Mark 6:1-15 ▼

1 And He went forth from there, and came to His own country, and His disciples follow Him,

2 and Sabbath having come, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were astonished, saying, “From where [did] this One [hear] these things? And what [is] the wisdom that was given to Him, that also such mighty works are done through His hands?

3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are His sisters not here with us?” And they were being stumbled at Him.

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

5 and He was not able to do any mighty work there, except having put hands on a few sick, He healed [them];

6 and He wondered because of their unbelief. And He was going around the villages, in a circle, teaching,

7 and He calls near the Twelve, and He began to send them forth two by two, and He was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

8 and He commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only—no leather pouch, no bread, no brass in the girdle,

9 but having been shod with sandals, and you may not put on two coats.

10 And He said to them, “Whenever you may enter into a house, remain there until you may depart from there,

11 and as many as may not receive you nor hear you, going out from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; [[truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in [the] day of judgment than for that city.”]]

12 And having gone forth they were preaching that [men] might convert,

13 and they were casting out many demons, and they were anointing many sick with oil, and they were healing [them].

14 And King Herod heard (for His Name became public), and he said, “John the Immerser was raised out of the dead, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.”

15 Others said, “It is Elijah,” and others said, “It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.”