Verse 21
Mark 6:21
Bible in Basic English
21
And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
Original Language Text
greek
Καὶ γενομένης ἡμέρας εὐκαίρου ὅτε Ἡρῴδης τοῖς γενεσίοις αὐτοῦ δεῖπνον ⸀ἐποίησεν τοῖς μεγιστᾶσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς χιλιάρχοις καὶ τοῖς πρώτοις τῆς Γαλιλαίας,
English Translation
And when a favorable day had come, Herod made a feast for his officials and the commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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Chapter 6 Context
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And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.
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And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing...
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Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and...
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And Yashua (Jesus) said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among...
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And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who...
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And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teachin...
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And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the...
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And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no...
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They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.
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And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.
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And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the...
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12
And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.
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And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made the...
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And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Bapti...
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But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.
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But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.
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For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brot...
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For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
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And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;
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For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him saf...
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And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and...
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And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table...
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And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my k...
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And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John th...
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And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plat...
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And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would...
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And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with th...
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And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
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And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last restin...
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And the twelve came together to Yashua (Jesus); and they gave him an account of all the things they...
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And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because t...
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And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.
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And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running th...
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And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like shee...
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And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is l...
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Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food...
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But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get...
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And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five ca...
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And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.
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And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.
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And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of b...
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And they all took of the food and had enough.
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And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.
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And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.
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And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Be...
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And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.
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And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.
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And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was again...
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But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:
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For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, hav...
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And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselve...
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For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.
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And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.
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And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,
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And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to...
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And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who wer...
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