1 And he went away from there, and came into his country; and his disciples went with him.

2 And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

3 Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

4 And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.

5 And he was unable to do any work of power there, but only to put his hands on one or two persons who were ill, and make them well.

6 And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

7 And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

8 And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

9 They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.

10 And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.

11 And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

12 And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men.

13 And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

14 And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

15 But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

16 But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

17 For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

18 For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

19 And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

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;

22 And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

23 And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

24 And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

25 And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

26 And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

27 And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

28 And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

30 And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

31 And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

32 And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

33 And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.

34 And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

37 But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?

38 And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.

39 And he made them all be seated in groups on the green grass.

40 And they were placed in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

41 And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.

42 And they all took of the food and had enough.

43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.

44 And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

45 And straight away he made his disciples get into the boat, and go before him to the other side to Beth-saida, while he himself sent the people away.

46 And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.

47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

49 But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. But straight away he said to them, Take heart, it is I, have no fear.

51 And he went to them into the boat, and the wind went down, and they were full of wonder in themselves;

52 For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

53 And when they had gone across, they came to Gennesaret, and got their boat to land.

54 And when they had got out of the boat, the people quickly had news of him,

55 And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.

56 And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

1 POI, egli si partì di là, e venne nella sua patria, e i suoi discepoli lo seguitarono.

2 E venuto il sabato, egli si mise ad insegnar nella sinagoga; e molti, udendolo, sbigottivano, dicendo: Onde ha costui queste cose? e quale è questa sapienza che gli è data? ed onde è che cotali potenti operazioni son fatte per mano sua?

3 Non è costui quel falegname, figliuol di Maria, fratel di Giacomo, di Iose, di Giuda, e di Simone? e non sono le sue sorelle qui appresso di noi? Ed erano scandalezzati in lui.

4 Ma Gesù disse loro: Niun profeta è disonorato, se non nella sua patria, e fra i suoi parenti, e in casa sua.

5 E non potè quivi fare alcuna potente operazione, salvo che, poste le mani sopra alcuni pochi infermi, li sanò.

6 E si maravigliava della loro incredulità; e andava attorno per le castella, insegnando

7 ED egli chiamò a sè i dodici, e prese a mandarli a due a due; e diede loro podestà sopra gli spiriti immondi.

8 E comandò loro che non prendessero nulla per lo viaggio, se non solo un bastone; non tasca, non pane, non moneta nelle lor cinture.

9 E che fossero sol calzati di sandali, e non portassero due toniche indosso.

10 Disse loro ancora: Dovunque sarete entrati in alcuna casa, dimorate in quella, finchè usciate di quel luogo.

11 E se alcuni non vi ricevono, e non vi ascoltano, partitevi di là, e scotete la polvere di sotto a’ vostri piedi, in testimonianza contro a loro. Io vi dico in verità, che Sodoma e Gomorra saranno più tollerabilmente trattate nel giorno del giudizio, che quella città.

12 Essi adunque, partitisi, predicavano che gli uomini si ravvedessero.

13 E cacciavano molti demoni, ed ungevano d’olio molti infermi e li sanavano

14 OR il re Erode udì parlar di Gesù, perciocchè il suo nome era divenuto chiaro, e diceva: Quel Giovanni che battezzava è risuscitato da’ morti; e perciò le potenze operano in lui.

15 Altri dicevano: Egli è Elia; ed altri: Egli è un profeta, pari ad un de’ profeti.

16 Ma Erode, udite quelle cose, disse: Egli è quel Giovanni, che io ho decapitato; esso è risuscitato da’ morti.

17 Perciocchè esso Erode avea mandato a prender Giovanni, e l’avea messo nei legami in prigione, a motivo di Erodiada, moglie di Filippo, suo fratello; perciocchè egli l’avea sposata,

18 e Giovanni avea detto ad Erode: Ei non ti è lecito di aver la moglie del tuo fratello.

19 Ed Erodiada gliene avea mal talento; e volentieri l’avrebbe fatto morire, ma non poteva.

20 Perciocchè Erode temeva Giovanni, conoscendolo uomo giusto, e santo; e l’osservava; ed avendolo udito, faceva molte cose, e volentieri l’udiva.

21 Ora, venuto un giorno opportuno, che Erode, nel giorno della sua natività, feceva un convito a’ suoi grandi, e capitani, ed a’ principali della Galilea;

22 la figliuola di essa Erodiada entrò, e ballò, e piacque ad Erode, ed a coloro ch’erano con lui a tavola. E il re disse alla fanciulla: Domandami tutto ciò che vorrai, ed io tel donerò.

23 E le giurò, dicendo: Io ti donerò tutto ciò che mi chiederai, fino alla metà del mio regno.

24 Ed essa uscì e disse a sua madre: Che chiederò? Ed ella disse: La testa di Giovanni Battista.

25 E subito rientrò frettolosamente al re, e gli fece la domanda, dicendo: Io desidero che subito tu mi dia in un piatto la testa di Giovanni Battista.

26 E benchè il re se ne attristasse grandemente, pur nondimeno per li giuramenti, e per rispetto di coloro ch’eran con lui a tavola, non gliel volle disdire.

27 E subito, mandato un sergente, comandò che fosse recata la testa di esso.

28 E quello andò e lo decapitò in prigione, e portò la sua testa in un piatto, e la diede alla fanciulla, e la fanciulla la diede a sua madre.

29 E i discepoli di esso, udito ciò, vennero e tolsero il suo corpo morto, e lo posero in un monumento

30 OR gli Apostoli si accolsero appresso di Gesù, e gli rapportarono ogni cosa, tutto ciò che avean fatto ed insegnato.

31 Ed egli disse loro: Venite voi in disparte, in qualche luogo solitario, e riposatevi un poco; perciocchè coloro che andavano e venivano erano in gran numero, talchè quelli non aveano pur agio di mangiare.

32 E se ne andarono in su la navicella in un luogo solitario in disparte.

33 E la moltitudine li vide partire, e molti lo riconobbero; ed accorsero là a piè da tutte le città, e giunsero avanti loro, e si accolsero appresso di lui.

34 E Gesù smontato, vide una gran moltitudine, e si mosse a compassione inverso loro; perciocchè erano come pecore che non hanno pastore; e si mise ad insegnar loro molte cose.

35 Ed essendo già tardi, i suoi discepoli vennero a lui, e gli dissero: Questo luogo è deserto, e già è tardi.

36 Licenzia questa gente, acciocchè vadano per le villate, e per le castella d’intorno, e si comperino del pane, perciocchè non hanno nulla da mangiare.

37 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse loro: Date lor voi da mangiare. Ed essi gli dissero: Andremmo noi a comperar per dugento denari di pane, e darem loro da mangiare?

38 Ed egli disse loro: Quanti pani avete? andate, e vedete. Ed essi, dopo essersene accertati, dissero: Cinque, e due pesci.

39 Ed egli comandò loro che il facesser tutti coricar sopra l’erba verde, per brigate.

40 Ed essi si coricarono per cerchi, a cento, ed a cinquanta, per cerchio.

41 Poi prese i cinque pani, e i due pesci, e levò gli occhi al cielo, e fece la benedizione; poi ruppe i pani, e li diede a’ suoi discepoli, acciocchè li mettessero davanti a loro: egli spartì eziandio i due pesci a tutti.

42 E tutti mangiarono, e furon saziati.

43 E i discepoli levaron de’ pezzi de’ pani dodici corbelli pieni, ed anche qualche rimanente de’ pesci.

44 Or coloro che avean mangiato di que’ pani erano cinquemila uomini

45 E TOSTO appresso egli costrinse i suoi discepoli a montar nella navicella, ed a trarre innanzi a lui all’altra riva, verso Betsaida, mentre egli licenziava la moltitudine.

46 Poi, quando l’ebbe accommiatata, se ne andò in sul monte, per orare.

47 E, fattosi sera, la navicella era in mezzo del mare, ed egli era in terra tutto solo. E vide i discepoli che travagliavano nel vogare,

48 perciocchè il vento era loro contrario; e intorno alla quarta vigilia della notte, egli venne a loro, camminando sopra il mare; e voleva passar oltre a loro.

49 Ma essi, vedutolo camminar sopra il mare, pensarono che fosse una fantasima, e sclamarono. Perciocchè tutti lo videro, e furon turbati;

50 ma egli tosto parlò con loro, e disse: State di buon cuore, son io, non temiate.

51 E montò a loro nella navicella, e il vento si acquetò; ed essi vie più sbigottirono in loro stessi, e si maravigliarono.

52 Perciocchè non aveano posto mente al fatto de’ pani; perciocchè il cuor loro era stupido.

53 E, passati all’altra riva, vennero nella contrada di Gennesaret, e presero terra.

54 E, quando furono smontati dalla navicella, subito la gente lo riconobbe.

55 E, correndo qua e là per tutta quella contrada circonvicina, prese a portare attorno in letticelli i malati, là dove udiva ch’egli fosse.

56 E dovunque egli entrava, in castella, o in città, o in villate, la gente metteva gl’infermi nelle piazze, e lo pregava che sol potessero toccare il lembo della sua vesta; e tutti quelli che lo toccavano erano guariti