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# Connecting Statement:
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This begins an account of Jesus sending out his twelve disciples to do his work.
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# called his twelve disciples together
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"summoned his 12 disciples" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# gave them authority
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Be sure that the text clearly communicates that this authority was 1) to drive out unclean spirits and 2) to heal disease and sickness.
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# to drive them out
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"to make the unclean spirits leave"
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# all kinds of disease and all kinds of sickness
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"every disease and every sickness." The words "disease" and "sickness" are closely related but should be translated as two different words if possible. "Disease" is what causes a person to be sick. "Sickness" is the physical weakness or affliction that results from having a disease.
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