Mark 6:5 And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
Mark 6:6 And He wondered at their unbelief. ¶ And He was going around the villages teaching.
Mark 6:7 ¶ And He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
Mark 6:8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belt--
Mark 6:10 And He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.
Mark 6:11 "Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them."
Mark 6:12 They went out and preached that men should repent.
Mark 6:13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.
Mark 6:14 ¶ And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."
Mark 6:15 But others were saying, "He is Elijah." And others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."
Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!"
Mark 6:17 ¶ For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
Mark 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Mark 6:19 Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;
Mark 6:20 for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.
Mark 6:21 A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
Mark 6:22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."
Mark 6:23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom."
Mark 6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."
Mark 6:25 Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."