Mark 6

¹⁶Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

¹⁷the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

⁵⁴Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

⁵⁵“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

²³and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

¹⁵The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

⁴²They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

²¹Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

²²The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

¹³When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.

¹⁴And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

²³Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

³¹Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.

³²They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.

⁴⁶While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

⁵⁵“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

⁴²They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

¹Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

⁶Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

¹⁹But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

⁴⁴Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

²⁴Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

⁵⁷And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

⁶Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

²¹Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand.”

⁵⁸And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

²³“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”

²³and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

²For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

¹Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

²But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

²²Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

³⁵Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

¹⁰When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

²²Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.

³⁸how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

¹⁶He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

¹¹Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

⁹Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

¹⁰For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

¹And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

²These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

¹⁷The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

¹⁸So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

¹Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

²And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

¹After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

³And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

³“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.

⁹Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.

¹⁰Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

⁴Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

³⁵Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

⁸“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

¹⁵and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.

⁴Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area.

⁷Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

⁸If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

¹¹Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

¹²As you enter the home, greet its occupants.

⁵The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

⁶But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

¹⁵And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

¹⁴And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

¹⁵Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

¹³I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

⁶But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

¹⁰But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

¹¹‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

⁷In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

²⁰Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

²¹“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁷From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

³No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

²¹testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

³⁸Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³²The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

⁴⁷and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

¹⁴Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

¹⁵And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

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

¹⁷The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

⁷When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

⁸others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.

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.”

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

²⁸And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.

⁷And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.

⁸When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

³¹At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

³¹But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.

¹⁴They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

⁵Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord.

¹¹The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

²⁸They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

¹⁶A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

¹⁴When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

¹⁰and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

¹¹Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

⁹“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.

¹⁰And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

¹¹But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

⁴“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

⁵There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

²and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

²Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

¹⁹But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

²⁰Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

¹In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

¹²When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

³Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

⁴because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

¹⁶You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

²¹If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

¹⁸If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

¹⁹But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

¹⁴But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will speak whatever the Lord tells me.”

³Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

⁴because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

²⁴After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁵As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

²⁶“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

²⁷and do not give the devil a foothold.

⁹Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

²⁰When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

¹⁷Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

¹⁸but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

²⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

⁵Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

¹⁵When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.

¹⁶And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

³⁵John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

¹²Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

¹³Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

¹²Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the Lord is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

¹³Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

¹⁸Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

²⁰On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

⁵The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

³For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

²³Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

²⁴And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

¹Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

²Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

¹⁰On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

¹¹to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.

⁶On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

²Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

¹⁶The Lord also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

¹⁷the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”

³“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”

²and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

⁹“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”

¹⁰Then Saul swore to her by the Lord: “As surely as the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

⁶And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

⁷so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

³Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

⁴And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

³¹if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

⁸Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

⁹Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.

²and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

³She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

²When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

¹²The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

¹⁶For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

¹³His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

¹⁵“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

¹⁹The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

²⁰one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

²⁴When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

²⁵All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

⁹The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted

³When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

⁴“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

¹⁰and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

¹¹John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

¹²Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.

¹⁶And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

²God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

²⁹So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

³⁰Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”

⁵⁷When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.

⁵⁸He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

¹⁰Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.

¹⁷The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

²These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

¹⁸When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

¹⁹I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

¹⁴When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles.

⁶In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

⁷In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

²⁰Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

⁷So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

¹After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).

⁴⁵But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.

¹³When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

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

²“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

³⁶After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.

⁹Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

¹³When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

¹⁴When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

⁵When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

⁶But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

²A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.

²⁹Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.

³⁰Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

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

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

¹⁹My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

³⁶When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

¹⁷who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

¹¹But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.

¹⁶So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

¹The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

¹⁵For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

⁵When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

⁶But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

¹²As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”

¹³But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

¹⁵When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

¹⁶“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

²³But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

²¹When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

³¹His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”

⁴²Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

⁴³But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

¹³Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

¹⁶“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

²“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

¹³But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

³²Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

³³The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”

⁵“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.

³⁴“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”

¹³But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

¹⁷“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

¹⁸“Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said.

⁹“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

³³For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

³⁵And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

⁴⁰But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

⁵the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the Lord, it took her breath away.

⁵At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.

⁶Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

¹⁴(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

¹⁵They did so, and everyone was seated.

¹⁹And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

³⁴And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

¹⁶Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

³⁰While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

²²While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

³¹So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

⁸The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

⁹And about four thousand men were present. And when Jesus had dismissed the crowd,

¹⁷They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

¹²And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

³⁷They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

³⁸A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

²⁰They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

²¹About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

⁴²Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

⁴³But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

¹⁹When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

²⁰“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

²²Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.

²³After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

¹⁵Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

¹⁶When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

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

³⁵Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.

⁶But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

¹²In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

²³After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

²¹For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

²³After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

¹⁶When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁷got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.

⁸He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

³⁸Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

²⁸As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.

⁴Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the Lord on high is majestic.

²⁴but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

³laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

²⁵During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

²⁶When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

⁸He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

³⁷But they were startled and frightened, thinking they had seen a spirit.

¹⁴fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.

¹⁵Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.

²⁷But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

²⁰But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

³⁸“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

³⁹Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

¹⁹It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

²⁰After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

³⁹Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

³The floodwaters have risen, O Lord; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

⁴Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the Lord on high is majestic.

³⁷The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

²¹Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

²⁷All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

²⁸Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

²⁹He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

¹⁷Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?

¹⁸‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

²⁵Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

¹⁷Why, O Lord, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

¹⁴Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

⁹Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

¹⁰Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

⁷What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

³⁴When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.

³⁵And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him

²⁴So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.

²⁵When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

¹On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

¹⁰Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹⁰I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

²⁴News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.

⁷So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

⁸Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.

¹A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

²they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

²⁰Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

¹⁹The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.

¹⁰For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

³⁸“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

³⁹These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

²⁷When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.

²⁸For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”

¹⁵As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.