Mark 6:5-15

5And He could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

6He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around in the villages teaching.

7And He called the twelve [disciples] and began to send them out [as His special messengers] two by two, and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits.

8He told them to take nothing for the journey except a mere walking stick—no bread, no [traveler’s] bag, no money in their belts—

9but to wear sandals; and [He told them] not to wear two tunics.

10And He told them, “Wherever you go into a house, stay there until you leave that town.

11Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message].”

12So they went out and preached that men should repent [that is, think differently, recognize sin, turn away from it, and live changed lives].

13And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

14King Herod [Antipas] heard about this, for Jesus’ name and reputation had become well known. People were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

15But others were saying, “He is Elijah!” And others were saying, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].”