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Mark 6:38 | 817
3 Isn’t
he is performi ng?
this the carpenter?
Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James,
Joseph, a Judas and Simon? A ren’t his sisters
here with us?” And they took offense at him.
4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not with
out honor except in his own town, a mong his
relat ives and in his own home.” 5 He could not
do any mirac les t here, exc ept lay his hands
on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was
a mazed at t heir lack of faith.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Then Jesus went a round teachi ng from vil
lage to village. 7 Calli ng the Twelve to him, he
began to send them out two by two and gave
them aut horit y over impure spirits.
8 These were his ins truct ions: “Take noth
ing for the journey except a staff — no bread,
no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals
but not an ext ra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter
a house, stay t here unt il you leave that town.
11 And if any place will not welcome you or lis
ten to you, leave that place and shake the dust
off your feet as a test imony a gainst them.”
12 They went out and preached that people
should repent. 13 They d rove out many demons
and anointed many sick people with oil and
healed them.
John the Baptist Beheaded
14 King Hero d heard a bout this, for Jesus’
name had bec ome well k nown. Some were
sayi ng, b “John the Bapt ist has been r aised
from the dead, and that is why mir acu lous
powers are at work in him.”
15 Others said, “He is Elijah.”
And still others claimed, “He is a prophet,
like one of the prophets of long ago.”
16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John,
whom I beheaded, has been raised from the
dead!”
17 For Hero d hims elf had give n orders to
have John arrested, and he had him bound
and put in prison. He did this because of He
rod ias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had
marr ied. 18 For John had been sayi ng to Herod,
“It is not lawf ul for you to have your brother’s
wife.” 19 So Herod ias nursed a g rudge against
John and wanted to kill him. But she was not
able to, 20 because Herod feared John and pro
tected him, knowi ng him to be a righteous and
holy man. When Herod heard John, he was
greatly puzz led c ; yet he l iked to listen to him.
21 Finall y the opport une time came. On his
birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high
off ic ials and milit ary comm anders and the
leadi ng men of Gali lee. 22 When the daughter
of d Herod ias came in and danced, she pleased
Herod and his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, “Ask me for any
thing you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 And
he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you
ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
24 She went out and said to her mothe r,
“What shall I ask for?”
“The head of John the Bapt ist,” she an
swered.
25 At once the girl hurr ied in to the king with
the request: “I want you to give me r ight now
the head of John the Bapt ist on a platter.”
26 The king was greatl y dist ressed, but be
cause of his oaths and his dinner g uests, he
did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immed i
ately sent an execut ioner with orders to bring
John’s head. The man went, beheaded 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 heari ng of this, John’s
disciples came and took his body and laid it in
a tomb.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
30 The apost les gathered a round Jesus and
reported to him all they had done and taught.
31 Then, bec ause so many people were comi ng
and goi ng that they did not even have a chance
to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by
yourselves to a quiet p
lace and get some rest.”
32 So they went away by themselves in a boat
to a solitary place. 33 But many who saw them
leavi ng recogn ized them and ran on foot from
all the towns and got t here a head of them.
34 When Jesus lande d and saw a l arge c rowd,
he had compass ion on them, bec ause they
were like sheep without a shepherd. So he be
gan teachi ng 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 sur
roundi ng count ryside and villages and buy
themselves somet hing to eat.”
37 But he ans wered, “You give them some
thing to eat.”
They said to him, “That would take more
than half a year’s wages e ! Are we to go and
spend that much on bread and give it to them
to eat?”
38 “How many l oaves do you have?” he
asked. “Go and see.”
a 3 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph b 14 Some early manuscripts He was saying c 20 Some early manuscripts
he did many things d 22 Some early manuscripts When his daughter e 37 Greek take two hundred denarii