Holman Christian Standard Bible

Mark 6:9-19 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

9. They were to wear sandals, but not put on an extra shirt.

10. Then He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

11. If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

12. So they went out and preached that people should repent.

13. And they were driving out many demons, anointing many sick people with olive oil, and healing them.

14. King Herod heard of this, because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”

15. But others said, “He’s Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet — like one of the prophets.”

16. When Herod heard of it, he said, “John, the one I beheaded, has been raised! ”

17. For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.

18. John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife! ”

19. So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,