9:1. Then calling together the twelve apostles, he gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases.
9:2. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
9:3. And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats.
9:4. And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there and depart not from thence.
9:5. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them.
9:6. And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing every where.
9:7. Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him. And he was in a doubt, because it was said
9:8. By some that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared: and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
9:9. And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
9:10. And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which belongeth to Bethsaida.