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And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."

For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.

A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.

Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

When his disciples heard about this, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.

When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),'

you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;

When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)

But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

They brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they implored Him to lay His hand on him.

Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;

And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.