Mark 6:1-15 ▼

1 Jesus went out from there and came into His hometown; and His disciples followed Him.

2 When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, |Where did this man [get] these things, and what is [this] wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

3 |Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?| And they took offense at Him.

4 Jesus said to them, |A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his [own] relatives and in his [own] household.|

5 And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

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

7 And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for [their] journey, except a mere staff-- no bread, no bag, no money in their belt--

9 but [to] wear sandals; and [He added], |Do not put on two tunics.|

10 And He said to them, |Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.

11 |Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.|

12 They went out and preached that [men] should repent.

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

14 And King Herod heard [of it], for His name had become well known; and [people] were saying, |John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.|

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