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-# Connecting Statement:
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-This concludes the account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man. Jesus then calls a tax collector to be one of his disciples.
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-# As Jesus passed by from there
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-This phrase marks the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
-
 # passed by
 
 "was leaving" or "was going"