Mark Chapter 6 (NASB)

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undefined Jesus went out from there and came into His hometown; and His disciples followed Him.

undefined When the Sabbath came, 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?

undefined '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.

undefined Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his [own] relatives and in his [own] household.'

undefined And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

undefined And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching.

undefined And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

undefined 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--

undefined but [to] wear sandals; and [He added], 'Do not put on two tunics.'

undefined And He said to them, 'Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.

undefined 'Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.'

undefined They went out and preached that [men] should repent.

undefined And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

undefined 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.'

undefined But others were saying, 'He is Elijah.' And others were saying, '[He is] a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].'

undefined But when Herod heard [of it], he kept saying, 'John, whom I beheaded, has risen!'

undefined 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.

undefined For John had been saying to Herod, 'It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.'

undefined Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not [do so];

undefined for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.

undefined A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;

undefined 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.'

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

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

undefined Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, 'I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.'

undefined And although the king was very sorry, [yet] because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.

undefined Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded [him] to bring [back] his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

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

undefined When his disciples heard [about this], they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.

undefined The apostles gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

undefined And He said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.' (For there were many [people] coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

undefined They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.

undefined [The people] saw them going, and many recognized [them] and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

undefined When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

undefined When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, 'This place is desolate and it is already quite late;

undefined send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.'

undefined But He answered 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?'

undefined And He said to them, 'How many loaves do you have? Go look!' And when they found out, they said, 'Five, and two fish.'

undefined And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.

undefined They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.

undefined 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.

undefined They all ate and were satisfied,

undefined and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

undefined There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.

undefined Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of [Him] to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

undefined After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray.

undefined When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.

undefined 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.

undefined But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

undefined for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, 'Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid.'

undefined Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished,

undefined for they had not gained any insight from the [incident of] the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

undefined When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

undefined When they got out of the boat, immediately [the people] recognized Him,

undefined and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

undefined Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

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