Mark 6

And He went out from there, and came into His own country; and His disciples follow Him.

2 And when the Shabbat had come, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “From where hath this man these things? And what wisdom is this which is given unto Him, that even such mighty works are wrought by His hands?

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary (Miryam), the brother of James (Yaaqov), and Joseph (Yosef), and of Judas (Yehudah), and Shimon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they were offended at Him.

4 But YHWH said unto them, “A prophet is not without honour, but in His own country, and among His own kin, and in His own house.”

5 And He could there do no mighty work, except that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

6 And He marvelled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages, teaching.

7 And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse;

9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

10 And He said unto them, “In what place soever you enter into a house, there abide till you depart from that place.

11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.”

12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

14 And King Herod heard of Him; (for His name was spread abroad;) and he said, “That John the Baptist (Yochanan haMatvil) was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in Him.”

15 Others said, “That it is Elijah (Eliyahu).” And others said, “That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.”

16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, “It is John (Yochanan), whom I beheaded; He is risen from the dead.”

17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John (Yochanan), and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

18 For John (Yochanan) had said unto Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him, but she could not;

20 For Herod feared John (Yochanan), knowing that he was a just and holy man, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

21 And when an opportunity day had come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his nobles, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, “Ask of me whatsoever you wilt, and I will give it you.”

23 And he sware unto her, “Whatsoever you shalt ask of me, I will give it you, unto the half of my kingdom.”

24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist (Yochanan haMatvil).”

25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, “I will that you give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist (Yochanan haMatvil).”

26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.

27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought; and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

28 And brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto YHWH, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

31 And He said unto them, “Come you yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while;” for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew Him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto Him.

34 And YHWH, when He came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

35 And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him, and said, “This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed.

36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”

37 He answered and said unto them, “Give you them to eat.” And they say unto Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred penny worth of bread, and give them to eat?”

38 He saith unto them, “How many loaves have you? Go and see.” And when they knew, they say, “Five, and two fishes.”

39 And He commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

41 And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided He among them all.

42 And they did all eat, and were filled.

43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

45 And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people.

46 And when He had sent them away, He departed into a mountain to pray.

47 And when even had come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and He alone on the land.

48 And He saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them; and about the fourth watch of the night He cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

49 But when they saw Him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit (ghost), and cried out;

50 For they all saw Him, and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and saith unto them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; be not afraid.”

51 And He went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased; and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves, for their heart was hardened.

53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

54 And when they had come out of the ship, straightway they recognized Him,

55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard He was.

56 And whithersoever He entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it was but the border of His garment; and as many as touched Him were made whole.