8. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a walking stick—no bread, no bags, and no money in their belts.
9. He told them to wear sandals but not to put on two shirts.
10. He said, "Whatever house you enter, remain there until you leave that place.
11. If a place doesn’t welcome you or listen to you, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them."
12. So they went out and proclaimed that people should change their hearts and lives.
13. They cast out many demons, and they anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them.
14. Herod the king heard about these things, because the name of Jesus had become well-known. Some were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and this is why miraculous powers are at work through him."
15. Others were saying, "He is Elijah." Still others were saying, "He is a prophet like one of the ancient prophets."
16. But when Herod heard these rumors, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised to life."