Mark 6
1 AND Jeshu went forth from thence, and came to his city; and his disciples adhered to him.
He went out from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.
2 And when it was shabath, he began to teach in the house of the congregation: and many who heard wondered, and said, Whence to him are these? and what is this wisdom which hath been given him, that miracles such as these by his hands should be done?
When the Sabbath came, he taught in the synagogue. Many people heard him and they were amazed. They said, “Where did he get these teachings?” “What is this wisdom that has been given to him?” “What are these miracles that he does with his hands?”
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mariam, and the brother of Jacub, and of Josi, and of Jehuda, and of Shemun? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.
“Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are his sisters not here with us?” They were offended by Jesus.
4 And Jeshu said to them, No prophet is despised, unless in his own city, and among his kinsfolk, and in his own house.
Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.”
5 And he could not do there any miracle, except that upon a few sick he laid his hands, and healed them
He was unable to do any mighty work, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6 And he wondered at the defectiveness of their faith. AND he itinerated through the villages, teaching.
He was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went around the villages teaching.
7 And he called his twelve, and began to send them two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out.
Then he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits,
8 And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey, except a staff only; not a wallet, nor bread, nor brass in their purses;
and instructed them to take nothing for their journey, except a staff—no bread, no bag, and no money in their belts—
9 but be shod with sandals, and not to be clothed with two tunics.
but to wear sandals, and not to wear two tunics.
10 And he said to them, Into whatsoever house you enter, there be until you go forth from thence.
He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, remain until you go away from there.
11 And every one who will not receive you, nor hear you, when you are going out from thence, beat off the dust that is beneath your feet for their testimony. And Amen I say to you, That it shall be more tolerable for Sadum and for Amura in the day of the judgment, than for that city.
If any town will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave that place, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony to them.”
12 And they went forth, and preached that they should repent.
They went out and proclaimed that people should turn away from their sins.
13 And many devils they cast out, and anointed with oil the sick, and healed many.
They cast out many demons, and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
14 AND Herodes the king heard concerning Jeshu, for his name had become known; and he said, Juchanon the Baptizer hath risen from among the dead; therefore works of power are wrought by him.
King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
15 Others said, He is Elia; and others, A prophet as one from the prophets.
Some others said, “He is Elijah.” Still others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets in ancient times.”
16 But when Herodes heard, he said, It is Juchanon whom I beheaded; he hath risen from among the dead.
But when Herod heard this he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”
17 For Herodes had sent and had taken Juchanon, and had cast him into the house of the bound, on account of Herodia, wife of Philipos his brother, whom he had taken.
For Herod sent to have John arrested and he had him bound in prison on account of Herodias (his brother Philip's wife), because he had married her.
18 For Juchanon had said to Herodes, It is not lawful to thee to take the wife of thy brother.
For John told Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.”
19 But Herodia herself was adverse to him, and wished to kill him, but she could not.
But Herodias held on to anger against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not,
20 For Herodes feared Juchanon, because he knew that he was a man righteous and holy, and he protected him, and was many (times) hearing him, doing, and hearing him favourably.
for Herod feared John; he knew that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. Listening to him made him greatly upset, yet he heard him gladly.
21 And there was a notable day when Herodes, in the house of his nativity, (b'beth yaldeh, ) made a feast to his chiefs and kiliarchs and the heads of Galila;
Then the opportunity came when Herod had his birthday and he made a dinner for his officials, and his commanders, and leaders of Galilee.
22 and the daughter of Herodia came in (and) danced; and she pleased Herodes and them who reclined with him. And the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee.
The daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced for them, and she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want and I will give it to you.”
23 And he sware to her, Whatever thou shalt ask (of) me, I will give thee, unto the dividing of my kingdom.
He swore to her saying, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
24 Then went she out and said to her mother, What shall I ask of him? She saith to her, The head of Juchanon the Baptizer.
She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask him for?” She said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25 And immediately she entered with solicitude unto the king, and saith to him, I will this hour that thou give me, upon a dish, the head of Juchanon the Baptizer.
She immediately hurried back to the king, and she asked, saying, “I want you to give me, right now, the head of John the Baptist on a wooden platter.”
26 And greatly grieved was the king; but, for the sake of the oath, and the sake of the guests, he could not deprive her.
Though this deeply grieved the king, he could not refuse her request because of the oath he had made and because of his dinner guests.
27 But the king despatched at once a sentinel, and commanded that he should bring the head of Juchanon. And he went and cut off the head of Juchanon in the house of the bound,
So the king sent a soldier from his guard and commanded him to bring him John's head. The guard went and beheaded him in the prison.
28 and brought (it) in a dish and gave to the damsel, and the damsel herself gave to her mother.
He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
29 And his disciples heard and went, took up his corpse, and laid it in the place of the buried.
When his disciples heard of this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
30 AND the disciples gathered unto Jeshu, and told him all whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.
31 And he said to them, Come and let us go into the desert alone, and rest a little while; for there were multitudes going and coming, (so that) they had not space even to eat;
Then he said to them, “Come away by yourselves into a deserted place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
32 and they went to a wilderness district in a vessel by themselves.
So they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
33 And many saw them as they went, and knew them; and into the waste ran they from all the cities, and were there before him.
But they saw them leaving and many recognized them, and they ran there together on foot from all the towns, and they arrived there before them.
34 And Jeshu coming forth beheld the great assemblies, and had compassion upon them, they being like sheep which had no shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
When they came ashore, he saw a great crowd and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.
35 And when much time had passed, the disciples came to him and said to him, This place is waste, and the time is great;
When the hour was late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place and the hour is already late.
36 send them away to go to the farms around us and into the villages, and buy for themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.
Send them away so that they may go into the nearby countryside and villages to buy something to eat for themselves.”
37 But he said to them, Give you them to eat. They said to him, Shall we go and buy bread for two hundred dinoreen, and give them to eat?
But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Can we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 But he said, Go see how many loaves you have here; and when they had seen, they said to him, Five loaves and two fishes.
He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five loaves and two fish.”
39 And he directed that they should make them all recline in companies upon the herbage;
He commanded all the people to sit down in groups upon the green grass.
40 and they reclined in companies, by hundreds and by fifties.
They sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the bread, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and those two fishes they divided among them all,
He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
42 and they all did eat and were satisfied.
They all ate until they were satisfied.
43 And they took up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and from the fishes.
They took up broken pieces of bread, twelve baskets full, and also pieces of the fish.
44 Now they who had eaten bread were five thousand men.
There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
45 And immediately he constrained his disciples to ascend into the bark, and to go before him across to Beth-tsaida, while he dismissed the assemblies;
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he sent the crowd away.
46 and when he had sent them away, he went to a mountain to pray.
When they were gone, he went up the mountain to pray.
47 BUT when it was eventide, the bark was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone upon the land.
Evening came, and the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on land.
48 And he saw them that they were distressed with rowing; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night Jeshu came to them walking upon the waters, (as though) he willed to pass by them:
He saw that they straining against the oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he wanted to pass by them.
49 but they beheld him walking upon the waters, and thought it was a spectre, and they cried out;
But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought he was a ghost and cried out,
50 for all saw him and were afraid. But he immediately spoke to them and said to them, Take heart, I am, fear not.
because they saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said to them, “Be courageous! It is I! Do not be afraid!”
51 And he ascended to them into the ship, and the wind was still: and they wondered greatly, and were astonished among themselves.
He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased blowing. They were completely amazed.
52 For they understood not from that bread, because their heart was gross.
For they had not understood what the loaves meant. Instead, their hearts were hardened.
53 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land of Genesar.
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.
54 And when they had gone forth from the bark, the men of the place at once recognised him.
When they came out of the boat, the people recognized him immediately,
55 And they ran throughout all that land, and began to bring those who were greatly afflicted, bearing them on couchettes, to where they heard that he was.
and they ran throughout the whole region and began to bring the sick on their mats to wherever they heard he was.
56 And wherever he entered, into villages and cities, they placed the sick in the streets, and besought from him that they might touch only the edge of his mantle; and all they who touched him were healed.
Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch the edge of his garment, and as many as touched him were healed.
