Mark 6:1–13

Rejection at Nazareth

6He ^xwent away from there and came to His hometown, ^yand His disciples ^zfollowed Him. ²When the Sabbath ^acame, He began to teach ^bin the synagogue, ^cand many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom ^dgiven to Him, and how are these miracles ^eperformed by His hands? ³Isn’t this the carpenter, ^fthe son of Mary, ^gand the brother of James, ^hJoses, Judas, ⁱand Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us?” So they were offended ^jby Him.

⁴Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet ^kis not without honor ^lexcept in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” ⁵So He was not able to do any miracles ^mnthere, except that He laid His hands on ^oa few sick ^ppeople and healed ^qthem. ⁶And He was amazed ^rat their unbelief. ^s

Commissioning the Twelve

Now He was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching. ^t7He ^usummoned ^vthe Twelve ^wand began to send ^xthem out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean ^yspirits. ^z8He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, ^ano money in their belts. ⁹They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt. ^b10Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place. ¹¹If any place does not welcome ^cyou and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet ^das a testimony ^eagainst them.” ^f

¹²So they went out and preached ^gthat people should repent. ^h13And they were driving out many demons, ⁱanointing ^jmany sick ^kpeople with olive oil, ^land healing them. ^m