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No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.Isaiah 49:24; Matthew 12:29;">[xr]

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]

When he was alone with his followerswith those around him">[fn] and the twelve, they began to ask him about the parables.Matthew 13:10; Luke 8:9;">[xr]

But when the grain is ripe, he swings his sickle immediately because the harvest time has come."Revelation 14:15;">[xr]

He did not tell them anything without usingusing">[fn] a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.

When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus,him">[fn] he fell at his feetMatthew 9:18; Luke 8:41;">[xr]

Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe.

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

His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

JesusHe">[fn] left that place and went back to his hometown,[fn] and his disciples followed him.Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16;">[xr]

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. They said, "Where did this man get all these things? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!John 6:42;">[xr]

This is the builder,carpenter">[fn] the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.Matthew 11:6; 12:46; Galatians 1:19;">[xr]

Jesus was telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."Matthew 13:57; John 4:44;">[xr]

He couldn't perform a miracle there except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.Genesis 19:22; 32:25; Matthew 13:58; Mark 9:23;">[xr]

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.

An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.Genesis 40:20; Matthew 14:6;">[xr]

When the daughter of Herodiashis daughter by Herodias">[fn] came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king told the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you."

The king was deeply saddened, yet because of his oaths and his guests he was reluctant to refuse her.Matthew 14:9;">[xr]

When John'shis">[fn] disciples heard about this, they came and carried off his body and laid it in a tomb.