among you all is the one who is great ."
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John answered , "
Master ,
we saw a man casting out demons in your name ,
and we forbade him ,
because he does not follow with us ."
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But Jesus said to him , "
Do not forbid him ;
for he that is not against you is for you ."
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When the days drew near for him to be received up ,
he set his face to go to Jerusalem .
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And he sent messengers ahead of him ,
who went and entered a village of the Samaritans ,
to make ready for him ;
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but the people would not receive him ,
because his face was set toward Jerusalem .
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And when his disciples James and John saw it ,
they said , "
Lord ,
do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them ?"
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But he turned and rebuked them .
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And they went on to another village .
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As they were going along the road ,
a man said to him , "
I will follow you wherever you go ."
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And Jesus said to him , "
Foxes have holes ,
and birds of the air have nests ;
but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head ."
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To another he said , "
Follow me ."
But he said , "
Lord ,
let me first go and bury my father ."
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But he said to him , "
Leave the dead to bury their own dead ;
but as for you ,
go and proclaim the kingdom of God ."
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Another said , "
I will follow you ,
Lord ;
but let me first say farewell to those at my home ."
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Jesus said to him , "
No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God ."