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Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Ger'asenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned.

And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

On their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a city called Beth-sa'ida.

When the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those who had need of healing.

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish--unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."

And they did so, and made them all sit down.

And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

And they answered, "John the Baptist; but others say, Eli'jah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen."

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he did, he said to his disciples,

But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

And they went on to another village.

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house.