1 ^fAnd he called the twelve together and ^ggave them power and authority over all demons and to ^hcure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to ⁱproclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 3 And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, ^jno staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.¹ 4 And ^kwhatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5 And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town ^lshake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.” 6 And they departed and went through the villages, ^mpreaching the gospel and ⁿhealing everywhere.

7 ^oNow Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that ^pJohn had been raised from the dead, 8 by some that ^qElijah had appeared, and by others that one of the ^rprophets of old had risen. 9 Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him.