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But they, when they had departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plentiful, but the laborers [are] few.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

And when he had called to [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [against] unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his food.

The disciple is not above [his] teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

It is enough for the disciple that he should be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord: if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [will they call] them of his household?

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And a man's foes [will be] they of his own household.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily, I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

And it came to pass when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

And blessed is [he] to whom I shall not be the cause of his falling into sin.

Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

And behold, there was a man who had [his] hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

He shall not contend, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.