1. He went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.
2. When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things? ” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?
3. Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us? ” So they were offended by Him.
4. Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”
5. So He was not able to do any miracles there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
6. And He was amazed at their unbelief. Now He was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching.
7. He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
8. He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts.
9. They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.
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 you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”