Gospel of Mar Marqos: - Chapter 6

1 He* departed from there and came to his own city, and his disciples were following him. 2 And when Shabbat came he began to teach in the assembly. And many who heard were amazed, and were saying: From where did this man arrive at these things? And, what is the wisdom which is given to him! and that such miracles are done by his hands! 3 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Maryam, and the brother of Ya'aqub and of Yosi and of Yehuda and of Shimon? And look, are not his sisters here with us? And they became offended at him. 4 And Yeshua said to them: There is no prophet who is dishonoured*, except in his own city, and among his relatives, and in his own house. 5 And he was not there to do even one miracle, except upon a few sick he laid his hands and healed them. 6 And he marvelled at the lack of their faith. And he travelled around the villages while teaching.

7 He called his twelve, and began to send them two and two; and he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out. 8 And he commanded them not to take anything for the way, apart from only a staff; no bag and no bread, neither currency* in their purses; 9 but that they wear sandals, and not put on two cloaks. 10 And he said to them: Into whatever house you* enter, there abide until you* depart from that place. 11 And whoever does not receive you, nor hear you, when you leave from that place shake off the dust that is under your feet, for a testimony to them. Truly I say to you, that it will be comfort for S'dom and Amorah in the day of judgement rather than for that city. 12 And they went out and proclaimed that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons, and they anointed many of the sick with oil, and they healed them.

14 And Herodus the king heard of Yeshua, for his name had become known to him, and he was saying: Yokhanan the Baptiser has risen from the dead, because of the miracles that are done by him. 15 Others were saying that he is Eliyahu, and others that he is a prophet, and like one of the prophets. 16 But when Herodus heard, he said: It is Yokhanan whose head I cut off he has risen from the dead.

17 For Herodus had sent and seized Yokhanan and bound him in prison, because of Herodia, the wife of Philipos, his brother whom he had taken. 18 For Yokhanan had said to Herodus: It is not lawful for you to take the wife of your brother. 19 And Herodia herself was an enemy* to him, and most wanted to kill him, but was not able. 20 For Herodus was afraid of Yokhanan, because he knew that he was a righteous and holy man, and he watched after* him, and listened to him in many things and did the things, and with pleasure he heard him. 21 And there was a noted day, when Herodus gave a feast, on his date of birth, for his aristocrats and the commanders and the chiefs of Galil. 22 And the daughter of Herodia came in, and danced; and pleased Herodus and those who were sitting with him. And the king said to the girl: Ask of me anything that you wish, and I will give it to you. 23 And he swore to her: Anything that you ask, I will give it to you, even up to half of my kingdom. 24 But she went out and said to her mother: What shall I ask of him? She said to her: The head of Yokhanan the Baptiser. 25 And she immediately entered with excitement to the king, and said: I desire that you, without delay, give me in a plate the head of Yokhanan the Baptiser. 26 And it saddened the king deeply; yet, because of the oaths, and because of the guests, he did not wish to refuse her; 27 instead the king immediately sent an executioner, and commanded that he must bring the head of Yokhanan. And he went, and cut off the head of Yokhanan in the prison; 28 and brought it on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

30 And the Apostles* assembled around* Yeshua, and told him everything they had done, and everything they had taught. 31 And he said to them: Come, let us go into the desert alone, and rest a little. For there were many going and coming, and they had no place even to eat*. 32 And they departed to a deserted place in a boat by themselves. 33 But many saw them as they were leaving, and knew them; and from all the cities, they ran to the place by land before him. 34 And Yeshua got out and saw many crowds, and he had compassion on them, because they looked like sheep without a shepherd. And he began teaching them many things. 35 When it started getting late, his disciples gathered near to him, and said to him: This is a deserted area, and the time is late. 36 Dismiss them to go into the surrounding fields and into the villages, and let them purchase bread for themselves; for they do not have anything to eat. 37 But he said to them: All of you give them something to eat. They said to him: Should we go and purchase bread of the value of two hundred days wages, and give them something to eat? 38 And he said to them: Go see how much bread all of you have here. And when they had seen, they said to him: Five loaves of bread and two fish. 39 And then he told them to have everyone seated by groupings on the grass. 40 And they sat by groupings of hundreds and fifties. 41 And he took the five loaves of bread and the two fish, and looked towards heaven, and blessed and broke the bread, and gave it to his disciples to set before them; and they also divided the two fish among them all and ate. 42 And all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up the fragments twelve baskets full of fish. 44 And those who ate bread were five thousand men.

45 And straightway he insisted that his disciples go up into the boat, and to go before him to the opposite side, to Beth-Saida, while he dismissed the multitudes. 46 And when he had dismissed them, he went to a mountain to pray.

47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 48 And he saw them straining themselves in rowing; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night, Yeshua came to them walking on the waters; and he was inclined to pass by them. 49 They saw him walking on the waters, and they thought to themselves that it was an apparition*, and they cried out. 50 For all of them saw him, and were frightened. And immediately he spoke to them, and said to them: Take courage; it is I; fear not. 51 And he climbed into the boat with them; and the wind ceased. And they were profoundly amazed and astounded among themselves. 52 For they did not gain understanding from the miracle concerning the bread; because their hearts were bewildered.

53 And when they had crossed over to the other side of the shore, they came to Eretz Ginesar*. 54 And when they got out of the boat, straightway the people* of the place recognised him. 55 And they ran through all that region, and began to bring those that were ill, bearing them on beds to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he entered into the villages and cities, those with illnesses were laid in the streets. They were begging him, that they might touch but the edge of his clothing. And all those that touched him were healed.

NOTES:

1, he. SyrM.: Yeshua.

4, dishonoured. SyrM.: little

10, you, or all of you (second person plural)

19, enemy or threat, or danger.

20, watched after, or observed

30, Apostles, Heb. Shlichim, Aram. Shlikhay

30, around, SyrM.: before

31, and they had no place even to eat, SyrM: and they had not opportunity even to eat bread.

49, apparition, or vision, others: spirit, ghost

53, Eretz Ginesar, or the Land of Gennesaret

54, people, SyrM.: men