Mark 6:19-41

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

²⁰For Herod feared John, 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.

²¹And when a convenient day had come, that Herod on his birth-day made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee;

²²And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod, and them that sat with him, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

²³And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom.

²⁴And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵And she came in forthwith with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou shouldst give me, immediately, in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

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

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

²⁸And brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

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

³⁰And the apostles assembled themselves to Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

³¹And he said to them, Come ye 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.

³²And they departed into a desert place in a boat privately.

³³And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran on foot thither out of all cities, and out went them, and came together to him.

³⁴And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion towards them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

³⁵And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the country around, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

³⁷He answered and said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

³⁸He saith to them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

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

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

⁴¹And 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 he divided among them all.