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-\v 18 Jesus saw the crowd around him, but he needed to rest. So he told his disciples to take him by boat to the other side of the lake.
+\v 18 Jesus saw the crowd around him he told his disciples to take him by boat to the other side of the lake.
 \v 19 As they were walking toward the boat, a man who taught the Jewish laws came to him and said, "Teacher, I will go with you wherever you go."
 \v 20 Jesus answered him, "Foxes have holes in the ground in which to live, and birds have nests, but even though I am the Son of Man, I do not have a home where I can sleep."