The Twelve Commissioned and Sent Out
1 And summoning the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 And he said to them, "Take along nothing for the journey—neither a staff, nor a traveler’s bag, nor bread, nor money, nor to have two tunics apiece. 4 And into whatever house you enter, stay there and depart from there. 5 And as for all those who do not welcome you—when you*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("depart") which is understood as temporal depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them." 6 So they departed and*Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("departed") has been translated as a finite verb went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.