At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you — whether the warning is genuine or a Pharisaic stratagem to divert Jesus from his course toward Jerusalem, the response dismisses both Herod and the Pharisaic concern with the sovereign authority of one who knows his destination and timetable: Go tell that fox, I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.

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