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1 And He went out from there and came into His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard Him were astonished, saying, "From where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this that is given to Him, that even such mighty works are performed by His hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joseph, and of Judas and Simon? And are His sisters not here with us?" And they took offense at Him. 4 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor but in his own country and among his own relatives and in his own house." 5 And He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick folk and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went all around the villages, teaching. 7 And He called the twelve to Himself and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits, 8 and commanded them to take nothing for their journey except a staff only—no satchel, no bread, no money in their purse— 9 but wear sandals and not put on two coats. 10 And He said to them, "In whatever place you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from that place. 11 And whoever shall not receive you or hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city." 12 And they went out and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them. 14 And King Herod heard of Him, for His name had spread abroad. And he said, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works show forth themselves in Him." 15 Others said, "It is Elijah." And others said, "It is a prophet, or similar to one of the prophets." 16 But when Herod heard of it, he said, "It is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead." 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and taken hold of John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her. 18 For John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 19 Therefore Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not, 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. 21 And an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief nobles of Galilee. 22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, "Ask whatever you want from me, and I will give it to you." 23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom." 24 And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist." 25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter." 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, yet he would not reject her for his oath's sake and for the sakes of those who sat with him. 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in the prison 28 and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took his corpse and laid it in a tomb. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. 31 And He said to them, "Come by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they departed privately by ship into a deserted place. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew Him and ran on foot out from all the cities, and went ahead of them and came together to Him. 34 And when Jesus came out, He saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things. 35 And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a deserted place, and now the time is late. 36 Send them away that they may go into the surrounding country and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat." 37 He answered and said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to Him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?" 38 He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out, they said, "Five, and two fish." 39 And He commanded them to make them all sit down by groups on the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 41 And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them, and He divided the two fish among them all. 42 And they all ate and were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fish. 44 And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men. 45 And immediately He compelled His disciples to get into the ship and to go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent away the people. 46 And when He had sent them away, He departed to a mountain to pray. 47 And when evening came, the ship was in the middle of the sea, and He alone on the land. 48 And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And around the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and intended to pass by them. 49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a spirit and cried out, 50 for they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them and said to them, "Be of good cheer. It is I. Do not be afraid." 51 And He went up into the ship with them, and the wind ceased. And they were greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure and wondered. 52 For they did not consider the miracle of the loaves, for their hearts were hardened. 53 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and drew to the shore. 54 And when they came out of the ship, immediately they knew Him 55 and ran through that whole surrounding region and began to carry around in beds those who were sick to where they heard He was. 56 And wherever He entered, into villages or cities or country, they laid the sick in the streets and begged Him that they might touch just the border of His garment. And as many as touched Him were healed.