6. Commissioned, they left. They traveled from town to town telling the latest news of God, the Message, and curing people everywhere they went.
12. As the day declined, the Twelve said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the farms or villages around here and get a room for the night and a bite to eat. We’re out in the middle of nowhere.”
18. One time when Jesus was off praying by himself, his disciples nearby, he asked them, “What are the crowds saying about me, about who I am?”
19. They said, “John the Baptizer. Others say Elijah. Still others say that one of the prophets from long ago has come back.”
22. He went on, “It is necessary that the Son of Man proceed to an ordeal of suffering, be tried and found guilty by the religious leaders, high priests, and religion scholars, be killed, and on the third day be raised up alive.”