JESUS SENDS OUT THE TWELVE

Passage: Mark 6:6-13

Key verse: 7

NIV

6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve(A)

Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.(B) 7 Calling the Twelve to him,(C) he began to send them out two by two(D) and gave them authority over impure spirits.(E)

8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet(F) as a testimony against them.”

12 They went out and preached that people should repent.(G) 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil(H) and healed them.

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ESV

6 And (A)he marveled because of their unbelief.

(B)And he went about among the villages teaching.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

7 (C)And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— 9 but to (D)wear sandals and not put on two tunics.[a] 10 And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. 11 And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, (E)shake off the dust that is on your feet (F)as a testimony against them.” 12 (G)So they went out and (H)proclaimed (I)that people should repent. 13 (J)And they cast out many demons and (K)anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

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Footnotes
  1. Mark 6:9 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
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1. Authority over evil spirits (6b-7)

Jesus sent his twelve disciples on an evangelistic journey. It was part of their training to be apostles. He gave them power to conquer the rule of Satan in the lives of men; he gave them the authority to drive out evil spirits.

2. Take nothing for the journey (8-11)

They were to depend on God for all their material needs. When they entered a village, they were not to shop around for a better place to stay, but remain and bless the house that first received them.

3. They preached that men should repent (12-13)

They healed the sick and drove out demons. But the main work of their mission was to call people to repentance. Each person must repent of sin if he is to welcome Jesus the Savior into his life.

Prayer: Lord, though I live in a godless society, help me to be Jesus' disciple and to learn from him how to be a disciple-maker. Give me repentance and courage to preach repentance and forgiveness.

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