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Mark 6 Summary
Apostles Sent Out and John Beheaded
Jesus returns to his own country but is rejected by those who knew him as the carpenter. He sends the twelve apostles out by two and two with power over unclean spirits, commanding them to take nothing for their journey and to shake off the dust where they are not received. Meanwhile, King Herod hears of Jesus and believes him to be John the Baptist risen from the dead; this recalls how Herod had imprisoned John for condemning his marriage to Herodias. At Herod's birthday feast, the daughter of Herodias dances and requests John's head, which Herod grants, and John is beheaded in prison. The apostles gather and tell Jesus all things, and he teaches a great multitude with compassion, miraculously feeding five thousand with five loaves and two fishes.
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Key verses
Mark 6:7
“And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;”
Mark 6:27
“And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,”
Mark 6:34
“And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.”
Mark 6:41
“And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.”
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