2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were aastonished, saying, b“Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands!
3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and abrother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they bwere offended at Him.
4 But Jesus said to them, a“A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.”
5aNow He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
6 And aHe marveled because of their unbelief. bThen He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.
Sending Out the Twelve
7aAnd He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out btwo by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.
8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts—
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