Mark · Chapter 6

[ edit] And Jheſus gon out þennis, wente in to his owne cuntree; and his diſciplis folwiden him. And þe ſaboþ maad, Jheſus bigan for to teche in a ſynagoge. And manye heeringe wondriden in his techinge, ſeyinge, Of whennis to þis alle þeſe þingis? and what is þe wyſdom þat is ȝouun to him, and ſuche vertues þe whiche ben maad by his hond? Wher þis is not a ſmyþ, or carpenter, þe ſone of Marie, þe broþer of James and Joſeph and Judas and Symound? wher and his ſiſtris ben nat here wiþ vs? And þei weren ſclaundrid in him. And Jheſus ſeide to hem, For a prophete is not wiþ outen honour, no but in his owne cuntree, and in his hows, and in his kyn.

And he myȝte not make þere ony vertu, no but heelide a fewe ſike men, þe hondis put to. And he wondride for þe vnbileue of hem. And he wente aboute caſtelis in enuyrown, techinge. And he clepide twelue, and bigan for to ſende hem bi tweyne; and ȝaf to hem power of vnclene ſpiritis, and comaundide hem, þat þei ſchulde not take ony þing in þe weye, no but a ȝerd oonly, not a ſcrippe, not bred, neiþer money in þe girdil, but ſchoon wiþ ſandalies, þat ben opyn aboue, and þat þei weren not cloþid wiþ tweie cootis. And he ſeide to hem, Whidir euere ȝee ſchulen entre in to an hous, dwelle ȝe þere, till ȝe gon out þennis.

And who euere ſchulen not reſſeyue, ne heere ȝou, ȝe goynge out fro þennes ſhake awey þe powdre fro ȝoure feet, in to witneſſinge to hem. And þei goynge out, prechiden, þat men ſchulden do penaunce. And þei caſtiden out many fendis, and anoyntiden wiþ oyle manye ſyke men, and þei weren heelid. And kyng Eroude herde, forſoþe his name was maad opyn, and he ſeide, For Johne Baptiſt haþ riſun aȝen fro deed men, and þerfore vertues worchen in hym. Soþely oþere ſeiden, For it is Ely; but oþere ſeiden, For it is a prophete, as oon of prophetis. Þe whiche þing herd, Eroude ſeiþ, Whom I haue bihedid, John, þis haþ riſun fro deed men.

Forſoþe þe ilke Eroude ſente, and held Joon, and bond him in to priſoun, for Erodias, þe wyf of Philip, his broþer; for he hadde weddid hir. Soþly Johne ſeide to Eroude, It is not leefful to þee, for to haue þe wyf of þi broþer. Erodias forſoþe leide aſpies to him, and wolde ſle him, and miȝte not. Soþly Eroude drede John, witinge him a iuſt man and hooly, and kepte him. And him herd, he dide many þingis, and gladly herde hym. And whanne a couenable day hadde fallun, Eroude in his birþe day made a ſoupere to þe princis, and tribunys, and to þe firſte, or gretteſte, of Galilee.

And whanne þe douȝter of þilke Erodias hadde entrid yn, and lepte, and pleſide to Eroude, and alſo to men reſtynge, þe kyng ſeide to þe wenche, Axe þou of me what þou wolt, and I ſchal ȝyue to þee. And he ſwoor to hir, For what euere þou ſchalt axe, I ſchal ȝyue to þee, þouȝ þe half of my kyngdom. Þe whiche, whanne ſche hadde gon out, ſeide to hir modir, What ſchal I axe? And ſhe ſeide, Þe heed of John Baptiſt. And whanne ſhe hadde entrid anon wiþ haſte to þe kyng, ſhe axide, ſeyinge, I wole þat anoon þou ȝyue to me in a diſche þe heed of John Baptiſt.

And þe kyng was ſory for þe ooþ, and for men ſittinge to gidere at mete he wolde not hir be maad ſory; but a manquellere ſent, he comaundide þe heed of John Baptiſt for to be brouȝt. And he bihedide him in þe priſon, and brouȝte his heed in a diſche, and ȝaf it to þe wenche, and þe wench ȝaf to hir modir. Þe which þing herd, his diſciplis camen, and token his body, and puttiden it in a buriel. And apoſtlis comynge to gidere to Jheſu, tolden to hym alle þingis, þat þei hadden don, and tauȝt. And he ſeiþ to hem, Come ȝe by ȝou ſelue in to a deſert place; reſte ȝe a litel. Forſoþ þere weren manye þat camen, and wenten aȝen, and þei hadden not ſpace for to ete.

And þei ſtiȝynge in to boot, wenten in to a deſert place by hem ſelue. And þei ſyȝen hem goynge awey, and manye knewen, and goynge on feet fro alle citees, þei runnen to gidere þidir, and came bifore hem. And Jheſus goynge out ſyȝ moche cumpanye, and hadde mercy on hem, for þei weren as ſcheepe not hauynge a ſhepherde. And he bigan for to teche hem manye þingis. And whanne moche our was maad now, his diſciplis camen nyȝ, ſeyinge, Þis place is deſert, and now þe our haþ paſſid; leeue hem, þat þei goynge in to þe nexte townes or vilagis, bye to hem metis whiche þei ſchulen ete. And he anſwerynge ſeiþ to hem, Ȝyue ȝe to hem for to ete.

And þei ſeiden to hym, Goynge bye we loues wiþ two hundrid pens, and we ſchulen ȝyue to hem for to ete. And he ſeiþ to hem, Hou many loues han ȝe? Go ȝe, and ſe. And whanne þei hadden knowun, þei ſeien, Fyue, and two fyſchis. And he comaundide to hem, þat þei ſchulden make alle men ſitte to mete aftir cumpenyes, vpon greene hey. And þei ſaten down by parties, by hundridis, and fyfties. And þe fyue looues taken, and two fyſchis, he biholdynge in to heuene, bleſſide, and brak loouis, and ȝaf to his diſciplis, þat þei ſchulden putte bifore hem. And he departide two fyſchis to alle; and alle eeten, and weren fillid. And þei token þe relyues of broken mete, twelue coffyns full, and of þe fyſchis.

Soþli þei þat eeten, were fyue þouſynd of men. And anon he conſtreynede his diſciplis for to ſtiȝe vp in to a boot, þat þei ſchulden paſſe bifore him ouer þe ſee to Beþſayda, þe while he lefte þe peple. And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente in to an hil, for to preie. And whanne euenyng was, þe boot was in þe myddil ſee, and he aloone in þe lond; and he ſyȝ hem trauelinge in rowynge; ſoþli þe wynd was contrarie to hem. And aboute þe fourþe waking of þe nyȝt, he wandrynge on þe ſee cam to hem, and wolde paſſe hem. And þei, as þei ſyȝen him wandrynge on þe ſee, geſſiden for to be a fantum, and crieden; forſoþ alle ſyȝen hym, and þei weren diſturblid.

And anon he ſpak wiþ hem, and ſeide to hem, Triſte ȝe, I am; nyle ȝe drede. And he cam vp to hem in to þe boot, and þe wynd ceeſſide. And þei more wondriden wiþ ynne hem; for þei vndirſtoden not of þe looues; ſoþli her herte was blyndid. And whanne þei hadden paſſid ouer þe ſee, þei camen in to þe lond of Genazareþ, and ſetten to londe. And whanne þei hadden gon out of þe boot, anon þei knewen him. And þei rennynge þurȝ al þat cuntree, bigunnen to bere aboute in beddis hem þat hadden hem yuele, where þei herden him be.

And whidur euere he entride yn to vilagis and townes, or in to citees, þei puttiden ſyke men in ſtretis, and preieden him, þat þei ſchulden touche eiþer þe hem of his cloþ; and how manye euere touchiden him, weren maad ſaf.