Mark 6
1 And departing from there, he went away to his own country; and his disciples followed him.
On leaving that place, Jesus, followed by his disciples, went to his own part of the country.
2 And when the Sabbath arrived, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many, upon hearing him, were amazed at his doctrine, saying: “Where did this one get all these things?” and, “What is this wisdom, which has been given to him?” and, “Such powerful deeds, which are wrought by his hands!”
When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue; and the people, as they listened, were deeply impressed. “Where did he get this?” they said, “and what is this wisdom that has been given him? And these miracles which he is doing?
3 “Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? Are not his sisters also here with us?” And they took great offense at him.
Isn’t he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters, too, living here among us?” This proved a hindrance to their believing in him;
4 And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.”
at which Jesus said, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his home town, and among his own relatives, and in his own home.”
5 And he was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he cured a few of the infirm by laying his hands on them.
And he could not work any miracle there, beyond placing his hands on a few infirm persons, and curing them;
6 And he wondered, because of their unbelief, and he traveled around in the villages, teaching.
and he wondered at the want of faith shown by the people. Jesus went around the villages, one after another, teaching.
7 And he called the twelve. And he began to send them out in twos, and he gave them authority over unclean spirits.
He called the Twelve to him, and began to send them out as his messengers, two and two, and gave them authority over foul spirits.
8 And he instructed them not to take anything for the journey, except a staff: no traveling bag, no bread, and no money belt,
He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey – not even bread, or a bag, or coins in their purse;
9 but to wear sandals, and not to wear two tunics.
but they were to wear sandals, and not to put on a second coat.
10 And he said to them: “Whenever you have entered into a house, stay there until you depart from that place.
“Whenever you go to stay at a house,” he said, “remain there until you leave that place;
11 And whoever will neither receive you, nor listen to you, as you go away from there, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
and if a place does not welcome you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust that is on the soles of your feet, as a protest against them.”
12 And going out, they were preaching, so that people would repent.
So they set out, and proclaimed the need of repentance.
13 And they cast out many demons, and they anointed many of the sick with oil and healed them.
They drove out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were infirm, and cured them.
14 And king Herod heard of it, (for his name had become well-known) and he said: “John the Baptist has risen again from the dead, and because of this, miracles are at work in him.”
Now King Herod heard of Jesus; for his name had become well known. People were saying – “John the Baptizer must have risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are active in him.”
15 But others were saying, “Because it is Elijah.” Still others were saying, “Because he is a prophet, like one of the prophets.”
Others again said – “He is Elijah,” and others – “He is a prophet, like one of the great prophets.”
16 When Herod had heard it, he said, “John whom I beheaded, the same has risen again from the dead.”
But when Herod heard of him, he said – “The man whom I beheaded – John – he must be risen!”
17 For Herod himself had sent to capture John, and had chained him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; for he had married her.
For Herod himself had sent and arrested John, and put him in prison, in chains, to please Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because Herod had married her.
18 For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
For John had said to Herod – “You have no right to be living with your brother’s wife.”
19 Now Herodias was devising treachery against him; and she wanted to kill him, but she was unable.
So Herodias was incensed against John, and wanted to put him to death, but was unable to do so,
20 For Herod was apprehensive of John, knowing him to be a just and holy man, and so he guarded him. And he heard that he was accomplishing many things, and so he listened to him willingly.
because Herod stood in fear of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and protected him. He had listened to John, but still remained much perplexed, and yet he found pleasure in listening to him.
21 And when an opportune time had arrived, Herod held a feast on his birthday, with the leaders, and the tribunes, and the first rulers of Galilee.
A suitable opportunity, however, occurred when Herod, on his birthday, gave a dinner to his high officials, and his generals, and the foremost men in Galilee.
22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias had entered, and danced, and pleased Herod, along with those who were at table with him, the king said to the girl, “Request from me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
When his daughter – that is, the daughter of Herodias – came in and danced, she delighted Herod and those who were dining with him. “Ask me for whatever you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you”;
23 And he swore to her, “Anything that you request, I will give to you, even up to half my kingdom.”
and he swore to her that he would give her whatever she asked him – up to half his kingdom.
24 And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, “What shall I request?” But her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
The girl went out, and said to her mother “What must I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptizer,” answered her mother.
25 And immediately, when she had entered with haste to the king, she petitioned him, saying: “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
So she went in as quickly as possible to the king, and made her request. “I want you,” she said, “to give me at once, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.”
26 And the king was greatly saddened. But because of his oath, and because of those who were sitting with him at table, he was not willing to disappoint her.
The king was much distressed; yet, because of his oath and of the guests at his table, he did not like to refuse her.
27 So, having sent an executioner, he instructed that his head be brought on a platter.
He immediately dispatched one of his bodyguard, with orders to bring John’s head. The man went and beheaded John in the prison,
28 And he beheaded him in prison, and he brought his head on a platter. And he gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it her mother.
and, bringing his head on a dish, gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
29 When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and they placed it in a tomb.
When John’s disciples heard of it, they came and took his body away, and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the Apostles, returning to Jesus, reported to him everything that they had done and taught.
When the apostles came back to Jesus, they told him all that they had done and all that they had taught.
31 And he said to them, “Go out alone, into a deserted place, and rest for a little while.” For there were so many who were coming and going, that they did not even have time to eat.
“Come by yourselves privately to some lonely spot,” he said, “and rest for a while” – for there were so many people coming and going that they had not time even to eat.
32 And climbing into a boat, they went away to a deserted place alone.
So they set off privately in their boat for a lonely spot.
33 And they saw them going away, and many knew about it. And together they ran by foot from all the cities, and they arrived before them.
Many people saw them going, and recognized them, and from all the towns they flocked together to the place on foot, and got there before them.
34 And Jesus, going out, saw a great multitude. And he took pity on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when many hours had now passed, his disciples drew near to him, saying: “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late.
When it grew late, his disciples came up to him, and said, “This is a lonely spot, and it is already late.
36 Send them away, so that by going out to nearby villages and towns, they might buy provisions for themselves to eat.”
Send the people away, so that they may go to the farms and villages around and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 And responding, he said to them, “Give them something to eat yourselves.” And they said to him, “Let us go out and buy bread for two hundred denarii, and then we will give them something to eat.”
But Jesus answered, “It is for you to give them something to eat.” “Are we to go and spend almost a year’s wages on bread,” they asked, “to give them to eat?”
38 And he said to them: “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”
“How many loaves have you?” he asked, “Go, and see.” When they had found out, they told him, “Five, and two fish.”
39 And he instructed them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
Jesus directed them to make all the people take their seats on the green grass, in parties;
40 And they sat down in divisions by hundreds and by fifties.
and they sat down in groups – in hundreds, and in fifties.
41 And having received the five loaves and the two fish, gazing up to heaven, he blessed and broke the bread, and he gave it to his disciples to set before them. And the two fish he divided among them all.
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, Jesus looked up to heaven, and said the blessing; he broke the loaves into pieces, and gave them to his disciples for them to serve out to the people, and he divided the two fish also among them all.
42 And they all ate and were satisfied.
Everyone had sufficient to eat;
43 And they brought together the remainder: twelve baskets full of fragments and of fish.
and they picked up enough broken pieces to fill twelve baskets, as well as some of the fish.
44 Now those who ate were five thousand men.
The people who ate the bread were five thousand in number.
45 And without delay he urged his disciples to climb into the boat, so that they might precede him across the sea to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the people.
Immediately afterward Jesus made his disciples get into the boat, and cross over in advance, in the direction of Bethsaida, while he himself was dismissing the crowd.
46 And when he had dismissed them, he went to the mountain to pray.
After he had taken leave of the people, he went away up the hill to pray.
47 And when it was late, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
When evening fell, the boat was out in the middle of the sea, and Jesus on the shore alone.
48 And seeing them struggling to row, (for the wind was against them, ) and about the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking upon the sea. And he intended to pass by them.
Seeing them laboring at the oars – for the wind was against them – about three hours after midnight Jesus came towards them, walking on the water, intending to join them.
49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.
But, when they saw him walking on the water, they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;
50 For they all saw him, and they were very disturbed. And immediately he spoke with them, and he said to them: “Be strengthened in faith. It is I. Do not be afraid.”
for all of them saw him, and were terrified. But Jesus at once spoke to them. “Courage!” he said, “it is I; do not be afraid!”
51 And he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they became even more astonished within themselves.
Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind dropped. The disciples were utterly amazed,
52 For they did not understand about the bread. For their heart had been blinded.
for they had not understood about the loaves, their minds being slow to learn.
53 And when they had crossed over, they arrived in the land of Genesaret, and they reached the shore.
When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret, and moored the boat.
54 And when they had disembarked from the boat, the people immediately recognized him.
But they had no sooner left her than the people, recognizing Jesus,
55 And running throughout that entire region, they began to carry on beds those who had maladies, to where they heard that he would be.
hurried over the whole countryside, and began to carry about on mats those who were ill, wherever they heard he was.
56 And in whichever place he entered, in towns or villages or cities, they placed the infirm in the main streets, and they pleaded with him that they might touch even the hem of his garment. And as many as touched him were made healthy.
So wherever he went – to villages, or towns, or farms – they would lay their sick in the market-places, begging him to let them touch only the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made well.
