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For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."

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

And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."

King Herod heard of it; for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him."

For Herod had sent and seized John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Hero'di-as, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

For John said to 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 kept him safe. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.

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

For when Hero'di-as' daughter 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 grant it."

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

And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,

for they all saw him, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."

for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders;

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die';

then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,

And he said to her, "Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

And he said to her, "For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter."

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve."