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 # Connecting Statement:
 
-After healing the demon-possessed man, Jesus healed Simon's mother-in-law as well as many other people.
+After healing the demon-possessed man, Jesus healed Simon's mother-in-law and many other people.
 
 # Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever