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Mark 6
⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, "Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid."
⁵¹ Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished,
⁵² for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
⁵³ When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
⁵⁴ When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,
⁵⁵ and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.
⁵⁶ Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.
Mark 7
¹ The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,
² and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.
³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;