Mark 6 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Teaching at Nazareth

6 ^(A)Jesus went out from there and *came into ^[a](B)His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him. ² And when the Sabbath came, He began ^(C)to teach in the synagogue; and ^[b]the ^(D)many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man learn these things, and what is this wisdom that has been given to Him, and such ^[c]miracles as these performed by His hands? ³ Is this not ^(E)the carpenter, ^(F)the son of Mary and brother of ^[d]James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are ^(G)His sisters not here with us?” And they took ^(H)offense at Him. ⁴ Jesus said to them, “^(I)A prophet is not dishonored except in ^[e](J)his hometown and among his own relatives, and in his own household.” ⁵ And He could not do any ^[f]miracle there except that He ^(K)laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. ⁶ And He was amazed at their unbelief.

^(L)And He was going around the villages, teaching.

The Twelve Sent Out

^{7 (M)}And ^(N)He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out ^(O)in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; ^{8 (P)}and He instructed them that they were to take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no ^[g]bag, no money in their belt— ⁹ but ^[h]to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not wear two ^[i]tunics.” ¹⁰ And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you ^[j]leave town. ¹¹ Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, ^(Q)shake the dust ^[k]off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them.” ^{12 (R)}And they went out and ^[l]preached that people are to repent. ¹³ And they were casting out many demons and ^(S)were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

John’s Fate Recalled

^{14 (T)}And King Herod heard about it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “^(U)John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.” ¹⁵ But others were saying, “He is ^(V)Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is ^(W)a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” ¹⁶ But when Herod heard about it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent men and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of ^(X)Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her. ¹⁸ For John had been saying to Herod, “^(Y)It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ¹⁹ And ^(Z)Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death, and could not do so; ²⁰ for ^(AA)Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he had been protecting him. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; and yet he ^[m]used to enjoy listening to him. ²¹ An opportune day came when Herod, on his birthday, ^(AB)held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders, and the leading people ^(AC)of Galilee; ²² and when the daughter of ^(AD)Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and ^[n]his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.” ²³ And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to ^(AE)half of my kingdom.” ²⁴ And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” ²⁵ Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” ²⁶ And although the king was very sorry, because of his oaths and ^[o]his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her. ²⁷ Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹ When his disciples heard about this, they came and carried away his body, and laid it in a tomb.

^{30 (AF)}The ^(AG)apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. ³¹ And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and ^(AH)they did not even have time to eat.) ^{32 (AI)}And they went away in ^(AJ)the boat to a secluded place by themselves.

Five Thousand Men Fed

³³ The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. ³⁴ When Jesus went ^[p]ashore, He ^(AK)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^(AL)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And when it was already late, His disciples came up to Him and said, “^[q]This place is secluded and it is already late; ³⁶ send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ^[r]something to eat.” ³⁷ But He answered them, “You give them something to eat!” ^(AM)And they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ^[s](AN)denarii on bread, and give it to them to eat?” ³⁸ But He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” ³⁹ And He ordered them all to recline by groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰ They reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties. ⁴¹ And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^(AO)blessed the food and broke the loaves and He gave them to the disciples again and again to set before them; and He divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² And they all ate and were satisfied; ⁴³ and they picked up twelve full ^(AP)baskets of the broken pieces of bread, and of the fish. ⁴⁴ There were ^(AQ)five thousand ^[t]men who ate the loaves.

Jesus Walks on the Water

^{45 (AR)}And immediately Jesus had His disciples get into ^(AS)the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, to ^(AT)Bethsaida, while He Himself *dismissed the crowd. ⁴⁶ And after ^(AU)saying goodbye to them, He left ^(AV)for the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. ⁴⁸ Seeing them ^[u]straining at the oars—for the wind was against them—at about the ^[v](AW)fourth watch of the night, He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them. ⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and they cried out; ⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were ^[w]terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “^(AX)Take courage; it is I, ^(AY)do not be afraid.” ⁵¹ Then He got into ^(AZ)the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished, ⁵² for ^(BA)they ^[x]had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but ^[y]their hearts ^(BB)were hardened.

Healing at Gennesaret

^{53 (BC)}When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored at the shore. ⁵⁴ And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, ⁵⁵ and ran about that entire country and began carrying here and there on their pallets those who were sick, ^[z]to wherever they heard He was. ⁵⁶ And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or a countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces and imploring Him that they might just ^(BD)touch ^(BE)the fringe of His cloak; and all who touched it were being ^[aa]healed.

Footnotes

1. Mark 6:1 Or His own part of the country
2. Mark 6:2 One early ms many listeners
3. Mark 6:2 Or works of power
4. Mark 6:3 Or Jacob
5. Mark 6:4 Or his own part of the country
6. Mark 6:5 Or work of power
7. Mark 6:8 Or knapsack; or beggar’s bag
8. Mark 6:9 Lit having tied on
9. Mark 6:9 A long shirt worn next to the skin
10. Mark 6:10 Lit go out from there
11. Mark 6:11 Lit under your feet
12. Mark 6:12 Or proclaimed as heralds
13. Mark 6:20 Lit was hearing him gladly
14. Mark 6:22 Lit those who reclined at the table with him
15. Mark 6:26 Lit those reclining at the table
16. Mark 6:34 Lit out
17. Mark 6:35 Lit The
18. Mark 6:36 Lit what they may eat
19. Mark 6:37 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
20. Mark 6:44 I.e., 5,000 men plus women and children, cf. Matt 14:21
21. Mark 6:48 Lit tormented in rowing
22. Mark 6:48 I.e., 3-6 a.m.
23. Mark 6:50 Or troubled
24. Mark 6:52 Lit had not understood on the basis of
25. Mark 6:52 Lit heart was hardened; or their mind was closed, made dull; or insensible
26. Mark 6:55 Lit where they were hearing that He
27. Mark 6:56 Lit saved

Cross references

1. Mark 6:1 : Mark 6:1-6: Matt 13:54-58
2. Mark 6:1 : Matt 13:54, 57; Luke 4:16, 23
3. Mark 6:2 : Matt 4:23; Mark 10:1
4. Mark 6:2 : Matt 7:28
5. Mark 6:3 : Matt 13:55
6. Mark 6:3 : Matt 12:46
7. Mark 6:3 : Matt 13:56
8. Mark 6:3 : Matt 11:6
9. Mark 6:4 : Matt 13:57; John 4:44
10. Mark 6:4 : Mark 6:1
11. Mark 6:5 : Mark 5:23
12. Mark 6:6 : Matt 9:35; Mark 1:39; 10:1; Luke 13:22
13. Mark 6:7 : Mark 6:7-11: Matt 10:1, 9-14; Luke 9:1, 3-5; Luke 10:4-11
14. Mark 6:7 : Matt 10:1, 5; Mark 3:13; Luke 9:1
15. Mark 6:7 : Luke 10:1
16. Mark 6:8 : Matt 10:10
17. Mark 6:11 : Matt 10:14; Acts 13:51
18. Mark 6:12 : Matt 11:1; Luke 9:6
19. Mark 6:13 : James 5:14
20. Mark 6:14 : Mark 6:14-29: Matt 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-16: Luke 9:7-9
21. Mark 6:14 : Matt 14:2; Luke 9:19
22. Mark 6:15 : Matt 16:14; Mark 8:28
23. Mark 6:15 : Matt 21:11
24. Mark 6:17 : Matt 14:3; Luke 3:19
25. Mark 6:18 : Matt 14:4
26. Mark 6:19 : Matt 14:3
27. Mark 6:20 : Matt 21:26
28. Mark 6:21 : Esth 1:3; 2:18
29. Mark 6:21 : Luke 3:1
30. Mark 6:22 : Matt 14:3
31. Mark 6:23 : Esth 5:3, 6; 7:2
32. Mark 6:30 : Luke 9:10
33. Mark 6:30 : Matt 10:2; Mark 3:14; Luke 6:13; 9:10; 17:5; 22:14; 24:10; Acts 1:2, 26
34. Mark 6:31 : Mark 3:20
35. Mark 6:32 : Mark 6:32-44: Matt 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:5-13; Mark 8:2-9
36. Mark 6:32 : Mark 3:9; 4:36; 6:45
37. Mark 6:34 : Matt 9:36
38. Mark 6:34 : Num 27:17; 1 Kin 22:17; 2 Chr 18:16; Zech 10:2
39. Mark 6:37 : John 6:7
40. Mark 6:37 : Matt 18:28; Luke 7:41
41. Mark 6:41 : Matt 14:19
42. Mark 6:43 : Matt 14:20
43. Mark 6:44 : Matt 14:21
44. Mark 6:45 : Mark 6:45-51: Matt 14:22-32; John 6:15-21
45. Mark 6:45 : Mark 6:32
46. Mark 6:45 : Matt 11:21; Mark 8:22
47. Mark 6:46 : Acts 18:18, 21; 2 Cor 2:13
48. Mark 6:46 : Matt 14:23
49. Mark 6:48 : Matt 24:43; Mark 13:35
50. Mark 6:50 : Matt 9:2
51. Mark 6:50 : Matt 14:27
52. Mark 6:51 : Mark 6:32
53. Mark 6:52 : Mark 8:17ff
54. Mark 6:52 : Rom 11:7
55. Mark 6:53 : Mark 6:53-56: Matt 14:34-36; John 6:24, 25
56. Mark 6:56 : Mark 3:10
57. Mark 6:56 : Matt 9:20; Num 15:37-40