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And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

Indeed, no one can enter a strong man's house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

He did not say anything to them without a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

When that evening came, He said to His disciples, "Let us cross to the other side."

When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

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

A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet

When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.

For she kept saying, "If only I touch His clothes, I will be healed."

His disciples answered, "You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, 'Who touched Me?'"

And they laughed at Him. After He had sent them all out, He took the child's father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren't His sisters here with us as well?" And they took offense at Him.

Then Jesus told them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household."

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip's wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

On Herod's birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders, as well as the leading men of Galilee.

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you."