Mark 5-6

Mark 5

¹And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

²And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

³He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

⁴Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

⁵And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

⁷And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

⁸For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

⁹And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

¹⁰And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

¹¹Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

¹²And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

¹³And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

¹⁴And their keepers went running and gave an account of it in the town and in the country. And people came to see what had taken place.

¹⁵And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

¹⁶And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

¹⁷And they made a request to him to go out of their country.

¹⁸And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

¹⁹And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

²⁰And he went on his way, and made public in the country of Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and all men were full of wonder.

²¹And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

²²And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,

²³And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.

²⁴And he went with him; and a great number of people went after him, and came round him.

²⁵And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years,

²⁶And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

²⁷When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

²⁸For she said, If I may only put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

²⁹And straight away the fountain of her blood was stopped, and she had a feeling in her body that her disease had gone and she was well.

³⁰And straight away Jesus was conscious that power had gone out of him; and, turning to the people, he said, Who was touching my robe?

³¹And his disciples said to him, You see the people round you on every side, and you say, Who was touching me?

³²And on his looking round to see her who had done this thing,

³³The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.

³⁴And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease.

³⁵And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

³⁶But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.

³⁷And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

³⁸And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

³⁹And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

⁴⁰And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

⁴¹And taking her by the hand, he said to her, Talitha cumi, which is, My child, I say to you, Get up.

⁴²And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.

⁴³And he gave them special orders that they were not to say anything of this; and he said that some food was to be given to her.

Mark 6

¹And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

²And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

³Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

⁴And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.

⁵And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

⁶And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

⁷And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

⁸And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

⁹They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.

¹⁰And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.

¹¹And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

¹²And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.

¹³And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

¹⁴And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

¹⁵But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

¹⁶But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

¹⁸For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

¹⁹And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

²⁰For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

²¹And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;

²²And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

²³And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

²⁴And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

²⁶And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

²⁷And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

²⁸And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

²⁹And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

³⁰And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

³¹And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

³²And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

³³And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

³⁴And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

³⁵And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

³⁶Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

³⁷But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

³⁸And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

³⁹And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

⁴⁰And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

⁴²And they all took of the food and had enough.

⁴³And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

⁴⁴And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

⁴⁵And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

⁴⁶And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.

⁴⁷And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

⁴⁸And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

⁴⁹But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

⁵⁰For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

⁵¹And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

⁵²For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

⁵³And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

⁵⁴And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

⁵⁵And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.

⁵⁶And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.