Mark 6

¹And He went out from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples follow Him.

²And on the Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many hearing were astonished, saying, “From where to this man are these things, and what is the wisdom having been given to Him, and the miracles such as are done by His hands?

³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they were taking offense at Him.

⁴And Jesus was saying to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his house.”

⁵And He was not able to do there any miracle except, having laid the hands on a few of the sick, He healed them.

⁶And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He was going around the villages, teaching.

⁷And He summons the Twelve, and He began to send them forth two by two, and He was giving to them authority over the unclean spirits.

⁸And He instructed them that they may take nothing for the way, except only a staff—no bread, no bag, no copper in the belt—

⁹but to wear sandals, and you may not put on two tunics.

¹⁰And He was saying to them, “Wherever you may enter into a house, remain there until you may go out from there.

¹¹And whatever place may not receive you nor hear you, going out from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet, as a testimony against them.”

¹²And having gone out, they preached that they should repent.

¹³And they were casting out many demons, and they were anointing many sick with oil and healing them.

¹⁴And King Herod heard; for His name became well known, And they were saying, “John, the one baptizing, has been raised out from the dead. And because of this, the miraculous powers are working in him.”

¹⁵But others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and others were saying, “A prophet, like one of the prophets.”

¹⁶And having heard, Herod was saying, “John, whom I beheaded—this one was raised!”

¹⁷For Herod himself, having sent, seized John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her.

¹⁸For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother.”

¹⁹And Herodias was holding it against him and was wanting to kill him, and she was not able.

²⁰For Herod was afraid of John, knowing him as a man righteous and holy, and he was keeping him safe. And having heard him, he was much perplexed and heard him gladly.

²¹And an opportune day having come, when Herod on his birthday made a banquet to his great men, and to the commanders, and to the first men of Galilee,

²²and the daughter of Herodias herself, having entered and having danced, pleased Herod and those reclining with him. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

²³And he swore to her much, “Whatever, you might ask me, I will give to you, up to half of my kingdom!”

²⁴And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John, the one baptizing.”

²⁵And having entered immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, “I want that at once you might give to me upon a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

²⁶And the king, having been made very sorrowful because of the oaths and those reclining, did not want to set her aside.

²⁷And immediately the king, having sent an executioner, commanded to be brought his head. And having gone away, he beheaded him in the prison

²⁸and brought his head upon a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

²⁹And having heard of it, his disciples came and took up his body and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus, and they reported to Him all things, as much as they did and as much as they taught.

³¹And He said to them, “Come, you yourselves, apart to a wilderness place, and rest a little.” For those coming and those going were many, and not even were they having opportunity to eat.

³²And they went away in the boat to a wilderness place by themselves.

³³And many saw them going and recognized, and they ran together there on foot from all the cities and went before them.

³⁴And having gone out, He saw a great crowd and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

³⁵And the hour already being late, having come to Him, His disciples were saying, “The place is a wilderness, and the hour already is late.

³⁶Dismiss them so that, having gone to the surrounding fields and villages, they might buy for themselves something to eat.”

³⁷But answering, He said to them, “You give to them to eat.” And they say to Him, “Having gone away, shall we buy two hundred denarii of loaves and give them to eat?”

³⁸And He says to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go, see.” And having known, they say, “Five, and two fish.”

³⁹And He commanded them to make them all recline, groups by groups, on the green grass.

⁴⁰And they sat down groups by groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to the heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. And He was giving them to His disciples, so that they might set before them. And He divided the two fish among all.

⁴²And all ate and were satisfied.

⁴³And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of fragments, and of the fish.

⁴⁴And those having eaten of the loaves were five thousand men.

⁴⁵And immediately He compelled His disciples to enter into the boat and to go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, until He dismisses the crowd.

⁴⁶And having taken leave of them, He went away to the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He alone on the land.

⁴⁸And having seen them straining in the rowing—for the wind was contrary to them—about the fourth watch of the night, He goes to them, walking on the sea, and He was wanting to pass by them.

⁴⁹And having seen Him walking on the sea, they thought that He is a ghost, and they cried out.

⁵⁰For all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He spoke with them, and He says to them, “Take courage! I am He! Do not be afraid.”

⁵¹And He went up to them into the boat, and the wind abated. And exceedingly in abundance in themselves, they were amazed.

⁵²For they did not understand about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

⁵³And having crossed over, they came to the land, to Gennesaret, and they drew to shore.

⁵⁴And on their having come out of the boat, immediately having recognized Him,

⁵⁵they ran around all that region, and they began to carry around on mats those being ill to where they were hearing that He is.

⁵⁶And wherever He was entering into villages or into cities or into fields, they were laying the ailing in the marketplaces and were imploring Him that they might only touch the fringe of His garment. And as many as touched Him were saved.