Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 6:7

"And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;" — Mark 6:7 (ASV)

He called to him the twelve.—See Notes on Matthew 10:1-15. The omission by St. Mark of the greater part of the discourse connected with the mission of the Twelve in Matthew 10:0 is every way characteristic of the writer, whose main work it was to trace the ministry of action rather than of speech.