Mak6:1 And He went out from there, and He came into His home town; and His disciples followed Him.
Mak6:2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, "Where did this man [get] these things, and what is [this] wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?
Mak6:3 "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him.
Mak6:4 And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his home town and among his [own] relatives and in his [own] household."
Mak6:5 And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands upon a few sick people and healed them.
Mak6:6 And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching.
Mak6:7 And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs; and He was giving them authority over the unclean spirits;
Mak6:8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for [their] journey, except a mere staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belt;
Mak6:9 but [to] wear sandals; and [He added], "Do not put on two tunics."
Mak6:10 And He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.
Mak6:11 "And any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake off the dust from the soles of your feet for a testimony against them."
Mak6:12 And they went out and preached that [men] should repent.
Mak6:13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.
Mak6:14 And King Herod heard [of it], for His name had become well known; and [people] were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."
Mak6:15 But others were saying, "He is Elijah." And others were saying, "[He is] a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old.]"
Mak6:16 But when Herod heard [of it], he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!"
Mak6:17 For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
Mak6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Mak6:19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not [do so];
Mak6:20 for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.
Mak6:21 And a strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
Mak6:22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."
Mak6:23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom."
Mak6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."
Mak6:25 And immediately she came in haste before the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me right away the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
Mak6:26 And although the king was very sorry, [yet] because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.
Mak6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded [him] to bring [back] his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,
Mak6:28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
Mak6:29 And when his disciples heard [about this], they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.
Mak6:30 And the apostles gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.
Mak6:31 And He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while." (For there were many [people] coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)
Mak6:32 And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves.
Mak6:33 And [the people] saw them going, and many recognized [them], and they ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.
Mak6:34 And when He went ashore, He saw a great multitude, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
Mak6:35 And when it was already quite late, His disciples came up to Him and [began] saying, "The place is desolate and it is already quite late;
Mak6:36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
Mak6:37 But He answered and said to them, "You give them [something] to eat!" And they said to Him, "Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread and give them [something] to eat?"
Mak6:38 And He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five and two fish."
Mak6:39 And He commanded them all to recline by groups on the green grass.
Mak6:40 And they reclined in companies of hundreds and of fifties.
Mak6:41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed [the food] and broke the loaves and He kept giving [them] to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.
Mak6:42 And they all ate and were satisfied.
Mak6:43 And they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.
Mak6:44 And there were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
Mak6:45 And immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of [Him] to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the multitude away.
Mak6:46 And after bidding them farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray.
Mak6:47 And when it was evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He [was] alone on the land.
Mak6:48 And seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.
Mak6:49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
Mak6:50 for they all saw Him and were frightened. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, "Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid."
Mak6:51 And He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were greatly astonished,
Mak6:52 for they had not gained any insight from the [incident of] the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
Mak6:53 And when they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
Mak6:54 And when they had come out of the boat, immediately [the people] recognized Him,
Mak6:55 and ran about that whole country and began to carry about on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.
Mak6:56 And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and entreating Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.