Mark 6
6
A Prophet Without Honor
1Jesus left there and went to his hometown of Nazareth. His disciples came with him. 2On the Sabbath day, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were amazed.
“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these remarkable miracles that he’s doing? Isn’t this the carpenter? 3Isn’t he Mary’s son? Isn’t he the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” They didn’t think he really was who he seemed to be.
4Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5He couldn’t do any miracles there except place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6He was amazed at their lack of faith.
Jesus Sends Out the 12 Disciples
Then Jesus went around from village to village teaching. 7He called for the 12 disciples and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority to drive out evil spirits.
8“Take only a walking stick for your trip,” he told them. “Don’t bring bread or a pack, and don’t carry any money in your belts. 9You can wear sandals, but don’t bring extra clothes. 10When you’re invited into a house, stay there until you leave town. 11If the people of any place don’t welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them.”
12They went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins. 13They drove out many demons, and they poured olive oil on many sick people and healed them.
John the Baptist Is Killed
14King Herod heard about this because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “He’s John the Baptist, raised from the dead! That’s why he has the power to do miracles.”
15Others said, “He’s Elijah!”
Still others claimed, “He’s a prophet, like those of long ago.”
16But when Herod heard this, he said, “I had John’s head cut off, but now he has been raised from the dead!”
17It was Herod himself who’d given the orders to arrest John. He had him tied up and put in prison because of Herodias, the woman who had been the wife of his brother Philip, but who was now married to him. 18John had been saying to Herod, “The Law of Moses doesn’t permit you to be married to your brother’s wife.” 19Herodias had a grudge against John because he said that, and she wanted to kill him. But she wasn’t able to, 20because Herod was afraid of John and kept him safe. Herod knew John was a holy man who did what was right. When he listened to him, he always felt uncomfortable, but he still liked to hear John speak.
21Herodias got her opportunity when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday. He invited his high officials, his military commanders, and the most important leaders of Galilee. 22The daughter of Herodias came in and danced for Herod and his dinner guests, and they were all very pleased.
The king told the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23He made this promise in front of everyone. “I’ll give you anything you ask for,” he insisted, “even up to half of my kingdom.”
24She went out to her mother and said, “What should I ask for?”
She answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25The girl hurried back to the king and said, “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter, right now.”
26The king was very upset. But because he’d made a promise in front of all his dinner guests, he didn’t want to say no to the girl. 27So right away he sent a man out with orders to bring John’s head. The man went to the prison and cut John’s head off, 28and then he brought it back on a platter. He gave it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
30The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they’d done and taught. 31So many people were coming and going around them that they didn’t even have a chance to eat. So Jesus told them, “I want you to come with me to a quiet place where you can get some rest.”
32So they headed off by themselves in a boat to a quiet place. 33But many people saw them leaving and recognized who they were. People ran from all the towns to where they were heading, and they got there ahead of them. 34When Jesus came ashore, he found a large crowd. He felt deep concern for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.
35Later in the day his disciples came to him and said, “We’re in the middle of nowhere, and it’s already very late. 36Send the people away so they can go to the nearby countryside and villages and buy something to eat.”
37But Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.”
They said to him, “That would cost more than half a year’s wages! Should we go and spend that much on bread so we can feed them?”
38“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they told him, “Five loaves, and two fish.”
39Then Jesus asked them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40So everyone sat down in groups of 100 or 50. 41Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, and he looked up to heaven and gave thanks. Then he broke the loaves into pieces and gave them to his disciples to pass around to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42Everyone had as much to eat as they needed. 43And afterwards, the disciples picked up 12 full baskets of leftover pieces of bread and fish. 44Just counting the men, about 5,000 people were fed.
Jesus Walks on the Water
45Jesus made his disciples get right into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida while he said goodbye to the crowd. 46Once the crowd was gone, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
47Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the Sea of Galilee, and Jesus was still on land by himself. 48He saw the disciples pulling hard on the oars, because the wind was blowing against them. Shortly before dawn, he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, but when 49they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They screamed, 50because they all saw him and were terrified.
But right away Jesus told them, “Don’t worry, it’s me! Don’t be afraid.” 51When he climbed into the boat with them, the wind died down. They were completely amazed, 52because they hadn’t realized the meaning of what had just happened with the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.
53They went across the lake and landed at Gennesaret, and there they tied up the boat. 54As soon as Jesus got out with his disciples, the people recognized him. 55They ran through that whole area to get those who were sick, and they carried them on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56He went into the villages, the towns, and the countryside, and everywhere he went, people brought the sick to the marketplaces. Those who were sick begged him to let them touch just a tassel on his clothes, and anyone who did so was healed.
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Mark 6
6
Rejection at Nazareth
1He # Mt 13:53-58 went away from there and came to His hometown, # Mk 1:9 and His disciples # Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1 followed Him. 2When the Sabbath # Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10 came, He began to teach # Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 in the synagogue, # Jms 2:2 and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things? ” they said. “What is this wisdom # Pr 3:19; Ac 7:22; 1Co 1:21 given to Him, and how are these miracles # Ac 19:11 performed by His hands? 3Isn’t this the carpenter, # Mt 13:55 the son of Mary, # Mt 1:16 and the brother of James, # Jms 1:1; Jd 1 Joses, Judas, # Mt 13:55; Jd 1 and Simon? And aren’t His sisters here with us? ” So they were offended # Jn 16:1 by Him.
4Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet # Mt 2:23 is not without honor # Mt 13:57; 1Co 4:10; 12:23 except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.” 5So He was not able to do any miracles # Lit miracle # Ac 19:11 there, except that He laid His hands on # 1Tm 5:22 a few sick # 1Co 11:30 people and healed # Ac 8:7 them. 6And He was amazed # Rv 17:6 at their unbelief. # Heb 3:12,19
Commissioning the Twelve
Now He was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching. # Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 7He # Mt 10:5-42; Lk 9:1-6 summoned # Lk 18:16 the Twelve # Mk 11:11 and began to send # Mk 3:14 them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean # 2Co 6:17 spirits. # Lk 11:24 8He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a walking stick: no bread, no traveling bag, # Lk 10:4 no money in their belts. 9They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt. # Jn 19:23 10Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place. 11If any place does not welcome # Ac 17:11 you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet # Mt 10:14; Lk 9:5; 10:11; Ac 13:51 as a testimony # 1Tm 2:6 against them.” # Other mss add I assure you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah on judgment day than for that town.
12So they went out and preached # Mk 1:4 that people should repent. # Ac 3:19; 26:20 13And they were driving out many demons, # Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2 anointing # Mk 16:1 many sick # 1Co 11:30 people with olive oil, # Jms 5:14 and healing them. # Ac 8:7
John the Baptist Beheaded
14King # Lk 9:7-9 Herod # Mt 14:1 heard of this, because Jesus’ name # Jn 10:25 had become well known. Some # Other mss read He said, “John the Baptist # Mk 1:4 has been raised from the dead, # Mt 17:9; Jn 21:14 and that’s why supernatural powers # Mk 5:30 are at work # 1Co 12:6 in him.” 15But others said, “He’s Elijah.” # Mk 8:28 Still others said, “He’s a prophet # Lit Others said, “A prophet — like one of the prophets.” # Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52
16When Herod # Mt 14:1 heard of it, he said, “John, # Mk 1:4 the one I beheaded, has been raised! ” # Mt 26:32 17For # Mt 14:6-12 Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain # Mk 15:1 him in prison on account of Herodias, # Mt 14:3,6; Lk 3:19 his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. # 1Tm 5:14 18John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful # Mk 2:24; Jn 18:31 for you to have your brother’s wife! ” # Lv 18:16; 20:21 19So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill # Lk 20:15 him. But she could not, 20because Herod was in awe # Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 of # Or Herod feared John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous # Mt 13:17 and holy # Ps 20:6; 1Co 7:14 man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed, # Other mss read When he heard him, he did many things # Lk 24:4; Jn 13:22; Ac 25:20; 2Co 4:8; Gl 4:20 yet would hear him gladly. # 2Co 11:19
21Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet # Jn 13:2 for his nobles, # Rv 6:15 military commanders, # Ac 21:31 and the leading men of Galilee. # Mt 17:22 22When Herodias’s own daughter # Other mss read When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, # Mt 11:17 she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23So he swore # Heb 6:16 oaths # Mt 5:34 to her: “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” # Lk 4:5
24Then she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for? ”
“John the Baptist’s # Mk 1:4 head! ” she said.
25Immediately she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s # Lk 7:20 head on a platter # Mt 14:8 — right now! ”
26Though the king was deeply distressed, # Mt 26:38; Mk 14:34 because of his oaths # Mt 5:33 and the guests # Lit and those reclining at the table he did not want to refuse # 1Th 4:8 her. 27The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison, 28brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. 29When his disciples # = John’s disciples # Mk 10:10; Jn 3:25 heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb. # Jn 5:28
Feeding 5,000
30The # Mt 14:13-21; Lk 9:10-17; Jn 6:1-15 apostles # Ac 1:2; Jd 17 gathered around Jesus and reported to Him all that they had done and taught. 31He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. 32So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote place, 33but many saw them leaving and recognized them. People ran there by land from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. # Other mss add and gathered around Him 34So as He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd and had compassion # Lk 15:20 on them, because they were like sheep # Mt 7:15 without a shepherd. Then He began to teach them many things.
35When it was already late, His disciples # Mk 10:10 approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, # Jn 1:23; Rv 12:6 and it is already late! 36Send them away, so they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”
37“You give them something to eat,” He responded.
They said to Him, “Should we go and buy 200 denarii # Mt 18:28 worth of bread and give them something to eat? ”
38And He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look.”
When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
39Then He instructed them to have all the people sit down # Lit people recline in groups on the green grass. 40So they sat down in ranks of hundreds and fifties. 41Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42Everyone ate and was filled. # Mt 5:6 43Then they picked up 12 baskets full of pieces of bread and fish. 44Now those who ate the loaves were 5,000 men.
Walking on the Water
45Immediately # Mt 14:22-36; Jn 6:16-21 He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, # Jn 12:21 while He dismissed the crowd. 46After He said good-bye to them, He went away to the mountain # Mt 4:8 to pray. # Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12 47When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. 48He saw them being battered # Rv 20:10 as they rowed, # Or them struggling as they rowed because the wind was against them. Around three in the morning # Lit Around the fourth watch of the night = 3 to 6 a.m. He came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them. 49When they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost # Mt 14:26 and cried out; 50for they all saw Him and were terrified. # Jn 5:7 Immediately He spoke with them and said, “Have courage! # Jn 16:33 It is I. # Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24 Don’t be afraid.” # Jn 6:20 51Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded, # Lit were astounded in themselves 52because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened. # Mk 8:17; Heb 3:8
Miraculous Healings
53When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret # Mt 14:34; Lk 5:1 and beached the boat. 54As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Him. 55They hurried throughout that vicinity and began to carry the sick # Lk 5:31 on mats to wherever they heard He was. 56Wherever He would go, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him that they might touch just the tassel # Mt 23:5 of His robe. # Mt 9:20; 14:36; Lk 8:44; 19:36 And everyone who touched it was made well.
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