5 wherever people don't welcome you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.”
6 The disciples left and travelled through all the villages, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.
7 When Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard about all the things that were happening, he was very confused, because some people were saying that John the Baptist had come back to life.
8 Others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.
9 Herod said, “I had John's head cut off; but who is this man I hear these things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.
10 The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. He took them with him, and they went off by themselves to a town called Bethsaida.
11 When the crowds heard about it, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and healed those who needed it.