Mark 6:6-13

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⁶He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve^(A)

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.^(B) ⁷Calling the Twelve to him,^(C) he began to send them out two by two^(D) and gave them authority over impure spirits.^(E)

⁸These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. ⁹Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. ¹⁰Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. ¹¹And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet^(F) as a testimony against them.”

¹²They went out and preached that people should repent.^(G) ¹³They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil^(H) and healed them.

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Psalm 80:1-7

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Psalm 80^[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

¹Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead Joseph like a flock.^(A)
You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,^(B)
    shine forth ²before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.^(C)
Awaken^(D) your might;
    come and save us.^(E)

³Restore^(F) us,^(G) O God;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.^(H)

⁴How long,^(I) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder^(J)
    against the prayers of your people?
⁵You have fed them with the bread of tears;^(K)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.^(L)
⁶You have made us an object of derision^[b] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.^(M)