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1 And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve

1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of

1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king; 2 And he said to his servants, This

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside. 2 And great numbers

1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of

1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go

1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign