1. And He went away from there and came to His own country, and His taught ones followed Him.
2. And Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the congregation. And many who heard Him were astonished, saying, “Where did He get all this? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such miracles are done through His hands?
3. “Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Miryam, and brother of Ya‛aqoḇ, and Yosĕph, and Yehuḏah, and Shim‛on? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they stumbled in Him.
4. And יהושע said to them, “A prophet is not unappreciated except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”
5. And He was unable to do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick ones and healed them.
6. And He marvelled because of their unbelief. And He was going around among the villages, teaching.
7. And He called the twelve near, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
8. And He instructed them to take none at all for the journey except a staff – no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts,
9. but to wear sandals, and not to wear two undergarments.
10. And He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you leave that place.