Mark 6 (NET)

Mark 6:1¹Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:16-30Matt 13:54-58Matt 2:23

Mark 6:2²When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:42John 7:15Acts 4:13-14Mark 1:21-22Matt 4:23Luke 4:31-32Luke 4:15Matt 7:28Mark 1:39

Mark 6:3³Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:46Matt 13:55-57John 6:42Jude 1:1Matt 11:6Gal 1:19Acts 1:13Mark 15:401 Cor 1:23John 6:60-61

Mark 6:4⁴Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:44Luke 4:24Matt 13:57Jer 12:6Jer 11:21

Mark 6:5⁵He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:58Mark 9:23Mark 5:23Heb 4:2Isa 59:1-2Gen 19:22Gen 32:25

Mark 6:6⁶And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:35Matt 8:10Luke 13:22Acts 10:38Isa 59:16Jer 2:11John 9:30Matt 4:23Luke 4:31Luke 4:44

Mark 6:7⁷Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 4:9-10Matt 10:1-5Luke 10:17-20Luke 9:1-6Luke 10:1Luke 10:3-12Luke 6:13-16Rev 11:3Mark 3:13-14Matt 10:9-14

Mark 6:8⁸He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff —no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:3Matt 10:9-10Luke 10:4Luke 22:35

Mark 6:9⁹and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:8Eph 6:15

Mark 6:10¹⁰He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:7-8Luke 9:4Matt 10:11-13Acts 16:15Acts 17:5-7

Mark 6:11¹¹If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 10:14-15Acts 18:6Luke 10:10-15Jude 1:7Neh 5:13Acts 13:50-51Heb 10:26-31Matt 11:20-24Rom 2:161 John 4:17

Mark 6:12¹²So they went out and preached that all should repent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:17Acts 20:21Luke 13:3Acts 11:18Acts 2:38Ezek 18:30Luke 11:32Luke 24:47Matt 3:2Matt 3:8

Mark 6:13¹³They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:14-15Luke 10:17Mark 6:7

Mark 6:14¹⁴Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:7-9Mark 6:14-291 Thess 1:82 Chr 26:15Luke 13:31Luke 23:7-12Luke 3:1Mark 1:28Mark 1:45Mark 8:28

Mark 6:15¹⁵Others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 4:5Matt 16:14Matt 21:11Mark 8:28Acts 3:22-23John 1:21John 1:25John 6:14John 7:40John 9:17

Mark 6:16¹⁶But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 40:10-11Luke 9:9Matt 14:2Matt 27:4Ps 53:5Rev 11:10-13

Mark 6:17¹⁷For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:19-20Matt 11:2Luke 3:1Matt 4:12Matt 14:3-12

Mark 6:18¹⁸For John had repeatedly told Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 18:16Lev 20:211 Kgs 22:14Ezek 3:18-19Acts 20:26-27Acts 24:24-26Matt 14:3-4

Mark 6:19¹⁹So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could notCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:9Eph 4:26-271 Kgs 21:20Gen 39:17-20

Mark 6:20²⁰because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 21:26Matt 14:52 Chr 24:15-22John 5:351 Kgs 21:202 Chr 24:22 Chr 26:52 Kgs 13:142 Kgs 3:12-132 Kgs 6:21

Mark 6:21²¹But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 2:18Gen 40:201 Pet 4:32 Sam 13:23-29Acts 12:2-4Dan 5:1-4Esth 1:3-7Esth 3:7Gen 27:41Hos 7:5

Mark 6:22²²When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 1:10-12Dan 5:2Matt 14:6Isa 3:16-26

Mark 6:23²³He swore to her, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 5:3Esth 7:2Esth 5:6Matt 4:91 Sam 28:102 Kgs 6:31Prov 6:2Matt 14:7Matt 5:34-37

Mark 6:24²⁴So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the baptizer.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 22:3-4Ezek 19:2-3Gen 27:8-11Job 31:31Prov 27:3-4Ps 27:2Ps 37:12Ps 37:14Acts 23:12-13Matt 14:8

Mark 6:25²⁵Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 7:13Num 7:19-89Prov 1:16Rom 3:15

Mark 6:26²⁶Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 14:9Matt 27:24-25Matt 27:3-5

Mark 6:27²⁷So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 14:10-11

Mark 6:28²⁸He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Mark 6:29²⁹When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 14:122 Chr 24:161 Kgs 13:29-30Acts 8:2Matt 27:57-60

Mark 6:30³⁰Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:10Luke 10:17Matt 10:2Acts 20:18-21Luke 22:14Titus 2:6-7Luke 17:5Luke 24:10Mark 6:7-13

Mark 6:31³¹He said to them, “Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while” (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 3:20John 6:1Mark 1:45Mark 3:7Matt 14:13

Mark 6:32³²So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 4:36Mark 6:45Mark 8:2-9John 6:5-13Mark 3:9Matt 14:13-21Luke 9:10-17

Mark 6:33³³But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:2Mark 6:54-55Matt 15:29-31Jas 1:19

Mark 6:34³⁴As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:36Luke 9:11Num 27:172 Chr 18:16Heb 4:15Isa 61:1-31 Kgs 22:17Jer 50:6Matt 14:14Matt 15:32

Mark 6:35³⁵When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place and it is already very late.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:5-15Luke 9:12-17Matt 14:15-21

Mark 6:36³⁶Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:23Mark 3:21Mark 5:31

Mark 6:37³⁷But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “Should we go and buy bread for 200 silver coins and give it to them to eat?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:42-44Luke 9:13Mark 8:2-3Matt 14:16Matt 15:32-33Num 11:132 Kgs 7:2John 6:4-10Num 11:21-23

Mark 6:38³⁸He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 8:5Matt 15:34John 6:9Luke 9:13Matt 14:17-18

Mark 6:39³⁹Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:331 Cor 14:40Matt 15:351 Kgs 10:5Esth 1:5-6

Mark 6:40⁴⁰So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:14-15

Mark 6:41⁴¹He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 14:19Mark 7:34Luke 24:30Luke 9:161 Cor 10:311 Tim 4:4-5John 11:41Mark 14:221 Sam 9:13Col 3:17

Mark 6:42⁴²They all ate and were satisfied,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:17Mark 8:8-9John 6:12Matt 14:20-21Matt 15:37-382 Kgs 4:42-44Deut 8:3Ps 145:15-16

Mark 6:43⁴³and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 8:19-20

Mark 6:44⁴⁴Now there were 5,000 men who ate the bread.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Mark 6:45⁴⁵Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 14:22-33John 6:15-21Mark 6:32

Mark 6:46⁴⁶After saying goodbye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:35Matt 6:6Luke 6:12Matt 14:231 Pet 2:21

Mark 6:47⁴⁷When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:16-17Matt 14:23

Mark 6:48⁴⁸He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 9:8Luke 12:38Luke 24:28Matt 14:24Ps 104:3Ps 93:4Isa 54:11John 1:131 Sam 11:11Exod 14:24

Mark 6:49⁴⁹When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 9:8Matt 14:25-26Luke 24:37Job 4:14-16

Mark 6:50⁵⁰for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 14:27Isa 43:2John 6:19-20Luke 24:38-41John 20:19-20

Mark 6:51⁵¹Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 4:39Ps 93:3-4John 6:21Mark 7:37Luke 8:24-25Mark 1:27Mark 2:12Mark 4:41Mark 6:32Matt 14:28-32

Mark 6:52⁵²because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:25Mark 8:17-21Isa 63:17Mark 16:14Matt 16:9-11Mark 3:5Mark 7:18Rom 11:7

Mark 6:53⁵³After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:24-25Matt 14:34-36Luke 5:1

Mark 6:54⁵⁴As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 3:10Ps 9:10

Mark 6:55⁵⁵They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:24Mark 2:1-3Mark 3:7-11

Mark 6:56⁵⁶And wherever he would go—into villages, towns, or countryside—they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:20Luke 6:19Num 15:38-39Mark 3:10Acts 5:15Mark 5:27-282 Kgs 13:21Acts 4:12Luke 8:44Acts 4:9