Mark 6

Whiston^{(i) 1} And he went down from thence, and came into his own country, and his disciples follow him. ² And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many when they had heard, were astonished at his doctrine, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom [is] this which is given unto him, that even such powers are wrough by his hands? ³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized at him. ⁴ And Jesus said unto them, that A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. ⁵ And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them]. ⁶ And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching, ⁷ And when he had called unto him the twelve disciples, he sent them forth by two and two, giving them power [over] unclean spirits, ⁸ And commanded them that they should take nothing for [their] journey, save a staff only: neither a bag nor bread, nor money in [their] purse: ⁹ Be shod with sandals: and not to put on two coats. ¹⁰ And he said unto them, Into what place soever ye enter, there abide till ye depart from that place. ¹¹ And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them, ¹² And they went out, and preached that they should repent. ¹³ And they cast out many dæmons, and anointing with oyl many that were sick, healed [them]. ¹⁴ And king Herod heard, for his name was spread abroad, and they said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works are done by him. ¹⁵ But Others said, That he is Elias. And others said, That he is one of the prophets. ¹⁶ But when Herod heard, he said, It is he whom I beheaded, He is risen from the dead. ¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him, and cast him into prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife: for he had married her. ¹⁸ For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife. ¹⁹ Therefore Herodias watched him, and would have killed him, and could not. ²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and observed him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly; ²¹ But when a convenient day was come, Herod on his birth-day made a supper to [his] lords, captains of thousands, and chief men of Galilee. ²² But when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod, and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, If thou Ask of me any thing, whatsoever thou wilt, I will give [it] thee. ²³ And he sware unto her strongly, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give [it] thee, even unto the half of my kingdom. ²⁴ And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. ²⁵ And she came in unto the king, and said, I will that thou give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist. ²⁶ The king when he heard was exceeding sorry, yet For his oaths sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not refuse her. ²⁷ But immediately he sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ And brought the head in a dish, and gave [it] to the damsel: and the damsel gave [it] to her mother. ²⁹ But when his disciples heard [of it], they came and took up his corps, and laid it in a tomb. ³⁰ And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, what they had done, and what they had taught. ³¹ And Jesus said unto them, Let us go into a desert place, and do you rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. ³² And they getting up into a ship departed into a desert place privately. ³³ And they saw them departing, and many knew [him], and ran afoot thither out of all the cities, and came thither. ³⁴ And Jesus when he came out, and saw a great multitude, was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. ³⁵ But after many hours, his disciples came and said unto him, This is a desert place, and now the time [is] far passed: ³⁶ Send them away, that they may go into the country hard by, and into the villages, that they may buy themselves somewhat to eat. ³⁷ And Jesus answering, said unto them, Give ye them to eat. They say unto him, Shall we go and buy bread with two hundred denarii, and give them to eat? ³⁸ And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves of bread have ye? go, see. And when they knew, they say unto him, Five loaves, and two fishes. ³⁹ And Jesus commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. ⁴⁰ And they sat down in ranks by hundreds, and by fifties. ⁴¹ And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the five loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. ⁴² And they did all eat, and were filled. ⁴³ And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. ⁴⁴ And they that did eat, were five thousand men. ⁴⁵ And straightway he arose and constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before him, unto Bethsaida, But he sent away the people. ⁴⁶ And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. ⁴⁷ And when even was come, the ship was already in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. ⁴⁸ And when he saw them toiling in rowing: for the wind was contrary to them about the fourth watch of the night, Jesus cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. ⁴⁹ But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been an apparition, and they all cried out, ⁵⁰ And were terrifyed, And he talked [with them], and saying, Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid. ⁵¹ And he went up unto them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themelves, and wondred. ⁵² For they minded not the loaves, for their heart was blinded. ⁵³ And when they had passed over from thence, they came into the land of Gennesar, ⁵⁴ And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, ⁵⁵ And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry in couches there all that were ill, For they carryed them about wheresoever they heard Jesus was. ⁵⁶ And withersoever he entred, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were cured.