Mark 6:3-21

³Whether this is not a carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and of Joseph and of Judas and of Simon? whether his sisters be not here with us? And they were offended in him.

⁴And Jesus said to them, That a prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his kin, and in his house.

⁵And he might not do there any virtue, save that he healed a few sick men, laying on them his hands.

⁶And he wondered for the unbelief of them. And he went about castles on each side, and taught.

⁷And he called together twelve, and began to send them by two together; and gave to them power of unclean spirits,

⁸and commanded them, that they should not take anything in the way, but a staff or a rod only, not a scrip, nor bread, neither money in the girdle,

⁹but shod with sandals, and that they should not be clothed with two coats.

¹⁰And he said to them, Whither ever ye enter into an house, dwell ye there, till ye go out from thence.

¹¹And whoever receive you not, nor hear you, go ye out from thence, and shake away the powder from your feet, into witnessing to them.

¹²And they went forth, and preached, that men should do penance.

¹³And they casted out many fiends, and anointed with oil many sick men, and they were healed.

¹⁴And king Herod heard, for his name was made open, and he said, That John Baptist hath risen again from death, and therefore virtues work in him.

¹⁵Others said, That it is Elijah; but others said, That it is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

¹⁶And when this thing was heard, Herod said, This is John, whom I have beheaded, he is risen again from death.

¹⁷For that Herod sent, and held John, and bound him into prison, for Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother; for he had wedded her.

¹⁸For John said to Herod, It is not leaveful to thee, to have the wife of thy brother.

¹⁹And Herodias laid ambush to him, and would slay him, and might not.

²⁰And Herod dreaded John, and knew him a just man and holy, and kept him. And Herod heard him, and he did many things, and gladly heard him.

²¹And when a covenable day was fallen, Herod in his birthday made a supper to the princes, and tribunes, and to the greatest of Galilee.