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Mark 3:1

Mark 3:1

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And he entered again into the synagogue,.... Perhaps in Capernaum, where he had before cast out the unclean spirit; but not on the same day, nor on that day he had had the debate with the Pharisees, about his disciples plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day; but on another sabbath, perhaps the next; see Lu 6:6.

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