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Jun 19
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Lectio Mark: Come, Follow Behind Me

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Following his baptism in the Jordan River and temptation in the wilderness, Jesus returns to Galilee where he invites the first disciples to follow behind him, and begins the work of regathering the scattered people of God.

 

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