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He was some distance away when he saw Jesus; so he ran, fell on his knees before him,

and when they came to Jesus, they saw the man who used to have the mob of demons in him. He was sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid.

Jairus, an official of the local synagogue, arrived, and when he saw Jesus, he threw himself down at his feet

saying to herself, "If I just touch his clothes, I will get well."

She touched his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once; and she had the feeling inside herself that she was healed of her trouble.

His disciples answered, "You see how the people are crowding you; why do you ask who touched you?"

The woman realized what had happened to her, so she came, trembling with fear, knelt at his feet, and told him the whole truth.

Then he did not let anyone else go on with him except Peter and James and his brother John.

They started making fun of him, so he put them all out, took the child's father and mother and his three disciples, and went into the room where the child was lying.

Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, followed by his disciples.

Isn't he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters living here?" And so they rejected him.

He was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he placed his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

When Herod heard it, he said, "He is John the Baptist! I had his head cut off, but he has come back to life!"

Herod himself had ordered John's arrest, and he had him tied up and put in prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, whom he had married, even though she was the wife of his brother Philip.

The daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, "What would you like to have? I will give you anything you want."

This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests.

When John's disciples heard about this, they came and got his body, and buried it.

There were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his disciples didn't even have time to eat. So he said to them, "Let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone and you can rest a while."

Many people, however, saw them leave and knew at once who they were; so they went from all the towns and ran ahead by land and arrived at the place ahead of Jesus and his disciples.

When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw this large crowd, and his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.