5. He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6. He was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.
7. Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
8. These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.