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And he said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.
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And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
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And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
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And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
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by some that Eli'jah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen.
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Herod said, "John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him.
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On their return the apostles told him what they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a city called Beth-sa'ida.
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When the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those who had need of healing.
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Now the day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, "Send the crowd away, to go into the villages and country round about, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a lonely place."
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But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish--unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."