Mk 6:1-29

• Isn't he--
• a carpenter?
• son of Mary?
• brother of James Joseph, Judas and Simon, and his sisters?
• They say 'Familiarity breeds contempt' (see v3b);
  
• A prophet is not regarded as one when he's home, in his own house and among his relatives (v4).
• v5: when people don't believe him, he could not do miracles on them (Jesus probably would should they come);
• v7: 2x2 (6 teams):
• gave them authority over evil spirits
• instructed them to:
• take nothing except a staff
• no bread
• no bag
• no money
• wear sandals, but not extra tunic
• stay at the same house in a town until you leave that town
  
• leave if any place not welcome or listen to you, and shake off the dust on your feet when you leave;
• Death of John the Baptist
• Herodias ask her daughter to ask for John's head to Herod, whom she married to after being the wife of his brother, Philip;
• John was buried by his disciples in a tomb;