Old/New Testament

6 ¹ And He went out from there.

Jesus Teaches In His Hometown Synagogue. They Are Astounded But Unbelieving

And He comes into His hometown^[a]. And His disciples are following Him. ² And having become Sabbath, He began to teach in the synagogue. And while listening, many were astounded, saying “From where did these things come to this One? And what is the wisdom having been given to this One? And such miracles taking place by His hands! ³ Is this One not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Jude^[b] and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they were taking-offense^[c] at Him. ⁴ And Jesus was saying to them that “A prophet is not without-honor except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his house”. ⁵ And He was not able to do any miracle there— except, having laid His hands on a few sick ones, He cured them. ⁶ And He was marveling because of their unbelief.

The Twelve Are Sent Out Two By Two To Proclaim Repentance And Heal The Sick

And He was going-around the villages in a circle, teaching. ⁷ And He summons the twelve, and began to send them out two by two. And He was giving them authority over the unclean spirits. ⁸ And He instructed them that they should be taking nothing for the journey except a staff ^[d] only— no bread, no [traveler’s] bag, no money^[e] for the [money] belt— ⁹ but should go having [merely] tied-on sandals. “And do not put on two tunics^[f]”. ¹⁰ And He was saying to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, be staying there until you go forth from-that-place^[g]. ¹¹ And whatever place does not welcome you, nor do they listen-to you— while proceeding out from-that-place, shake-out the dirt under your feet for a testimony against them”. ¹² And having gone forth, they proclaimed that they should repent. ¹³ And they were casting out many demons. And they were anointing^[h] many sick ones with oil and curing them.

Herod Hears of Jesus And Thinks John The Baptist Arose From The Dead

¹⁴ And King Herod^[i] heard [of Him], for His name became known. And they^[j] were saying that “John, the one baptizing, has arisen from the dead. And for this reason the miraculous-powers^[k] are at-work in Him”. ¹⁵ And others were saying that “He is Elijah”. And others were saying that “He is a prophet like one of the [former] prophets”. ¹⁶ But having heard, Herod was saying, “John whom I beheaded— this one arose”.

For Herod Had Beheaded John The Baptist

¹⁷ For Herod himself, having sent out men, seized John and bound^[l] him in prison because of Herodias^[m], the wife of Philip his brother— because he married her. ¹⁸ For John was saying to Herod that “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother”. ¹⁹ And Herodias was hostile^[n] to him and wanting to kill him, and was not being able. ²⁰ For Herod was fearing John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. And he was protecting him. And having heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and-yet he was listening-to him with-pleasure. ²¹ And an opportune^[o] day having come about when Herod, for his birthday-celebrations, made a banquet for his princes^[p] and the commanders^[q] and the leading^[r] ones of Galilee, ²² and his^[s] daughter Herodias^[t] having come in and danced— she pleased Herod, and the ones reclining-back-with him [to eat]. The king said to the girl^[u], “Ask me whatever you wish and I will give it to you”. ²³ And he swore-with-an-oath to her solemnly, “Whatever thing you ask me, I will give it to you— up to half of my kingdom”. ²⁴ And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What should I ask-for?” And the one said, “The head of John, the one baptizing”. ²⁵ And having immediately gone in with haste to the king, she asked, saying “I want you to give me at-once on a platter the head of John the Baptist”. ²⁶ And the king, having become deeply-grieved, did not want to reject her because of the oaths and the ones reclining-back [to eat]. ²⁷ And immediately having sent-out an executioner^[v], the king commanded him to bring his head. And having gone, he beheaded him in the prison. ²⁸ And he brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹ And his disciples, having heard-of it, came and took away his corpse and laid it in a tomb.