Mark 6:4-14

⁴“A prophet is treated with respect except in his home town, among his relatives, and within his own family,” Jesus told them.

⁵The result was that Jesus could not do any miracles there, except to heal a few sick people.

⁶He was amazed at their lack of trust. Jesus traveled around the villages, teaching as he went.

⁷He called together the twelve disciples, and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority over evil spirits.

⁸He told them not to take anything with them except a walking stick—no bread, no bag, and no money in their belts.

⁹They could wear sandals, but they were not to take an extra shirt.

¹⁰“When you're invited into a home, stay there until you leave,” he told them.

¹¹“If you're not welcomed and not listened to, then shake the dust from your feet as you leave as a sign you have given up on them.”

¹²So they went around telling people to repent.

¹³They drove out many demons, and healed many who were sick by anointing them with oil.

¹⁴King Herod got to hear about Jesus since he had become well-known. Some said, “This is John the Baptist risen from the dead. That's why he has such miraculous powers.”