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For he had healed so many people that all who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus;Lebbaeus">[fn] Simon the Cananaean;Cananaean is Aram. for Zealot.">[fn]

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him. For they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"John 7:5; 10:20;">[xr]

For they had been saying, "He has an unclean spirit."

Then his mother and his brothers arrived. They stood outside and sent wordword">[fn] to him and called for him.Matthew 12:46; Luke 8:19;">[xr]

A crowd was sitting around him. They said to him, "Look! Your mother and your brothersyour brothers and sisters">[fn] are outside asking for you."

For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

but since they don't have any roots in themselves, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.1 Timothy 6:9,17;">[xr]

For nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.Matthew 10:26; Luke 12:2;">[xr]

For whoever has something, will have more given to him. But whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."Matthew 13:12; 25:29; Luke 8:18; 19:26;">[xr]

For Jesushe">[fn] had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

But Jesushe">[fn] wouldn't let him. Instead, he told him, "Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you."

So the manhe">[fn] left and began proclaiming in the Decapolisthe Ten Cities, a loose federation of ten cities strongly influenced by Greek culture.">[fn] how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.Leviticus 15:25; Matthew 9:20;">[xr]

For she had been saying, "If I can just touch his robe, I will get well."

He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum,"Talitha Koum is Heb./Aram. for Little girl, get up!">[fn] which means, "Little girl, I tell you, get up!"

The little girl got up at once and started to walk, for she was twelve years old. Instantly they were overcome with astonishment.

For Herod himself had sent men who arrestedsent and arrested">[fn] John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For Herodhe">[fn] had married her.

John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."Leviticus 18:16; 20:21;">[xr]