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And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house.

And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him.

And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,

but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit,

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

And [behold] there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;

having heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;

for she said, If I shall touch but his clothes I shall be healed.

And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.

And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence [has] this [man] these things? and what [is] the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among [his] kinsmen, and in his own house.

And he could not do any work of power there, save that laying his hands on a few infirm persons he healed [them].

And Herod the king heard [of him] (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among [the] dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.

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

And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee;

And the king, [while] made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with [him] would not break his word with her.