Mark 6:12
So they set out, and preached in order that men might repent.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
In Context
13Many demons they expelled, and many invalids they anointed with oil and cured.
Cross References
Matthew 3:8Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart;
Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means, `It is mercy that I desire, not sacrifice'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."
Mark 1:3"The voice of one crying aloud: `In the Desert prepare a road for the Lord: Make His highways straight.'"
Luke 9:6So they departed and visited village after village, spreading the Good News and performing cures everywhere.
Luke 13:3I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you are not penitent you will all perish as they did.
Matthew Henry on Mark 6:8-14
The Apostolic Commission. 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye… Read the whole commentary →