Mark 6:12 - Preaching repentance........

Mar 6:12    And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

Mar 6:13    And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

Lets not forget this verse. The process works by God opening man's heart to recieve the good news that Christ has come and paid for our sins, and confirmed this by His resurrection.by the grace of God we come to understand the depth of our sin and depratity....and our total need for the good news.

Those faithful in preaching will proclaim this condition using the word of God the Bible, which those who are prepared to hear and recieve will be able to understand.

Mat 13:36    Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Mat 13:37    He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Mat 13:38    The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

Mat 13:39    The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Mat 13:40    As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Mat 13:41    The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Mat 13:42    And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Mat 13:43    Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mat 13:3    And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Mat 13:4    And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Mat 13:5    Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Mat 13:6    And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Mat 13:7    And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Mat 13:8    But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Mat 13:9    Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mat 13:10    And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Mat 13:11    He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Mat 13:12    For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Mat 13:13    Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Heb 4:12    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Mark 6:12 - John Gill

And they went out,.... From that part of the country where they then were, some one way, and some another, two by two, with these instructions, and according to these directions; in order to preach the word, and work miracles, in the several parts where they were sent:

and preached that men should repent; both of the evil practices which they were guilty of, and of the bad principles they had imbibed, and change both their sentiments and their conduct: this, they exhorted them to, as John the Baptist, and Christ, had done before, who set out in their ministry the same way; and these, as they did also, preached the Gospel, and the things appertaining to the kingdom of God, and Gospel dispensation, and called upon men to believe them. For faith and repentance went together in Christ's ministry, Mar 1:15, and so they did in the ministry of John, the Baptist, Act 19:4, and in the ministry of the apostles, Act 20:21. When they preached that men should repent, it does not from hence follow, that they have a power to repent of themselves: for such is the condition of men by nature, that they neither see their need of repentance, and their hearts are so hard and obdurate, that they cannot work themselves up to it, or work it in them, and exercise it; this requires the powerful and efficacious grace of God to produce it, and it is a gift of his grace; and if he gives the means, and not the grace of repentance itself, it will never appear: but the apostles preaching that men should repent, shows that they were in such a state as to need it; and how necessary it was for them to have it, seeing without it they must all perish: and such a ministration is proper, to awaken the minds of men to a sense of the need of it, and to direct them to Christ the Saviour, who is exalted to give it, as well as the remission of sins.

Mar 1:15    And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Act 19:4    Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

Act 20:21    Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mark 6:12 - Albert Barnes

Preached that men should repent - See the nature of repentance explained in notes at Mat 3:2. They were now called upon to repent and reform their lives because sin was evil, because the Messiah had come to preach forgiveness to the penitent, and because at “his” presence it was fit that the nation should turn from its sins and prepare to receive him.