Mark 5–6

¹And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes, ²and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ³who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him, ⁴because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him, ⁵and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones. ⁶And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him, ⁷and having called with a loud voice, he said, ‘What—to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!’ ⁸(for he said to him, ‘Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,’) ⁹and he was questioning him, ‘What is thy name?’ and he answered, saying, ‘Legion is my name, because we are many;’ ¹⁰and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region. ¹¹And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding, ¹²and all the demons did call upon him, saying, ‘Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;’ ¹³and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea—and they were about two thousand—and they were choked in the sea. ¹⁴And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done; ¹⁵and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded—him having had the legion—and they were afraid; ¹⁶and those having seen it, declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine; ¹⁷and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders. ¹⁸And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him, ¹⁹and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, ‘Go away to thy house, unto thine own friends, and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee; ²⁰and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.

²¹And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea, ²²and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet, ²³and he was calling upon him much, saying—‘My little daughter is at the last extremity—that having come, thou mayest lay on her thy hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;’ ²⁴and he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him, ²⁵and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years, ²⁶and many things having suffered under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse, ²⁷having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment, ²⁸for she said—‘If even his garments I may touch, I shall be saved;’ ²⁹and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague. ³⁰And immediately Jesus having known in himself that out of him power had gone forth, having turned about in the multitude, said, ‘Who did touch my garments?’ ³¹and his disciples said to him, ‘Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and thou sayest, ‘Who did touch me!’ ³²And he was looking round to see her who did this, ³³and the woman, having been afraid, and trembling, knowing what was done on her, came, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth, ³⁴and he said to her, ‘Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.’

³⁵As he is yet speaking, there come from the chief of the synagogue’s house, certain, saying—‘Thy daughter did die, why still dost thou harass the Teacher?’ ³⁶And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, ‘Be not afraid, only believe.’ ³⁷And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James; ³⁸and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing; ³⁹and having gone in he saith to them, ‘Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep; ⁴⁰and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying, ⁴¹and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, ‘Talitha cumi;’ which is, being interpreted, ‘Damsel (I say to thee), arise.’ ⁴²And immediately the damsel arose, and was walking, for she was twelve years old; and they were amazed with a great amazement, ⁴³and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

Chapter 6

¹And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, ²and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, ‘Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done? ³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?’—and they were being stumbled at him. ⁴And Jesus said to them—‘A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;’ ⁵and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal them; ⁶and he wondered because of their unbelief. And he was going round the villages, in a circle, teaching.

⁷And he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits, ⁸and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only—no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle, ⁹but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats. ¹⁰And he said to them, ‘Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence, ¹¹and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.’ ¹²And having gone forth they were preaching that men might reform, ¹³and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing them.

¹⁴And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said—‘John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.’ ¹⁵Others said—‘It is Elijah,’ and others said—‘It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.’ ¹⁶And Herod having heard, said—‘He whom I did behead—John—this is he; he was raised out of the dead.’ ¹⁷For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her, ¹⁸for John said to Herod—‘It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;’ ¹⁹and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, ²⁰for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly. ²¹And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee, ²²and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, ‘Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,’ ²³and he sware to her—‘Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee—unto the half of my kingdom.’ ²⁴And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, ‘What shall I ask for myself?’ and she said, ‘The head of John the Baptist;’ ²⁵and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, ‘I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.’ ²⁶And the king—made very sorrowful—because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away, ²⁷and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, ²⁸and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother; ²⁹and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

³⁰And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught, ³¹and he said to them, ‘Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,’ for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity, ³²and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves. ³³And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him, ³⁴and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things. ³⁵And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say,—‘The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced, ³⁶let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.’ ³⁷And he answering said to them, ‘Give ye them to…