Mark 6:4-14

⁴at which Jesus said, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his home town, and among his own relatives, and in his own home.”

⁵And he could not work any miracle there, beyond placing his hands on a few infirm persons, and curing them;

⁶and he wondered at the want of faith shown by the people. Jesus went around the villages, one after another, teaching.

⁷He called the Twelve to him, and began to send them out as his messengers, two and two, and gave them authority over foul spirits.

⁸He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey — not even bread, or a bag, or coins in their purse;

⁹but they were to wear sandals, and not to put on a second coat.

¹⁰“Whenever you go to stay at a house,” he said, “remain there until you leave that place;

¹¹and if a place does not welcome you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust that is on the soles of your feet, as a protest against them.”

¹²So they set out, and proclaimed the need of repentance.

¹³They drove out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were infirm, and cured them.

¹⁴Now King Herod heard of Jesus; for his name had become well known. People were saying — “John the Baptizer must have risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are active in him.”