Jesus called his 12 close followers to come to him. He said to them, “I want you to go to all the towns and tell the people my message. Do not take a bag, or food, or money, or spare clothes with you. Just take your shoes and a walking stick. When you get to a town, let the people look after you. If the people are happy for you to be there, stay there in one of the houses. Don't move from house to house. But if the people in that town do not want you to stay, or they will not listen to you, then I want you to leave that town. And when you are leaving that town, shake the dirt off your foot as a warning that they did not take notice of God's words.” And Jesus said to his followers, “I am giving you my power to send bad spirits out of people.” Then Jesus split his followers up into 6 teams with 2 men in each team, and he sent them out to do God's work.