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Mark 6:26 l 864
r ight now the head of John the Baptist on
a platter.”
26 The king was greatly distressed, but
because of his oaths and his dinner g
uests,
he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he im
mediately sent an executioner with orders
to b
ring John’s head. The man went, be
headed John in the prison, 28 and brought
back his head on a platter. He presented it
to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
29 On hearing of this, John’s disciples came
and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
30 The apostles gathered around Jesus
and reported to him all they had done and
taught. 31 Then, because so many people
were coming and going that they did not
even have a chance to eat, he said to them,
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet
place and get some rest.”
32 So they went away by themselves in
a boat to a solitary p
lace. 33 But many who
saw them leaving recognized them and ran
on foot from all the t owns and got t here
ahead of them. 34 When Jesus landed and
saw a l arge c rowd, he had compassion on
them, because they were like s heep with
out a shepherd. So he began teaching them
many things.
35 By this time it was late in the day, so
his disciples came to him. “This is a remote
place,” they said, “and it’s already very late.
36 Send the people away so that they can go
to the surrounding countryside and villag
es and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 But he an
swered, “You give them
something to eat.”
They said to him, “That would take more
than half a year’s wages a ! Are we to go and
spend that much on bread and give it to
them to eat?”
38 “How many loaves do you have?” he
asked. “Go and see.”
When they f ound out, they said, “Five —
and two fish.”
39 Then Jesus directed them to have all
the people sit down in groups on the green
grass. 40 So they sat down in g
roups of hun
dreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves
and the two fish and looking up to heav
en, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.
Then he gave them to his disciples to dis
tribute to the people. He also divided the
two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and
were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked
up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of
bread and fish. 44 The number of the men
who had eaten was five thousand.
Jesus Walks on the Water
45 Immediately Jesus made his disci
ples get into the boat and go on ahead of
him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the
crowd. 46 After leaving them, he went up on
a mountainside to pray.
47 Later that night, the boat was in the
middle of the lake, and he was a
lone on
land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the
oars, because the wind was a
gainst them.
Shortly before dawn he went out to them,
walking on the lake. He was about to pass
by them, 49 but when they saw him walking
on the lake, they thought he was a g
host.
They cried out, 50 because they all saw him
and were terrified.
Immediately he spoke to them and
said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
51 Then he c limbed into the boat with them,
and the wind died down. They were com
pletely amazed, 52 for they had not under
stood a
bout the l oaves; t heir h
earts were
hardened.
53 When they had crossed over, they land
ed at Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 As
soon as they got out of the boat, people
recognized Jesus. 55 They ran throughout
that whole region and carried the sick on
mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And
wherever he went — into villages, towns
or countryside — they p
laced the sick in
the marketplaces. They begged him to let
them touch even the edge of his cloak, and
all who touched it were healed.
That Which Defiles
7
The Pharisees and some of the teachers
of the law who had come from Jerusa
lem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some
of his disciples eating food with h
ands
that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The
Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat un
less they give their hands a ceremonial
washing, holding to the tradition of the
elders. 4 When they come from the mar
ketplace they do not eat unless they wash.
And they observe many other traditions,
such as the washing of cups, pitchers and
kettles. b )
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the
law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples
live according to the tradition of the elders
instead of eating their food with defiled
hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he
a 37 Greek take two hundred denarii b 4 Some
early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining
couches