Mark 6, side by side

¹Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

¹And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

²When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

²And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

³Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.

³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

⁴Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

⁴But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

⁵So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

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

⁶And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

⁶And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

⁷Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

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

⁸He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

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

⁹and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.

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

¹⁰And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.

¹⁰And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

¹¹If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

¹¹And whosoever 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 unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

¹²So they set out and preached that the people should repent.

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

¹³They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.

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

¹⁴Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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

¹⁵Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

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

¹⁶But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

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

¹⁷For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

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

¹⁸For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

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

¹⁹So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

¹⁹Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

²⁰because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

²⁰For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

²¹On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

²¹And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;

²²When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

²²And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

²³And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

²³And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

²⁴Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

²⁴And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

²⁵And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

²⁶The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

²⁶And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

²⁷So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

²⁷And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

²⁸The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

²⁸And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

²⁹When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

²⁹And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.

³⁰And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

³¹And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

³¹And he said unto 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.

³²So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.

³²And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

³³But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.

³³And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

³⁴When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

³⁴And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

³⁵By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

³⁵And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

³⁶Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

³⁷But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

³⁷He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

³⁸“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

³⁸He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

³⁹Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.

³⁹And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

⁴⁰So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

⁴⁰And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

⁴¹Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

⁴¹And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

⁴²They all ate and were satisfied,

⁴²And they did all eat, and were filled.

⁴³and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

⁴³And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

⁴⁴And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.

⁴⁴And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

⁴⁵Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

⁴⁵And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

⁴⁶After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.

⁴⁶And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.

⁴⁷When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on land.

⁴⁷And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.

⁴⁸He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

⁴⁸And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

⁴⁹but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—

⁴⁹But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

⁵⁰For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

⁵¹Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,

⁵¹And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

⁵²for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.

⁵²For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

⁵³When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.

⁵³And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

⁵⁴As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus

⁵⁴And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,

⁵⁵and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

⁵⁵And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

⁵⁶And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

⁵⁶And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.