7. And He called to Him the Twelve [apostles] and began to send them out [as His ambassadors] two by two and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits.
8. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick–no bread, no wallet for a collection bag, no money in their belts (girdles, purses)–
9. But to go with sandals on their feet and not to put on two tunics (undergarments).
10. And He told them, Wherever you go into a house, stay there until you leave that place.
11. And if any community will not receive and accept and welcome you, and they refuse to listen to you, when you depart, shake off the dust that is on your feet, for a testimony against them. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the judgment day than for that town.
12. So they went out and preached that men should repent [that they should change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].
13. And they drove out many unclean spirits and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
14. King Herod heard of it, for [Jesus'] name had become well known. He and they [of his court] said, John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why these mighty powers [of performing miracles] are at work in Him.
15. [But] others kept saying, It is Elijah! And others said, It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].
16. But when Herod heard [of it], he said, [This very] John, whom I beheaded, has been raised [from the dead].
17. For [this] Herod himself had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he [Herod] had married her.
18. For John had told Herod, It is not lawful and you have no right to have your brother's wife.