9:1 After ¹  Jesus ²  called ³  the twelve ⁴  together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure ⁵  diseases, 9:2 and he sent ⁶  them out to proclaim ⁷  the kingdom of God ⁸  and to heal the sick. ⁹  9:3 He ¹⁰  said to them, “Take nothing for your ¹¹  journey – no staff, ¹²  no bag, ¹³  no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic. ¹⁴  9:4 Whatever ¹⁵  house you enter, stay there ¹⁶  until you leave the area. ¹⁷  9:5 Wherever ¹⁸  they do not receive you, ¹⁹  as you leave that town, ²⁰  shake the dust off ²¹  your feet as a testimony against them.” 9:6 Then ²²  they departed and went throughout ²³  the villages, proclaiming the good news ²⁴  and healing people everywhere.

9:7 Now Herod ²⁵  the tetrarch ²⁶  heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, ²⁷  because some people were saying that John ²⁸  had been raised from the dead, 9:8 while others were saying that Elijah ²⁹  had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen. ³⁰  9:9 Herod said, “I had John ³¹  beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus. ³²