Mark 6:5-38

⁵And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick persons, and healed them .

⁶And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.

⁷And he calleth to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

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

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

¹⁰And he said to them, In whatever place ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

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

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

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

¹⁴And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist had risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.

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

¹⁶But when Herod heard of him , he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he hath risen from the dead.

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

¹⁸For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

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.