Mark 6:9-40

⁹but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

¹⁰And he said to them, 'Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,

¹¹and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

¹²And having gone forth they were preaching that men might reform,

¹³and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing them.

¹⁴And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said — 'John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

¹⁵Others said — 'It is Elijah,' and others said — 'It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

¹⁶And Herod having heard, said — 'He whom I did behead — John — this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

¹⁷For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

¹⁸for John said to Herod — 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

¹⁹and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

²⁰for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

²¹And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

²²and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

²³and he sware to her — 'Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee — unto the half of my kingdom.'

²⁴And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

²⁵and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

²⁶And the king — made very sorrowful — because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

²⁷and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

²⁸and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

²⁹and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

³⁰And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

³¹and he said to them, 'Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

³²and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.

³³And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him,

³⁴and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

³⁵And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, — 'The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced,

³⁶let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

³⁷And he answering said to them, 'Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, 'Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

³⁸And he saith to them, 'How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, 'Five, and two fishes.'

³⁹And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

⁴⁰and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.