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The Twelve Sent Out

And 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. He told them to take nothing for the journey except a mere walking stick—no bread, no [traveler’s] bag, no money in their belts— but to wear sandals; and [He told them] not to wear [a]two tunics. 10 And He told them, “Wherever you go into a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, [b]shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message].”(A) 12 So they went out and preached that men should repent [that is, think differently, recognize sin, turn away from it, and live changed lives]. 13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:9 It was common for travelers to wear two tunics which could be switched.
  2. Mark 6:11 A symbolic act expressing contempt for a place that had rejected the message of salvation.

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