Marqos (Mark) 6:1-29

And He went away from there and came to His own country, and His taught ones followed Him. And Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the congregation. And many who heard Him were astonished, saying, “Where did He get all this? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such miracles are done through His hands? Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Miryam, and brother of Ya‛aqoḇ, and Yosĕph, and Yehuḏah, and Shim‛on? And are not His sisters here with us? And they stumbled in Him. And יהושע said to them, “A prophet is not unappreciated except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.” And He was unable to do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick ones and healed them. And He marvelled because of their unbelief. And He was going around among the villages, teaching. And He called the twelve near, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits. And He instructed them to take none at all for the journey except a staff – no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts, but to wear sandals, and not to wear two undergarments. And He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you leave that place. And any place that does not receive you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake off the dust under your feet as a witness against them. Truly, I say to you, it shall be more bearable for Seḏom and Amorah in the day of judgment than for that city! And they went out and proclaimed that men should repent. And they were casting out many demons, and they were anointing with oil many who were sick, and they were healing them. And Sovereign Herodes heard, for His Name had become well-known. And he said, “Yoḥanan the Immerser has been raised from the dead, and because of this these powers are at work in him.” Others said, “He is Ěliyahu.” And others said, “He is a prophet – like one of the prophets.” But when Herodes heard, he said, “This one is Yoḥanan whom I beheaded, he has been raised from the dead!” For Herodes himself had sent and seized Yoḥanan, and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her, for Yoḥanan had said to Herodes, “It is not right for you to have your brother’s wife.” So Herodias held a grudge against him and wished to kill him, but was unable, for Herodes feared Yoḥanan, knowing that he was a righteous and set-apart man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed, yet heard him gladly. And a suitable day came when Herodes on his birthday gave a feast for his great men, and the high officers, and the chief men of Galil. And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, and pleased Herodes and those who sat with him, the sovereign said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you wish, and I shall give it to you.” And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I shall give you, up to half of my reign.” And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of Yoḥanan the Immerser!” And coming in immediately with haste to the sovereign she asked, saying, “I wish that you give me at once the head of Yoḥanan the Immerser on a dish.” And the sovereign, becoming deeply grieved, because of the oaths, and because of those who sat with him, did not wish to refuse her. And the sovereign straightaway sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison, and brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother. And when his taught ones heard of it, they came and took away his dead body and laid it in a tomb.