Mark 6:4-40

⁴And Iesus sayde vnto the: a prophet is not despysed but in his awne countre and amonge his awne kynne and amonge the that are of the same housholde.

⁵And he coulde there shewe no miracles but leyd his hondes apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed them.

⁶And he merveyled at their vnbelefe. And he went aboute by the tounes that laye on every syde teachynge.

⁷And he called the twelve and beganne to sende them two and two and gave them power over vnclene spretes.

⁸And commaunded the that they shuld take nothinge vnto their Iorney save a rodde only: Nether scrippe nether breed nether mony in their pourses:

⁹but shuld be shood with sandals. And that they shuld not put on two coottes.

¹⁰And he sayd vnto them: whersoever ye entre in to an house there abyde tyll ye departe thence

¹¹And whosoever shall not receave you nor heare you when ye departe thence shake of the duste that is vnder youre fete for a witnesse vnto them. I saye verely vnto you it shalbe easyer for zodom and Gomor at the daye of iudgement then for that cite.

¹²And they went out and preached that they shuld repent:

¹³and they caste out many devylles. And they annoynted many that were sicke with oyle and healed them.

¹⁴And kynge Herode herde of him (for his name was spreed abroade) and sayd: Iohn Baptiste is rysen agayne from deeth and therfore miracles are wrought by him.

¹⁵Wother sayd it is Helyas: and some sayde: it is a Prophet or as one of the Prophetes.

¹⁶But when Herode hearde of him he sayd: it is Iohn whom I beheded he is rysen from deeth agayne.

¹⁷For Herode him sylfe, had sent forth and had taken Iohn, and bounde him and cast him into preson for Herodias sake which was his brother Philippes wyfe. For he had maried her.

¹⁸Iohn sayd vnto Herode: It is not laufull for the to have thy brothers wyfe.

¹⁹Herodias layd wayte for him and wolde have killed him but she coulde not.

²⁰For Herode feared Iohn knowynge that he was a iuste man and an holy: and gave him reverence: and when he hearde him he dyd many thinges and hearde him gladly.

²¹But when a conuenient daye was come: Herode on his birth daye made a supper to the lordes captayns and chefe estates of Galile.

²²And the doughter of the sayde Herodias came in and daused and pleased Herode and them that sate at bourde also. Then the kynge sayd vnto the mayden: axe of me what thou wilt and I will geve it the.

²³And he sware vnto hyr whatsoever thou shalt axe of me I will geve it the even vnto the one halfe of my kyngdome.

²⁴And she wet forth and sayde to her mother: what shall I axe? And she sayde: Iohn Baptistes heed.

²⁵And she cam in streygth waye with haste vnto the kynge and axed sayinge: I will that thou geve me by and by in a charger the heed of Iohn Baptist.

²⁶And the kynge was sory: howbe it for his othes sake and for their sakes which sate at supper also he wolde not put her besyde her purpose.

²⁷And immediatly the kynge sent the hangma and commaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheeded him in the preson,

²⁸and brought his heed in a charger and gave it to the mayden and the mayden gave it to her mother.

²⁹And when his disciples hearde of it they came and toke vp his body and put it in a toumbe.

³⁰And the apostels gaddered them selves to ggedre to Iesus and tolde him all thinges booth what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹And he sayd vnto them: come ye aparte into the wyldernes and rest awhyle. For there were many comers and goers that they had no leasure so moche as to eate.

³²And he went by ship out of the waye into a deserte place.

³³But the people spyed them when they departed: and many knewe him and ranne afote thyther out of all cities and cam thyther before them and came togedder vnto him.

³⁴And Iesus went out and sawe moche people and had compassion on them because they were lyke shepe which had no shepeherde. And he beganne to teache them many thinges.

³⁵And when the daye was nowe farre spet his disciples came vnto him sayinge: this is a desert place and now the daye is farre passed

³⁶let the departe that they maye goo into the countrey rounde about and into the tounes and bye the breed: for they have nothinge to eate.

³⁷He answered and sayde vnto them: geve ye them to eate. And they sayde vnto him: shall we goo and bye ii.C. penyworth of breed and geve them to eate?

³⁸He sayde vnto them: how many loves have ye? Goo and loke. And when they had serched they sayde: v. and .ii. fysshes.

³⁹And he commaunded them to make them all syt doune by companyes apon the grene grasse.

⁴⁰And they sate doune here a rowe and there arowe by houndredes and by fyfties.