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He also said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it?

for he had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.

For he had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion; for we are many."

But Jesus refused, and said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has shown you."

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.

for she said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well."

He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts;

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him."

For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

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

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him.

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee.

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it."

She went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" She replied, "The head of John the baptizer."

The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.

He said to them, "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat."