Mark 6-7 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition)

Mark 6

 ¹And going out from thence, he went into his own country; and his disciples followed him.

    ²And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were in admiration at his doctrine, saying: How came this man by all these things? and what wisdom is this that is given to him, and such mighty works as are wrought by his hands?

    ³Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joseph, and Jude, and Simon? are not also his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized in regard of him.

    ⁴And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.

    ⁵And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few that were sick, laying his hands upon them.

    ⁶And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching.

    ⁷And he called the twelve; and began to send them two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.

    ⁸And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, but a staff only: no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse,

    ⁹But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two coats.

    ¹⁰And he said to them: Wheresoever you shall enter into an house, there abide till you depart from that place.

    ¹¹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them.

    ¹²And going forth they preached that men should do penance:

    ¹³And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

    ¹⁴And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he said: John the Baptist is risen again from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

    ¹⁵And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

    ¹⁶Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.

    ¹⁷For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

    ¹⁸For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

    ¹⁹Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.

    ²⁰For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.

    ²¹And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.

    ²²And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

    ²³And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.

    ²⁴Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.

    ²⁵And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

    ²⁶And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

    ²⁷But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

    ²⁸And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.

    ²⁹Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

    ³⁰And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all things that they had done and taught.

    ³¹And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as time to eat.

    ³²And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.

    ³³And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking thither on foot from all the cities, and were there before them.

    ³⁴And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

    ³⁵And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past:

    ³⁶Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they may buy themselves meat to eat.

    ³⁷And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat.

    ³⁸And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes

    ³⁹And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

    ⁴⁰And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

    ⁴¹And when he had taken the five loaves, and the two fishes: looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes he divided among them all.

    ⁴²And they all did eat, and had their fill.

    ⁴³And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes.

    ⁴⁴And they that did eat, were five thousand men.

    ⁴⁵And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship, that they might go before him over the water to Bethsaida, whilst he dismissed the people.

    ⁴⁶And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray.

    ⁴⁷And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land.

    ⁴⁸And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them.

    ⁴⁹But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.

    ⁵⁰For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.

    ⁵¹And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and they were far more astonished within themselves:

    ⁵²For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was blinded.

    ⁵³And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genezareth, and set to the shore.

    ⁵⁴And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew him:

    ⁵⁵And running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

    ⁵⁶And whithersoever he entered, into towns or into villages or cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

   

Mark 7

 ¹And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem.

    ²And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

    ³For the Pharisees, and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients:

    ⁴And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of beds.

    ⁵And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?

    ⁶But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

    ⁷And in vain to they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.

    ⁸For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.

    ⁹And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

    ¹⁰For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.

    ¹¹But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban, (which is a gift,) whatsoever is from me, shall profit thee.

    ¹²And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,

    ¹³Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.

    ¹⁴And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all, and understand.

    ¹⁵There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.

    ¹⁶If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

    ¹⁷And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.

    ¹⁸And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot defile him:

    ¹⁹Because it entereth not into his heart, but goeth into the belly, and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?

    ²⁰But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

    ²¹For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

    ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.

    ²⁴And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon: and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it, and he could not be hid.

    ²⁵For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.

    ²⁶For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

    ²⁷Who said to her: Suffer first the children to be filled: for it is not good to take the bread of the children, and cast it to the dogs.

    ²⁸But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat under the table of the crumbs of the children.

    ²⁹And he said to her: For this saying go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

    ³⁰And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gone out.

    ³¹And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

    ³²And they bring to him one deaf and dumb; and they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him.

    ³³And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his tongue:

    ³⁴And looking up to heaven, he groaned, and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened.

    ³⁵And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right.

    ³⁶And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.

    ³⁷And so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.