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I. CONSIDER BY WHAT THIS MISSION WAS PRECEDED.

1. By a return to Nazareth where His life was once threatened. (a) This shows Christ's readiness to forgive and to do good to His enemies.

2. By graciously seeking to win back His fellow townsmen.

3. By another scornful rejection of Himself and His message.

II. THE OCCASION AND PURPOSE of this mission.

1. The occasion (see Matthew 9:36-38).

2. The purpose.

(a)  To preach.

(b)  To heal the sick.

(c)  To cleanse the lepers.

(d)  To raise the dead.

III. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY WERE TO GO FORTH.

1. They must go forth without taking anything for their journey.

2. If rejected in one city, they must proceed to the next. "They might flee from danger, but not from duty"

(Matthew Henry).

3. They must refrain from all resentments and retaliations.

4. The full assurance of their Lord's assistance in every trouble.

(D. C. Hughes, M. A.)

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KJV: And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

WEB: He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.