Maqus (Mark) — 6
YAHUSHA Rejected at Nazarath
1 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA left that part of the country and returned with His Talmidym to Nazarath, His hometown.
2 The next Shabbat He began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were amazed. They asked, “Where did He get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?”
3 Then they scoffed, “He is just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of Ya'aqub, Ya'asaf, Yahudas, and Simun. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA.
4 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA told them, “A Nabym is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”
5 And because of their unbelief, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA could not do any miracles among them except to place His hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA was amazed at their unbelief. Then He went from village to village, teaching the people.
7 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA called His twelve Talmidym together and began sending them out two by two, giving them authority to cast out evil spirits.
8 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick no food, no traveler’s bag, no money.
9 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA allowed them to wear sandals but not to take a change of clothes.
10 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA said, “Wherever you go,” “stay in the same house until you leave town.
11 And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sudum and Gumurrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”
12 So the Talmidym went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
13 And they cast out many demons and healed many sick people, anointing them with olive oil.
The Death of Yahukanun the Baptist
14 Harud Antipas, the king, soon heard about 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA, because everyone was talking about Him. Some were saying, “This must be Yahukanun the Baptist raised from the dead. That is why he can do such miracles.”
15 Others said, “He is the Nabym AliYahu.” Still others said, “He is a Nabym like the other great Nabyms of the past.”
16 When Harud heard about 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA, he said, “Yahukanun, the man I beheaded, has come back from the dead.”
17 For Harud had sent soldiers to arrest and imprison Yahukanun as a favor to Harudias. She had been his brother Philip’s wife, but Harud had married her.
18 Yahukanun had been telling Harud, “It is against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.”
19 So Harudias bore a grudge against Yahukanun and wanted to kill him. But without Harud’s approval she was powerless,
20 for Harud respected Yahukanun; and knowing that he was a good and Qadash man, he protected him. Harud was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with Yahukanun, but even so, he liked to listen to him.
21 Harudias’s chance finally came on Harud’s birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galily.
22 Then his daughter, also named Harudias, came in and performed a dance that greatly pleased Harud and his guests. “Ask me for anything you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you.”
23 He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”
24 She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of Yahukanun the Baptist!”
25 So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, “I want the head of Yahukanun the Baptist, right now, on a tray!”
26 Then the king deeply regretted what he had said; but because of the vows he had made in front of his guests, he could not refuse her.
27 So he immediately sent an executioner to the prison to cut off Yahukanun’s head and bring it to him. The soldier beheaded Yahukanun in the prison,
28 brought his head on a tray, and gave it to the girl, who took it to her mother.
29 When Yahukanun’s followers heard what had happened, they came to get his body and buried it in a tomb.
YAHUSHA Feeds Five Thousand
30 The Shaliachs (Apostles) returned to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA from their ministry tour and told Him all they had done and taught.
31 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA said, “Let us go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.” for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA said this because there were so many people coming and going that Him and his Talmidym did not even have time to eat.
32 So they left by boat for a quiet place, where they could be alone.
33 But many people recognized them and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the shore and got there ahead of them.
34 So 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
35 Late in the day His Talmidym came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it is already getting late.
36 Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy something to eat.”
37 But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA said, “You feed them.” “With what?” they asked. “We have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!”
38 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA asked. “How much bread do you have? “Go and find out.” They came back and reported, “We have five loaves of bread and two fish.”
39 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA told the Talmidym to have the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
40 So they sat down in groups of fifty or a hundred.
41 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward Shamaym, and baraked them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA kept giving the bread to the Talmidym so they could distribute it to the people. 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA also divided the fish for everyone to share.
42 They all ate as much as they wanted,
43 and afterward, the Talmidym picked up twelve baskets of leftover bread and fish.
44 A total of five thousand men, women and children where not counted.
YAHUSHA Walks on Water
45 Immediately after feeding the people, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA insisted that His Talmidym get back into the boat and head across the lake to Bathsaida, while he sent the people home.
46 After telling everyone good bye, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA went up into the hills by himself to pray.
47 Late that night, the Talmidym were in their boat in the middle of the lake, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA was alone on land.
48 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. At Night time, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA came toward them, walking on the water. He intended to go past them,
49 but when they saw 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA walking on the water, they cried out in terror, thinking 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA was a ghost.
50 They were all terrified when they saw Him. But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA spoke to them at once. “Do not be afraid, “Take courage! I Am here!”
51 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA climbed into the boat, and the wind stopped. They were totally amazed,
52 for they still did not understand the significance of the miracle of the loaves. Their hearts were too hard to take it in.
53 After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gannasarat. They brought the boat to shore
54 And climbed out. The people recognized 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA at once,
55 And they ran throughout the whole area, carrying sick people on mats to wherever they heard He was.
56 Wherever 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA went in the villages, cities, or the countryside, they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.