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For He had told him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

But He would not let him; instead, He told him, "Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you."

So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years

For she said, "If I can just touch His robes, I'll be made well!"

He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.

For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife!"

Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

Then she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" "John the Baptist's head!" she said.

The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,

He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while." For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

for they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said, "Have courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

(For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders.

For Moses said: Honor your father and your mother; and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.

"you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.

For it doesn't go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated." (As a result, He made all foods clean.)

For from within, out of people's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?" "Twelve," they told Him.

"When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?" "Seven," they said.