1. Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
2. And He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
3. He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey: no staff, no bag, no bread, no money. And do not take two tunics apiece.
4. Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
5. Whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
6. So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
7. Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
8. and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen.
9. But Herod said, “I have beheaded John. But who is this of whom I hear such things?” And he tried to see Him.