And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.
And when the Sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue; and many hearing him, were astonished, saying, Whence has this man these things? and what is the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised, save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house.
And he could there do no work of power, save that he laid his hands upon a few infirm persons, and healed them.
And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages teaching.
And he calls the twelve to [him]; and he began to send them forth by two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits;
and he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only; no wallet, no bread, no money in their belt,
but shod with sandals, to put not on two coats.
And he said to them, In what place so ever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart thence.
And whatsoever place shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them.
And they went forth and preached that they should repent;
and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many infirm, and healed them.
And Herod the king heard [of him] (for his name had become public), and said, John the Baptist is risen from among [the] dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.
And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
But Herod when he heard [it] said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen [from among the dead].
For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did much, and listened gladly.
And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee;
and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in, and danced, pleased Herod and those that were with [him] at table; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee.
And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.
And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the Baptist.
And the king, [while] made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with [him] would not break his word with her.
And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
and brought his head upon a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.
And his disciples having heard [it], came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.
And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus. And they related to him all things, [both] what they had done and what they had taught.
And he said to them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
And they went away apart into a desert place by ship.
And many saw them departing, and recognized them, and ran together there on foot out of all cities, and outwent them.
And [Jesus] when he came out, saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
And when it was already late in the day, his disciples came unto him and said, This is a desert place, and it is already late in the day.
Send them away that they may go into the country and into the villages round about, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.
But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Go [and] see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
And he ordered them to make them all sit down by companies on the green grass.
And they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties.
And when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and kept giving them to his disciples to set before them. And the two fishes he divided among all.
And they all ate and were satisfied.
And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
And they that ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
And immediately he constrained his disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he sends away the crowd.
And when he had dismissed them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
And when evening was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. About the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea; and would have passed by them.
But when they saw him walking upon the sea they supposed it had been an apparition, and they cried out.
For all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and says to them, Be of good courage; it is I; be not afraid.
And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased. And they were exceedingly beyond measure astonished in themselves and wondered;
for they understood not through the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and made the shore.
And when they had come out of the ship they recognized him immediately,
and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about on couches those that were ill, where they heard he was.
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch, if it were but the border of his garment; and as many as touched him were healed.