7And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
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Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. …
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. …
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. …
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)Here is, I. The commission given to the twelve apostles, to preach and work miracles; it is the same which we had more largely, Matt. 10:1-42. Mark doth not name them here, as Matthew doth, because he had named them before, when they were first called into fellowship with him, Mark 3:16-19. Hitherto they had been conversant with Christ, and had set at his feet, had heard his doctrine, and seen his…
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