1. Then calling together the twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
2. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3. And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey; neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats.
4. And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there, and depart not from thence.
5. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them.
6. And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
7. Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in a doubt, because it was said
8. By some, that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
9. And Herod said: John I have beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
10. And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which belongeth to Bethsaida.