Mark 6:1-29

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

6¹ And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, ² and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, 'Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done? ³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?'—and they were being stumbled at him. ⁴ And Jesus said to them—'A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;' ⁵ and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal 'them'; ⁶ and he wondered because of their unbelief. And he was going round the villages, in a circle, teaching,

The Mission of the Twelve

⁷ and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits, ⁸ and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only—no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle, ⁹ but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats. ¹⁰ And he said to them, 'Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence, ¹¹ and 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.' ¹² And having gone forth they were preaching that 'men' might reform, ¹³ and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing 'them'.

The Death of John the Baptist

¹⁴ And 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.' ¹⁵ Others said—'It is Elijah,' and others said—'It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.' ¹⁶ And Herod having heard, said—'He whom I did behead—John—this is he; he was raised out of the dead.' ¹⁷ For 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, ¹⁸ for John said to Herod—'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;' ¹⁹ and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, ²⁰ for 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. ²¹ And 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, ²² and 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,' ²³ and he sware to her—'Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee—unto the half of my kingdom.' ²⁴ And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;' ²⁵ and 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.' ²⁶ And the king—made very sorrowful—because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away, ²⁷ and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, ²⁸ and 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; ²⁹ and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.