⁵Jesus sent out these twelve men with the following order: “Don’t go to the non-Jewish people or to any town where the Samaritans live. ⁶But go to the people of Israel, who are like lost sheep. ⁷When you go, preach this: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’ ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead to life again, heal those who have skin diseases, and force demons out of people. I give you these powers freely, so help other people freely. ⁹Don’t carry any money with you—gold or silver or copper. ¹⁰Don’t carry a bag or extra clothes or sandals or a walking stick. Workers should be given what they need.

¹¹“When you enter a city or town, find some worthy person there and stay in that home until you leave. ¹²When you enter that home, say, ‘Peace be with you.’ ¹³If the people there welcome you, let your peace stay there. But if they don’t welcome you, take back the peace you wished for them. ¹⁴And if a home or town refuses to welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake its dust off your feet. ⁿ ¹⁵I tell you the truth, on the Judgment Day it will be better for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah ⁿ than for the people of that town.

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Footnotes

nshake … feet. A warning. It showed that they had rejected these people.
nSodom and Gomorrah Two cities that God destroyed because the people were so evil.