He(A) summoned(B) the Twelve(C) and began to send(D) them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean(E) spirits.(F) He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag,(G) no money in their belts. They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.(H) 10 Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place. 11 If any place does not welcome(I) you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet(J) as a testimony(K) against them.”[a]

12 So they went out and preached(L) that people should repent.(M) 13 And they were driving out many demons,(N) anointing(O) many sick(P) people with olive oil,(Q) and healing them.(R)

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  1. Mark 6:11 Other mss add I assure you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah on judgment day than for that town.

And he summoned the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff—no bread, no traveler’s bag, no money in their[a] belts— but to put on sandals and not to wear two tunics. 10 And he said to them, “Whenever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there. 11 And whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, as you[b] go out from there, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them.” 12 And they went out and[c] proclaimed that people[d] should repent. 13 And they were expelling many demons and anointing many sick people with olive oil and healing them.[e]

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  1. Mark 6:8 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Mark 6:11 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“go out”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Mark 6:12 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Mark 6:12 Here “people” is supplied as the subject because a third-person pronoun (“they”) would be ambiguous
  5. Mark 6:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation