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But others were saying, "He is Elijah." And others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."

And Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death, and could not do so;

for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he had been protecting him. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; and yet he used to enjoy listening to him.

An opportune day came when Herod, on his birthday, held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders, and the leading people of Galilee;

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

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 carried away his body, and laid it in a tomb.

And He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while." (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

And they went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.

When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out;

And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or a countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and all who touched it were being healed.

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

And when He later entered a house, away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

Now Jesus got up and went from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know about it; and yet He could not escape notice.

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

Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician descent. And she repeatedly asked Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus summoned His disciples and said to them,

"And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."