Mark 6

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1He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.

2When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.

4Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

5He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

6He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.

7He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

8He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

9but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.

10He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

11Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

12They went out and preached that people should repent.

13They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.

14King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

15But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”

16But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”

17For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.

18For John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

19Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,

20for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

21Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

22When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”

23He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”

24She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”

25She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”

26The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

27Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

28and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.

29When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

30The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

31He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

32They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

33They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.

34Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

35When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, “This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

37But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?”

38He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go see.” When they knew, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

39He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

40They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

41He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.

42They all ate, and were filled.

43They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.

44Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

45Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

46After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

47When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

48Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,

49but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

50for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

51He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;

52for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

53When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

54When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,

55and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.

56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

Commentary

6:1-6 Our Lord's countrymen tried to prejudice the minds of people against him. Is not this the carpenter? Our Lord Jesus probably had worked in that business with his father. He thus put honour upon mechanics, and encouraged all persons who eat by the labour of their hands. It becomes the followers of Christ to content themselves with the satisfaction of doing good, although they are denied the praise of it. How much did these Nazarenes lose by obstinate prejudices against Jesus! May Divine grace deliver us from that unbelief, which renders Christ a savour of death, rather than of life to the soul. Let us, like our Master, go and teach cottages and peasants the way of salvation.

"\nAnd when the sabbath day was come,.... For it seems that it was on a weekday, or on one of the common days of the week, that he entered into the city, where he remained without making himself known, till the sabbath day came: and then\n\nhe began to teach in the synagogue; that is, at Nazareth; where he expounded the law and the prophets, and preached the Gospel:\n\nand many hearing [him] were astonished. The Vulgate Latin adds, "at his doctrine"; and so it is read in Beza's most ancient copy:\n\nsaying, from whence hath this man these things? This skill of explaining Scripture, this doctrine which he teaches, and these miracles he is said to work? This question they the rather put, because they had known him from the beginning: he had lived long among them, and they knew he had not learnt of men, and therefore wondered how he came by such things as these:\n\nand what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? which were but the other day employed in servile work, and mechanical operations.\n\n\n "

"\nIs not this the carpenter?.... Some copies read, "the carpenter's son", as in Mt 13:55 and so the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; but all the ancient copies, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions, read "the carpenter": such may Christ be reasonably thought to be, since his father was; and which business he might follow, partly through the meanness and poverty of his parents; and partly that he might set an example of industry and diligence; and chiefly to bear that part of the first Adam's curse, which was to eat his bread with the sweat of his brow: nor ought this to have been objected to him by the Jews, with whom it was usual for their greatest doctors and Rabbins to be of some trade or secular employment; so R. Jochanan was a shoemaker {z} R. Isaac was a blacksmith {a}, R. Juda was a tailor {b}, Abba Saul and R. Jochanan, were undertakers for funerals {c}; R. Simeon was a seller of cotton {d}, R. Nehemiah was a ditcher {e}, R. Jose bar Chelphetha was a skinner {f}; and others of them were of other trades, and some exceeding mean: the famous R. Hillell was a hewer of wood, and Carna, a judge in Israel, was a drawer of water {g}; and so Maimonides says,\n\n"the great wise men of Israel were some of them hewers of wood and drawers of water {h}.''\n\nThey say,\n\n"a man is obliged to learn his son an honest and easy trade {i}:''\n\nthere are some businesses they except against {k}, but this of a carpenter is not one; yea, they say,\n\n"if a man does not teach his son a trade, it is all one as if he taught him thievery {l}.''\n\nNor did they think it at all inconsistent with learning; for they have a saying {m}, that\n\n"beautiful is the learning of the law, along with a trade.''\n\nThe Jews ought not to have flouted Christ with this trade of a carpenter, since, according to them, it was necessary that a carpenter, in some cases, should be a regular priest; as in repairing of the temple, especially the holy of holies. So says Maimonides {n};\n\n"there was a trap door, or an open place in the floor of the chamber, open to the holy of holies, that workmen might enter thereby into the holy of holies, when there was a necessity of repairing any thing; and since we make mention of workmen, it may be observed here, when there is need of building in the midst of the temple, great care should be taken, \u05e9\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05df \u05db\u05d4\u05df \u05db\u05e9\u05e8, "that the workman, or carpenter, be a right priest".''\n\nYea, they expressly say, that the Messiah is one of the four carpenters in Zec 1:20. "And the Lord showed me four carpenters"; they ask {o},\n\n""who are the four carpenters?" Says R. Chana bar Bizna, says R. Simeon the saint, Messiah the son of David, Messiah the son of Joseph, and Elijah, and a priest of righteousness.''\n\nThis is with some variation elsewhere expressed thus {p},\n\n""and the Lord showed me four carpenters"; and these are they, Elijah, and the king Messiah, and Melchizedek and the anointed for war.''\n\nAnd one of their commentators {q} on the same text says,\n\n"our Rabbins of blessed memory, explain this verse of the days of the Messiah;''\n\nand then cites the above passage out of the Talmud; and another {r} refers unto it; [See comments on Mt 13:55]. The inhabitants of Nazareth go on, in order to reproach Jesus, calling him\n\nthe son of Mary; a poor woman of their town, and perhaps now a widow, since no mention is made of Joseph:\n\nthe brother of James and Joses, and of Juda and Simon? who were all of them the sons of Alphaeus or Cleophas, who was himself brother, or his wife sister, to Joseph or Mary; so that Christ was the near kinsman of these his sons: and it was usual with the Jews to call such an one a brother, and even indeed a more distant relation.

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AMHEVG ከዚያም ወጥቶ ወደ ገዛ አገሩ መጣ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተከተሉት። አማርኛ ENGNIV Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. English BCV ኢየሱስ ካብኡ ወፂኡ ናብ ዓዱ ኸደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ኸዓ ሰዓብዎ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Yesus iddoo sana dhiisee adeemee, gara mandara kutaa biyya itti dhalatee dhaqe; bartoonni isaas isa duukaa dhaqan. Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወወፂኦ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ እምህየ ቦአ ሀገሮ ወተለውዎ አርዳኢሁ። giz GAZGAZ Yesus iddoo sana dhiisee adeemee, gara mandara kutaa biyya itti dhalatee dhaqe; bartoonni isaas isa duukaa dhaqan. Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ኢየሱስ ካብኡ ወፂኡ ናብ ዓዱ ኸደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ኸዓ ሰዓብዎ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ከዚያ ተነሥቶ ወደ ገዛ አገሩ ሄደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተከተሉት። አማርኛ