Luke 9:1–10

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

9:3–5pp—Mt 10:9–15; Mk 6:8–11 9:7–9pp—Mt 14:1,2; Mk 6:14–16

9When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons^k and to cure diseases,^{l 2}and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God^m and to heal the sick. ³He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.^{n 4}Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. ⁵If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”^{o 6}So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

⁷Now Herod^p the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John^q had been raised from the dead,^{r 8}others that Elijah had appeared,^s and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.^{t 9}But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.^u

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

9:10–17pp—Mt 14:13–21; Mk 6:32–44; Jn 6:5–13 9:13–17Ref—2Ki 4:42–44

¹⁰When the apostles^v returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida,^w