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Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak,

for she said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well."

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;

it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Now when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and proclaim his message in their cities.

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples

Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent.

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

He entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests.

He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

And in his name the Gentiles will hope."

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his property, without first tying up the strong man? Then indeed the house can be plundered.

While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him.