Mark 6:7

Then summoning the Twelve to Him, He proceeded to send them out by twos, and gave them authority over the foul spirits.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

6He wondered at their unbelief. So He went round the adjacent villages, teaching.

8He charged them to take nothing for the journey except a stick; no bread, no bag, and not a penny in their pockets,

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Cross References

Matthew 10:1Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.

Mark 3:13Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came to Him.

Luke 6:13When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

Luke 10:1After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

Luke 10:17When the Seventy returned, they exclaimed joyfully, "Master, even the demons submit to us when we utter 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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