Thematic Bible




Mark 6:1 (show verse)

Leaving there he went to his native place, followed by his disciples.

Mark 6:2 (show verse)

When the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and the large audience was astounded. "Where did he get all this?" they said. "What is the meaning of this wisdom he is endowed with? And these miracles, too, that his hands perform!

Mark 6:3 (show verse)

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

Mark 6:4 (show verse)

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and among his kinsfolk and in his home."

Mark 6:5 (show verse)

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

Mark 6:6 (show verse)

He was astonished at their lack of faith. Then he made a tour round the villages, teaching.

Mark 6:7 (show verse)

And summoning the twelve he proceeded to send them out two by two; he gave them power over the unclean spirits,

Mark 6:8 (show verse)

and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle;

Mark 6:9 (show verse)

they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said.

Mark 6:10 (show verse)

Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place.

Mark 6:11 (show verse)

And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

Mark 6:12 (show verse)

So they went out and preached repentance;

Mark 6:13 (show verse)

also they cast out a number of daemons and cured a number of sick people by anointing them with oil.

Mark 6:14 (show verse)

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

Mark 6:15 (show verse)

others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

Mark 6:16 (show verse)

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

Mark 6:17 (show verse)

For this Herod had sent and arrested John and bound him in prison on account of his marriage to Herodias the wife of his brother Philip;

Mark 6:18 (show verse)

John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife."

Mark 6:19 (show verse)

Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it,

Mark 6:20 (show verse)

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing he was a just and holy man; so he protected John ??he was greatly exercised when he listened to him, still he was glad to listen to him.

Mark 6:21 (show verse)

Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee.

Mark 6:22 (show verse)

The daughter of Herodias went in and danced to them, and Herod and his guests were so delighted that the king said to the girl, "Ask anything you like and I will give you it."

Mark 6:23 (show verse)

He swore to her, "I will give you whatever you want, were it the half of my realm."

Mark 6:24 (show verse)

So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered.

Mark 6:25 (show verse)

Then she hurried in at once and asked the king, saying, "I want you to give me this very moment John the Baptist's head on a dish."

Mark 6:26 (show verse)

The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;

Mark 6:27 (show verse)

so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison,

Mark 6:28 (show verse)

brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

Mark 6:29 (show verse)

When his disciples heard of it they went and fetched his body and laid it in a tomb.

Mark 6:30 (show verse)

Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

Mark 6:31 (show verse)

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

Mark 6:32 (show verse)

So they went away privately in the boat to a lonely spot.

Mark 6:33 (show verse)

However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns.

Mark 6:34 (show verse)

So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length.

Mark 6:35 (show verse)

Then, as the day was far gone, his disciples came up to him, saying, "It is a desert place and the day is now far gone;

Mark 6:36 (show verse)

send them off to the farms and villages round about to buy some food for themselves."

Mark 6:37 (show verse)

He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?"

Mark 6:38 (show verse)

He said, "How many loaves have you got? Go and see." When they found out they told him, "Five, and two fish."

Mark 6:39 (show verse)

Then he gave orders that they were to make all the people lie down in parties on the green grass;

Mark 6:40 (show verse)

so they arranged themselves in groups of a hundred and of fifty;

Mark 6:41 (show verse)

and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke the loaves in pieces which he handed to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all.

Mark 6:42 (show verse)

They all ate and had enough;

Mark 6:43 (show verse)

besides, the fragments of bread and of fish which were picked up filled twelve baskets.

Mark 6:44 (show verse)

(The number of men who ate the loaves was five thousand.)

Mark 6:45 (show verse)

Then he made the disciples at once embark in the boat and cross before him towards Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd;

Mark 6:46 (show verse)

and after saying goodbye to them he went up the hill to pray.

Mark 6:47 (show verse)

Now when evening came the boat was [far out] in the middle of the sea, and he was on the land alone;

Mark 6:48 (show verse)

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

Mark 6:49 (show verse)

but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost and shrieked aloud ??50 for they all saw him and were terrified. Then he spoke to them at once; "Courage," he said, "it is I, have no fear."

Mark 6:50 (show verse)

Mark 6:51 (show verse)

And he got into the boat beside them, and the wind dropped. They were utterly astounded,

Mark 6:52 (show verse)

for they had not understood the lesson of the loaves; their minds were dull.

Mark 6:53 (show verse)

On crossing over they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore.

Mark 6:54 (show verse)

And when they had disembarked, the people at once recognized Jesus;

Mark 6:55 (show verse)

they hurried round all the district and proceeded to carry the sick on their pallets wherever they heard that he was;

Mark 6:56 (show verse)

whatever village or town or hamlet he went to, they would lay their invalids in the marketplace, begging him to let them touch even the tassel of his robe ??and all who touched him recovered.