Mark 6:1-9 ▼

1 And he departed thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples followed him.

2 And when the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many that heard him were astonished, and said: Whence has this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty deeds are done by his hands?

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they found in him cause for offense.

4 But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.

5 And he was unable to do any mighty deed there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick persons and cured them;

6 and he wondered at their unbelief. And he went to the villages round about, and taught.

7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out, two and two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

8 And he commanded them to take nothing for their journey, but a staff only; no bag, no bread, no money in their purses;

9 but to be shod with sandals, and not to put on two coats.