Luke 9:1–10
9:3–5pp—Mt 10:9–15; Mk 6:8–11
9:7–9pp—Mt 14:1,2; Mk 6:14–16
9 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demonsk and to cure diseases,l 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of Godm and to heal the sick. 3 He 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. 5 If 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.
7 Now Herodp the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that Johnq 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
9:10–17pp—Mt 14:13–21; Mk 6:32–44; Jn 6:5–13
9:13–17Ref—2Ki 4:42–44
10 When the apostlesv 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