Mark 6:1-15 ▼

1 Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples (pupils).

2 When the Sabbath came, He began to teach {didaskein} in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas? they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles {dynameis}?

3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary (beloved) and the brother of James (supplanter / follower), Joses (Joseph), Judas (praise), and Simon (hearing)? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well? And they took offense at Him.

4 Then Jesus (YHWH saves) said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.

5 So He could not perform any miracles {dynamin} there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

6 And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people {didaskōn}.

7 Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean (impure) spirits {pneumatōn}.

8 He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money (copper coins) in their belts—

9 and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.

10 And He told them, “When you⁺ enter a house, stay there until you⁺ leave that area.

11 If anyone will not welcome you⁺ or listen to you⁺, shake the dust off your⁺ feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them. [Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.]”

12 So they set out and preached that the people should repent.

13 They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.

14 Now King Herod (heroic) heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying [he was saying], “John (YHWH is gracious) the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers {dynameis} are at work in him.

15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah (my God is YHWH), and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.