Story: The disciples go out two by two

Two by two, two by two...

The disciples could go two by two!

Jesus had arrived in the town where he grew up. In other towns, the people had loved to listen to his teaching and he had performed many miracles. It was different in his own town. The people remembered him as a small boy and found it difficult to believe that he was God’s son. They thought he was just showing off!

Jesus took his disciples and went to the villages and towns nearby. He wanted his disciples to tell these people who he was, but he knew it would be difficult to make the people understand and believe. He didn't want his disciples to go on their own. Then he remembered Noah and the ark, and how the animals went in two by two. The disciples could go out two by two!

So, Jesus called his disciples together and told them,

‘I am going to send you out two by two. Don’t take anything with you, no food, no money, no change of clothes. I want you to trust in God.’

And so the disciples went out two by two.

They were welcomed into some people’s homes and some people listened to them and believed in Jesus. The disciples made lots of people better because they trusted in God.

Some other people did not invite the disciples into their homes and they would not believe.