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And entering into the boat, He passed over and came to His own city.

And rising up, he went away to his house.

And it happened as He reclined in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, these were reclining with Jesus and His disciples.

And seeing, the Pharisees said to His disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

And rising up, Jesus and His disciples followed him.

And behold, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came near behind Him, and touched the fringe of His robe.

For she said within herself, If only I shall touch His robe, I will be cured.

Then He said to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the workers few.

Pray then that the Lord of the harvest may send out workers into His harvest.

And having called His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast out, and to heal every disease and every weakness of body.

And the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon who is called Peter and his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

nor provision bag for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staves. For the worker is worthy of his food.

But brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child. And children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.

A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above his lord.

It is enough for the disciple to become as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law.

"Ones hostile to the man shall be those of his own house." Mic. 7:6

And who does not take up his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

The one finding his life shall lose it. And the one losing his life on account of Me shall find it.

And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, In no way will he lose his reward.