Sent with Nothing: Mark 6:7-13

He sent them out two by two—pairs of unlikely partners walking dusty roads toward villages they had never visited. Peter and Andrew. James and John. Matthew the tax collector and Simon the Zealot, walking together in what must have been interesting silence.

Jesus gave them authority over impure spirits. But what he did not give them was almost more striking.

"Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. Wear sandals but not an extra shirt."

No provisions. No backup plan. No safety net. They would depend entirely on hospitality—on strangers opening their doors, on villagers sharing their bread. If the message was rejected, they would shake the dust from their feet as a testimony against that place and move on.