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Mark 6

1 Jesus left that place and came to his hometown. His disciples followed him.

2 On the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were surprised. "Where did this man get all this? What's this wisdom he's been given? What about the powerful acts accomplished through him?

3 Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't he Mary's son and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were repulsed by him and fell into sin.

4 Jesus said to them, "Prophets are honored everywhere except in their own hometowns, among their relatives, and in their own households."

5 He was unable to do any miracles there, except that he placed his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

6 He was appalled by their disbelief. Then Jesus traveled through the surrounding villages teaching.

7 He called for the Twelve and sent them out in pairs. He gave them authority over unclean spirits.

8 He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a walking stick—no bread, no bags, and no money in their belts.

9 He told them to wear sandals but not to put on two shirts.

10 He said, "Whatever house you enter, remain there until you leave that place.

11 If a place doesn't welcome you or listen to you, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a witness against them."

12 So they went out and proclaimed that people should change their hearts and lives.

13 They cast out many demons, and they anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them.

14 Herod the king heard about these things, because the name of Jesus had become well-known. Some were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and this is why miraculous powers are at work through him."

15 Others were saying, "He is Elijah." Still others were saying, "He is a prophet like one of the ancient prophets."

16 But when Herod heard these rumors, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised to life."

17 He said this because Herod himself had arranged to have John arrested and put in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Herod's brother Philip. Herod had married her,

18 but John told Herod, "It's against the law for you to marry your brother's wife!"

19 So Herodias had it in for John. She wanted to kill him, but she couldn't.

20 This was because Herod respected John. He regarded him as a righteous and holy person, so he protected him. John's words greatly confused Herod, yet he enjoyed listening to him.

21 Finally, the time was right. It was on one of Herod's birthdays, when he had prepared a feast for his high-ranking officials and military officers and Galilee's leading residents.

22 Herod's daughter Herodias came in and danced, thrilling Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the young woman, "Ask me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you."

23 Then he swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give to you, even as much as half of my kingdom."

24 She left the banquet hall and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" "John the Baptist's head," Herodias replied.

25 Hurrying back to the ruler, she made her request: "I want you to give me John the Baptist's head on a plate, right this minute."

26 Although the king was upset, because of his solemn pledge and his guests, he didn't want to refuse her.

27 So he ordered a guard to bring John's head. The guard went to the prison, cut off John's head,

28 brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the young woman, and she gave it to her mother.

29 When John's disciples heard what had happened, they came and took his dead body and laid it in a tomb.

30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

31 Many people were coming and going, so there was no time to eat. He said to the apostles, "Come by yourselves to a secluded place and rest for a while."

32 They departed in a boat by themselves for a deserted place.

33 Many people saw them leaving and recognized them, so they ran ahead from all the cities and arrived before them.

34 When Jesus arrived and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things.

35 Late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place, and it's already late in the day.

36 Send them away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something to eat for themselves."

37 He replied, "You give them something to eat." But they said to him, "Should we go off and buy bread worth almost eight months' pay and give it to them to eat?"

38 He said to them, "How much bread do you have? Take a look." After checking, they said, "Five loaves of bread and two fish."

39 He directed the disciples to seat all the people in groups as though they were having a banquet on the green grass.

40 They sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke the loaves into pieces, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

42 Everyone ate until they were full.

43 They filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of bread and fish.

44 About five thousand had eaten.

45 Right then, Jesus made his disciples get into a boat and go ahead to the other side of the lake, toward Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

46 After saying good-bye to them, Jesus went up onto a mountain to pray.

47 Evening came and the boat was in the middle of the lake, but he was alone on the land.

48 He saw his disciples struggling. They were trying to row forward, but the wind was blowing against them. Very early in the morning, he came to them, walking on the lake. He intended to pass by them.

49 When they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost and they screamed.

50 Seeing him was terrifying to all of them. Just then he spoke to them, "Be encouraged! It's me. Don't be afraid."

51 He got into the boat, and the wind settled down. His disciples were so baffled they were beside themselves.

52 That's because they hadn't understood about the loaves. Their hearts had been changed so that they resisted God's ways.

53 When Jesus and his disciples had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret, anchored the boat,

54 and came ashore. People immediately recognized Jesus

55 and ran around that whole region bringing sick people on their mats to wherever they heard he was.

56 Wherever he went—villages, cities, or farming communities—they would place the sick in the marketplaces and beg him to allow them to touch even the hem of his clothing. Everyone who touched him was healed.

Mark 7

1 The Pharisees and some legal experts from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.

2 They saw some of his disciples eating food with unclean hands. (They were eating without first ritually purifying their hands through washing.

3 The Pharisees and all the Jews don't eat without first washing their hands carefully. This is a way of observing the rules handed down by the elders.

4 Upon returning from the marketplace, they don't eat without first immersing themselves. They observe many other rules that have been handed down, such as the washing of cups, jugs, pans, and sleeping mats.)

5 So the Pharisees and legal experts asked Jesus, "Why are your disciples not living according to the rules handed down by the elders but instead eat food with ritually unclean hands?"

6 He replied, "Isaiah really knew what he was talking about when he prophesied about you hypocrites. He wrote, This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.

7 Their worship of me is empty since they teach instructions that are human words.

8 You ignore God's commandment while holding on to rules created by humans and handed down to you."

9 Jesus continued, "Clearly, you are experts at rejecting God's commandment in order to establish these rules.

10 Moses said, Honor your father and your mother, and The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death.

11 But you say, ‘If you tell your father or mother, Everything I'm expected to contribute to you is corban (that is, a gift I'm giving to God),

12 then you are no longer required to care for your father or mother.'

13 In this way you do away with God's word in favor of the rules handed down to you, which you pass on to others. And you do a lot of other things just like that."

14 Then Jesus called the crowd again and said, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand.

15 Nothing outside of a person can enter and contaminate a person in God's sight; rather, the things that come out of a person contaminate the person."

17 After leaving the crowd, he entered a house where his disciples asked him about that riddle.

18 He said to them, "Don't you understand either? Don't you know that nothing from the outside that enters a person has the power to contaminate?

19 That's because it doesn't enter into the heart but into the stomach, and it goes out into the sewer." By saying this, Jesus declared that no food could contaminate a person in God's sight.

20 "It's what comes out of a person that contaminates someone in God's sight," he said.

21 "It's from the inside, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come: sexual sins, thefts, murders,

22 adultery, greed, evil actions, deceit, unrestrained immorality, envy, insults, arrogance, and foolishness.

23 All these evil things come from the inside and contaminate a person in God's sight."

24 Jesus left that place and went into the region of Tyre. He didn't want anyone to know that he had entered a house, but he couldn't hide.

25 In fact, a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him right away. She came and fell at his feet.

26 The woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by birth. She begged Jesus to throw the demon out of her daughter.

27 He responded, "The children have to be fed first. It isn't right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs."

28 But she answered, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

29 "Good answer!" he said. "Go on home. The demon has already left your daughter."

30 When she returned to her house, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone.

31 After leaving the region of Tyre, Jesus went through Sidon toward the Galilee Sea through the region of the Ten Cities.

32 Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly speak, and they begged him to place his hand on the man for healing.

33 Jesus took him away from the crowd by himself and put his fingers in the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue.

34 Looking into heaven, Jesus sighed deeply and said, "Ephphatha," which means, "Open up."

35 At once, his ears opened, his twisted tongue was released, and he began to speak clearly.

36 Jesus gave the people strict orders not to tell anyone. But the more he tried to silence them, the more eagerly they shared the news.

37 People were overcome with wonder, saying, "He does everything well! He even makes the deaf to hear and gives speech to those who can't speak."

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