Mark 6:7

And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

In Context

6And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. 1 The Mission of the Twelve

8He commanded them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff, only—no knapsack, no bread, nor a copper coin for their money belts—

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Cross References

Matthew 10:1And summoning His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness.

Mark 3:13And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He wanted, and they came to Him.

Luke 6:13And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, and having chosen twelve from them, whom He also named apostles:

Luke 10:1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and He sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to come.

Luke 10:17Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:2-7

The Contempt Poured on Christ. 1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here… Read the whole commentary →

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