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Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.
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Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
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When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
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Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,
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That Which Defiles
The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus
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When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
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You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
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And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
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Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
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He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
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For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
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Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it.
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“I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.
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If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
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If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”
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As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
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And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
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Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
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But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”
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When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
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He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”
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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
