Mark 6:45–8:26

^45oAnd straightway he constrained his disciples to get into ^pthe ship, and to go to the other side before ^||unto ^qBethsaida, while he sent away the people. ⁴⁶And when he had ^rsent them away, he departed into a mountain ^sto pray. ⁴⁷And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. ⁴⁸And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and ^twould have passed by them. ⁴⁹But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: ⁵⁰For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. ⁵¹And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves ^ubeyond measure, and wondered. ⁵²For they ^xconsidered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was ^yhardened.

⁵³And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. ⁵⁴And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, ⁵⁵And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. ⁵⁶And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched ^||him were made whole.

7Then ^acame together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. ²And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with ^||defiled, that is to say, ^bwith unwashen, hands, they found fault. ³For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands ^||oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. ⁴And when they come from the market, except they ^cwash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the ^cwashing of ^dcups, and ^||pots, brasen vessels, and of ^||tables. ⁵Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread ^bwith unwashen hands? ⁶He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, ^eThis people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁷Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ⁸For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as ^fthe washing of pots and cups: ^gand many other such like things ye do. ⁹And he said unto them, Full well ye ^||hreject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. ¹⁰For Moses said, ^hhHonour thy father and thy mother; and, ⁱWhoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: ¹¹But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is ⁱⁱCorban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. ¹²And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; ¹³Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: ^gand many such like things do ye.

¹⁴And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: ¹⁵There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. ^16jIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁷And when he was entered ^kinto the house from the people, ^lhis disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; ¹⁹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, ^†ncovetousness, ⁿwickedness, deceit, ^olasciviousness, ^pan evil eye, blasphemy, ^qpride, ^rfoolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

²⁴And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of ^xTyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. ²⁵For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: ²⁶The woman was a ^||Greek, a ^sSyrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. ²⁷But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. ²⁸And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. ²⁹And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. ³⁰And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter ^tlaid upon the bed.

^31uAnd again, departing from the coasts of ^xTyre and Sidon, he came unto ^ythe sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of ^zDecapolis. ³²And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and ^ahad an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him ^aato put his hand upon him. ³³And he ^btook him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he ^cspit, and ^dtouched his tongue; ³⁴And ^elooking up to heaven, ^fhe sighed, and saith unto him, ^gEphphatha, that is, Be opened. ^35hAnd straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. ³⁶And he ⁱcharged them that they should tell no man: ^kbut the more he ⁱcharged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; ³⁷And were ^lbeyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

8In those days ^athe multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, ^2bI have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: ³And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. ⁴And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? ⁵And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. ⁶And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. ⁷And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. ⁸So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. ⁹And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

^10cAnd straightway he entered into ^da ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of ^eDalmanutha. ¹¹And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. ¹²And he ^fsighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. ¹³And he left them, and entering into ^dthe ship again departed to the other side.

¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. ¹⁵And he ^gcharged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of ^hHerod. ¹⁶And they ⁱreasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. ¹⁷And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why ⁱreason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, ^jneither understand? have ye ^kyour heart yet hardened? ¹⁸Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? ¹⁹When I brake ^lthe five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. ²⁰And when ^mthe seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. ²¹And he said unto them, ^jHow is it that ye do not understand?

²²And he cometh to ⁿBethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him ^oto touch him. ²³And he ^ptook the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had ^qspit on his eyes, and ^oput his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. ²⁴And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. ²⁵After that he ^qqput his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. ²⁶And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go ^rinto the town, ^snor tell it to any in the town.