Mark 6

²And when the sabbath day had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that such mighty works are done by his hands?

³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

⁴But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

⁵And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them.

⁶And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

⁷And he called the twelve to him, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits,

⁸And he commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey except a staff only: no bag, no bread, no money in their purse,

⁹but to wear sandals, and not put on two coats.

¹⁰And he said to them, In whatever place you enter into a house, stay there till you depart from that place.

¹¹And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹²And they went out and preached that men should repent.

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

¹⁴And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad) and he said, That John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works show forth themselves in him.

¹⁵Others said, That it is Elijah. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

¹⁶But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded. He is risen from the dead.

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

¹⁸For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

¹⁹Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him, but she could not,

²⁰For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and holy, and kept him safe; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

²¹And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee,

²²And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you will, and I will give it to you.

²³And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.

²⁴And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me at once, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

²⁶And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for the sakes of those who sat with him, he would not reject her.

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

²⁸and brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

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

³⁰And the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹And he said to them, Come away by yourselves into a desert place, and rest a while; for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

³²And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

³³And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran on foot there out of all cities, and arrived before them, and came together to him.

³⁴And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

³⁵And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed.

³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.

³⁷He answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

³⁸He said to them, How many loaves have you? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes.

³⁹And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

⁴⁰And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes he divided among them all.

⁴²And they all ate, and were filled.

⁴³And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

⁴⁴And they that ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

⁴⁵And straightway he made his disciples get into the ship, and go to the other side before to Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

⁴⁶And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

⁴⁷And when evening had come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.

⁴⁸And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

⁴⁹But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out;

⁵⁰for they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and said to them, Take heart. It is I. Do not be afraid.

⁵¹And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased; and they were very amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

⁵²For they did not consider the miracle of the loaves, for their heart was hardened.

⁵³And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

⁵⁴And when they had come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,

⁵⁵and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

⁵⁶And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and begged him that they might touch even the border of his garment; and as many as touched him were made whole.