Mark 6:9-19

9 Wear sandals, but don't carry an extra shirt."
10 He also told them, "Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that place.
11 If you come to a town where people do not welcome you or will not listen to you, leave it and shake the dust off your feet. That will be a warning to them!" 1
12 So they went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins.
13 They drove out many demons, and rubbed olive oil on many sick people and healed them. 2
14 Now King Herod heard about all this, because Jesus' reputation had spread everywhere. Some people were saying, "John the Baptist has come back to life! That is why he has this power to perform miracles." 3
15 Others, however, said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago."
16 When Herod heard it, he said, "He is John the Baptist! I had his head cut off, but he has come back to life!"
17 Herod himself had ordered John's arrest, and he had him tied up and put in prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, whom he had married, even though she was the wife of his brother Philip. 4
18 John the Baptist kept telling Herod, "It isn't right for you to marry your brother's wife!"
19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod.

Cross References 4

  • 1. 6.11Acts 13.51.+O+N6.8-11Luke 10.4-11.
  • 2. 6.13James 5.14.
  • 3. 6.14, 15Matthew 16.14;Mark 8.28;Luke 9.19.
  • 4. 6.17, 18Luke 3.19, 20.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. king herod: [Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.