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6:4. And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honour, but in his
own country, and in his own house, and among his own kindred.
6:5. And he could not do any miracles there, only that he cured a few
that were sick, laying his hands upon them.
He could not... Not for want of power, but because he would not work
miracles in favour of obstinate and incredulous people, who were
unworthy of such favours.
6:6. And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the
villages round about teaching.
6:7. And he called the twelve; and began to send them two and two, and
gave them power over unclean spirits.
6:8. And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way,
but a staff only; no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse,
6:9. But to be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two
coats.
6:10. And he said to them: Wheresoever you shall enter into an house,
there abide till you depart from that place.
6:11. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth
from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them.
6:12. And going forth they preached men should do penance:
6:13. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that
were sick, and healed them.
6:14. And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he
said: John the Baptist is risen again from dead, and therefore mighty
works shew forth themselves in him.
6:15. And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as
one of the prophets.
6:16. Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again
from the dead.
6:17. For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him
prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because
he had married her.
6:18. For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy
brother's wife.
6:19. Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to
death and could not.
6:20. For 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.
And kept him... That is, from the designs of Herodias; and for fear of
the people, would not put him to death, though she sought it; and
through her daughter she effected her wish.
6:21. And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his
birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.
6:22. And 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.
6:23. And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee,
though it be the half of my kingdom.
6:24. Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask?
But her mother said: The head of John the Baptist.
6:25. And 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.
6:26. And 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:
6:27. But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be
brought in a dish.
6:28. And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish:
and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother.
6:29. Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it
in a tomb.
6:30. And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all
things that they had done and taught.
6:31. And 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.
6:32. And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.
6:33. And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking
thither foot from all the cities, and were there before them.
6:34. And 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.
6:35. And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him,
saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past:
6:36. Send them away, that going into the next villages and towns, they
may buy themselves meat to eat.
6:37. And 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.
6:38. And he saith to them: How many loaves have you? go and see. And
when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes.
6:39. And he commanded them that they should make them all sit down by
companies upon the green grass.
6:40. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
6:41. And 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.
6:42. And they all did eat, and had their fill.
6:43. And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments,
and of the fishes.
6:44. And they that did eat, were five thousand men.
6:45. And 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.
6:46. And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to
pray,
6:47. And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and
himself alone on the land.
6:48. And 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.
6:49. But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an
apparition, and they cried out.
6:50. For they all saw him, and were troubled bled. And immediately he
spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye
not.
6:51. And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and
they were far more astonished within themselves:
6:52. For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was
blinded.
6:53. And when they had passed over, they came into the land of
Genezareth, and set to the shore.
6:54. And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew
him:
6:55. And running through that whole country, they began to carry about
in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
6:56. And 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 Chapter 7
Christ rebukes the Pharisees. He heals the daughter of the woman of
Chanaan; and the man that was deaf and dumb.
7:1. And there assembled together unto him the Pharisees and some of the
scribes, coming from Jerusalem.
7:2. And when they had seen some of his disciples eat bread with common,
that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
7:3. For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing
their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.
7:4. And 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.
7:5. And 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?
7:6. But 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.
7:7. And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of
men.
Doctrines and precepts of men... See the annotations, Matt. 15. 9, 11.
7:8. For 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.
7:9. And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God,
that you may keep your own tradition.
7:10. For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that
shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
7:11. But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban
(which is a gift) whatsoever is from me shall profit thee.
7:12. And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or
mother,
7:13. Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have
given forth. And many other such like things you do.
7:14. And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye
me all and understand.
7:15. There 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.
7:16. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
7:17. And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his
disciples asked him the parable.
7:18. And 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:
7:19. Because it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly
and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?
7:20. But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile
a man.
7:21. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
7:22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
7:23. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.
7:24. And 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.
7:25. For a woman as soon as she heard of him, whose daughter had an
unclean spirit, came in and fell down at his feet.
7:26. For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician born. And she
besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
7:27. Who 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.
7:28. But she answered and said to him: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also
eat under the table of the crumbs of the children.
7:29. And he said to her: For this saying, go thy way. The devil is gone
out of thy daughter.
7:30. And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying
upon the bed and that the devil was gone out.
7:31. And again going out of the coasts of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the
sea of Galilee, through the midst the of the coasts of Decapolis.
7:32. And they bring to him one deaf and dumb: and they besought him
that he would lay his hand upon him.
7:33. And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into
his ears: and spitting, he touched his tongue.
7:34. And looking up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: Ephpheta,
which is, Be thou opened.
7:35. And immediately his ears were opened and the string of his tongue
was loosed and he spoke right.
7:36. And 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.
7:37. And 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.
Mark Chapter 8
Christ feeds four thousand. He gives sight to a blind man. He foretells
his passion.
8:1. In those days again, when there was great multitude and they had
nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, he saith to them:
8:2. I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been
with me three days and have nothing to eat.
8:3. And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will
faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.
8:4. And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them
here with bread in the wilderness?
8:5. And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.
8:6. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And taking
the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples for
to set before them. And they set them before the people.
8:7. And they had a few little fishes: and he blessed them and commanded
them to be set before them.
8:8. And they did eat and were filled: and they took up that which was
left of the fragments, seven baskets.
8:9. And they that had eaten were about four thousand. And he sent them
away.
8:10. And immediately going up into a ship with his disciples, he came
into the parts of Dalmanutha.
8:11. And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him,
asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
8:12. And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation
seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this
generation.
8:13. And leaving them, he went up again into the ship and passed to the
other side of the water.
8:14. And they forgot to take bread: and they had but one loaf with them
in the ship.
8:15. And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.
8:16. And they reasoned among themselves, saying: Because we have no
bread.
8:17. Which Jesus knowing, saith to them: Why do you reason, because you
have no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand? Have you still your
heart blinded?
8:18. Having eyes, see you not? And having ears, hear you not? Neither
do you remember?
8:19. When I broke the five loves among five thousand, how many baskets
full of fragments took you up? They say to him: Twelve.
8:20. When also the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets
of fragments took you up? And they say to him: Seven.
8:21. And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?
8:22. And they came to Bethsaida: and they bring to him a blind man. And
they besought him that he would touch him.
8:23. And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the town.
And spitting upon his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he
saw any thing.
8:24. And looking up, he said: I see men, as it were trees, walking.
8:25. After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes: and he began to
see and was restored, so that he saw all things clearly.
8:26. And he sent him into his house, saying: Go into thy house, and if
thou enter into the town, tell nobody.
8:27. And Jesus went out, and his disciples into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi. And in the way, he asked his disciples, saying to them: Whom
do men say that I am?
8:28. Who answered him, saying: John the Baptist; but some Elias, and
others as one of the prophets.
8:29. Then he saith to them: But whom do you say that I am? Peter
answering said to him: Thou art the Christ.
8:30. And he strictly charged them that they should not tell any man of
him.
8:31. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many
things and be rejected by the ancients and by the high priests and the
scribes: and be killed and after three days rise again.
8:32. And he spoke the word openly. And Peter taking him began to rebuke
him.
8:33. Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter,
saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savourest not the things that
are of God but that are of men.
8:34. And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to
them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his
cross and follow me.
8:35. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel shall save it.
8:36. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and
suffer the loss of his soul?
8:37. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul:
8:38. For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this
adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of
him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
8:39. And he said to them: Amen f say to you that there are some of them
that stand here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of
God coming in power.
Mark Chapter 9
Christ is transfigured. He casts out the dumb spirit. He teaches
humility and to avoid scandal.
9:1. And after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John,
and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves, and was
transfigured before them.
9:2. And his garments became shining and exceeding white as snow, so as
no fuller upon earth can make white.
9:3. And there appeared to them Elias with Moses: and they were talking
with Jesus.
9:4. And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good for us to be
here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elias.
9:5. For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear.
9:6. And there was a cloud overshadowing them. And a voice came out of
the cloud, saying: This is my most beloved Son. Hear ye him.
9:7. And immediately looking about, they saw no man any more, but Jesus
only with them.
9:8. And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them not to
tell any man what things they had seen, till the Son of man shall be
risen again from the dead.
9:9. And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what
that should mean, when he shall be risen from the dead.
9:10. And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes
say that Elias must come first?
9:11. Who answering, said to then: Elias, when he shall come first,
shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man that he
must suffer many things and be despised.
9:12. But I say to you that Elias also is come (and they have done to
him whatsoever they would), as it is written of him.
9:13. And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them
and the scribes disputing with them.
9:14. And presently all the people, seeing Jesus, were astonished and
struck with fear: and running to him, they saluted him.
9:15. And he asked them: What do you question about among you?
9:16. And one of the multitude, answering, said: Master, I have brought
my son to thee, having a dumb spirit.
9:17. Who, wheresoever he taketh him, dasheth him: and he foameth and
gnasheth with the teeth and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples to
cast him out: and they could not.
9:18. Who answering them, said: O incredulous generation, how long shall
I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me.
9:19. And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the
spirit troubled him and being thrown down upon the ground, he rolled
about foaming.
9:20. And he asked his father: How long time is it since this hath
happened unto him? But he sad: From his infancy.
9:21. And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into the waters
to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having
compassion on us.
9:22. And Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are
possible to him that believeth.
9:23. And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with tears said:
I do believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.
9:24. And when Jesus saw the multitude running together, he threatened
the unclean spirit, saying to him: Deaf and dumb spirit, I command thee,
go out of him and enter not any more into him.
9:25. And crying out and greatly tearing him, he went our of him. And
he became as dead, so that many said: He is dead.
9:26. But Jesus taking him by the hand, lifted him up. And he arose.
9:27. And when he was come into the house, his disciples secretly asked
him: Why could not we cast him out?
9:28. And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by
prayer and fasting.
9:29. And departing from thence, they passed through Galilee: and he
would not that any man should know it.
9:30. And he taught his disciples and said to them: The Son of man shall
be betrayed into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after
that he is killed, he shall rise again the third day.
9:31. But they understood not the word: and they were afraid to ask him.
9:32. And they came to Capharnaum. And when they were in the house, he
asked them: What did you treat of in the way?
9:33. But they held their peace, for in the way they had disputed among
themselves, which of them should be the greatest.
9:34. And sitting down, he called the twelve and saith to them: If any
man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all and be minister of
all.
9:35. And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he
had embraced, he saith to them:
9:36. Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name
receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me receiveth not me but him
that sent me.
9:37. John answered him, saying: Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name, who followeth not us: and we forbade him.
9:38. But Jesus said: Do not forbid him. For there is no man that doth a
miracle in my name and can soon speak ill of me.
9:39. For he that is not against you is for you.
9:40. For whosoever shall give you to drink a cup of water in my name,
because you belong to Christ: amen I say to you, he shall not lose his
reward.
9:41. And whosoever shall scandalize one of these little ones that
believe in me: it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about
his neck and he were cast into the sea.
9:42. And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter into life, maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into
unquenchable fire:
9:43. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.
9:44. And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off: it is better for thee
to enter lame into life everlasting than having two feet to be cast into
the hell of unquenchable fire:
9:45. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.
9:46. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out: it is better for
thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God than having two eyes
to be cast into the hell of fire:
9:47. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished.
9:48. For every one shall be salted with fire: and every victim shall be
salted with salt.
9:49. Salt is good. But if the salt become unsavoury, wherewith will you
season it? Have salt in you: and have peace among you.
Mark Chapter 10
Marriage is not to be dissolved. The danger of riches. The ambition of
the sons of Zebedee. A blind man is restored to his sight.
10:1. And rising up from thence, he cometh into the coast of Judea
beyond the Jordan: and the multitude flocked to him again. And as he was
accustomed, he taught them again.
10:2. And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it
lawful for a man to put away his wife?
10:3. But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?
10:4. Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put
her away.
10:5. To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your
heart, he wrote you that precept.
10:6. But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and
female.
10:7. For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall
cleave to his wife.
10:8. And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not
two, but one flesh.
10:9. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
10:10. And in the house again his disciples asked him concerning the
same thing.
10:11. And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry
another committeth adultery against her.
10:12. And if the wife shall put away her husband and be married to
another, she committeth adultery.
10:13. And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them.
And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.
10:14. Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them:
Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of
such is the kingdom of God.
10:15. Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God
as a little child shall not enter into it.
10:16. And embracing them and laying his hands upon them, he blessed
them.
10:17. And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running
up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that
I may receive life everlasting?
10:18. And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but
one, that is God.
None is good... Of himself entirely and essentially, but God alone; men
may be good also, but only by participation of God's goodness.
10:19. Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not
kill, do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy
father and mother.
10:20. But he answering, said to him: Master, all these things I have
observed from my youth.
10:21. And Jesus, looking on him, loved him and said to him: One thing
is wanting unto thee. Go, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the
poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
