< Mark 6 >

1 And going out from thence, he went into his own country; and his disciples followed him.
Then Jesus left that place and went to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
2 And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, saying: How came this man by all these things? and what wisdom is this that is given to him, and such mighty works as are wrought by his hands?
When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him, that such miracles are done by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not also his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in regard of him.
Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
4 And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.
Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household.”
5 And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, laying his hands upon them.
So he could do no miracles there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.
6 And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching.
And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then Jesus went around among the villages teaching.
7 And he called the twelve; and began to send them two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.
He summoned the twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
8 And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, but a staff only: no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse,
He instructed them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no knapsack, no bread, and no copper money in their belts.
9 But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two coats.
He told them to wear sandals but not an extra tunic.
10 And he said to them: Wheresoever you shall enter into an house, there abide till you depart from that place.
He also said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.
11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them.
If anyone will not receive you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that place, as a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city.”
12 And going forth they preached that men should do penance:
So they went out and preached that people should repent.
13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
They also cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.
14 And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest, ) and he said: John the Baptist is risen again from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus' name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these mighty powers are at work in him.”
15 And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
Others said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
16 Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.
But when Herod heard this, he said, “This is John, whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead.”
17 For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
For Herod himself had sent men to arrest John and chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.
18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for yoʋ to have yoʋr brother's wife.”
19 Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she was not able to do so.
20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When Herod listened to John, he would listen to him gladly and do many things.
21 And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.
But an opportune day came. On his birthday Herod prepared a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the prominent men of Galilee.
22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever yoʋ wish, and I will give it to yoʋ.”
23 And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.
He swore to her, “Whatever yoʋ ask me, I will give to yoʋ, up to half my kingdom.”
24 Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.
So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25 And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.
Immediately the girl came in with haste to the king and made her request, saying, “I want yoʋ to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:
Although the king was very sad, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to reject her.
27 But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.
So the king immediately sent an executioner and commanded that John's head be brought back.
28 And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.
The executioner then went and beheaded John in the prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother.
29 Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.
When John's disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all things that they had done and taught.
Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him about all they had done and taught.
31 And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as time to eat.
Then he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest for a little while.” For many people were coming and going, and Jesus and his apostles did not even have an opportunity to eat.
32 And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.
So they went away to a desolate place in the boat by themselves.
33 And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking thither on foot from all the cities, and were there before them.
Now many saw them going away and recognized Jesus. They ran together on foot from all the towns, got there ahead of them, and then gathered around him.
34 And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
When Jesus went ashore and saw a large crowd, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past:
When the hour was already quite late, his disciples came to him and said, “This place is desolate, and the hour is now late.
36 Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat.
Send the people away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves some bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
37 And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat.
But Jesus answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes.
He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”
39 And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Then he directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all.
Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing. He broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to set before the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.
42 And they all did eat, and had their fill.
They all ate and were filled,
43 And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes.
and the disciples picked up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and of the fish.
44 And they that did eat, were five thousand men.
Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.
45 And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship, that they might go before him over the water to Bethsaida, whilst he dismissed the people.
Immediately Jesus compelled his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side of the sea, to Bethsaida, while he sent the crowd away.
46 And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray.
After taking leave of them, he went to the mountain to pray.
47 And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land.
When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
48 And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them, ) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them.
He saw the disciples straining as they rowed, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and intended to pass them by.
49 But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.
But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out.
50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.
For they all saw him and were terrified. But Jesus immediately said to them, “Take courage! It is I; do not be afraid.”
51 And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and they were far more astonished within themselves:
Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were utterly and completely amazed and in awe;
52 For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was blinded.
for they did not understand the significance of what had happened with the loaves, because their hearts were hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genezareth, and set to the shore.
When they had crossed the sea, they came to the land of Gennesaret and moored the boat.
54 And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew him:
When they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.
55 And running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
So the people ran around throughout the entire surrounding region and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.
56 And whithersoever he entered, into towns or into villages or cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
And wherever he went, to villages, cities, or the countryside, they would lay the sick in the marketplaces and beg him to let the sick touch even the fringe of his garment. And all who touched it were healed.

< Mark 6 >