Mark 6:27-38

English Standard Version

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's^[a] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison ²⁸ and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹ When his ^(A)disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

^30 (B)(C)The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. ³¹ And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and ^(D)they had no leisure even to eat. ^32 (E)And they went away in ^(F)the boat to a desolate place by themselves. ³³ Now many saw them going and ^(G)recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. ³⁴ When he went ashore he ^(H)saw a great crowd, and ^(I)he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. ^36 (J)Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” ³⁷ But he answered them, ^(K)“You give them something to eat.” And ^(L)they said to him, ^(M)“Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii^[b] worth of bread and give it to them to eat?” ³⁸ And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, ^(N)“Five, and two fish.”