Mark 6:1-26 ▼

1 And He went forth from there, and came to His own country, and His disciples follow Him,

2 and Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were astonished, saying, “From where [did] this One [hear] these things? And what [is] the wisdom that was given to Him, that also such mighty works are done through His hands?

3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are His sisters not 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 relatives, and in his own house”;

5 and He was not able to do any mighty work there, except having put hands on a few sick, He healed [them];

6 and He wondered because of their unbelief. And He was going around the villages, in a circle, teaching,

7 and He calls 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 leather pouch, no bread, no brass in the girdle,

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

10 And He said to them, “Whenever you may enter into a house, remain there until you may depart from there,

11 and as many as may not receive you nor hear you, going out from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; [[truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in [the] day of judgment than for that city.”]]

12 And having gone forth they were preaching that [men] might convert,

13 and they were casting out many demons, and they were anointing many sick with oil, and they were healing [them].

14 And King Herod heard (for His Name became public), and he said, “John the Immerser was raised out of the dead, 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 beheaded—John—this is he; he was raised out of the dead.”

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

18 for John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your 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 [to be] a righteous and holy man, 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 banquet 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 dining with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask of me whatever you will, and I will give to you,”

23 and he swore to her, “Whatever you may ask me, I will give to you—to the half of my kingdom.”

24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, “What will I ask for myself?” And she said, “The head of John the Immerser”;

25 and having come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, “I will that you may immediately give me the head of John the Immerser on a plate.”

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