and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;
009:002 and sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to
cure the sick.
009:003 And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey;
neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have
an extra under garment.
009:004 Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from
it start afresh.
009:005 Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake
off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."
009:006 So they departed and visited village after village,
spreading the Good News and performing cures everywhere.
009:007 Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on;
and he was bewildered because of its being said by some
that John had come back to life,
009:008 by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some
one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.
009:009 And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this,
of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity
of seeing Jesus.
009:010 The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done.
Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat,
to a town called Bethsaida.
009:011 But the immense crowd, aware of this, followed Him; and receiving
them kindly He proceeded to speak to them of the Kingdom of God,
and those who needed to be restored to health, He cured.
009:012 Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said,
"Send the people away, that they may go to the villages
and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food;
because here we are in an uninhabited district."