Mark 6:53-56

Context

Healing the Sick

6:53 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret¹ and anchored there. 6:54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.² 6:55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.³ 6:56 And wherever he would go – into villages, towns, or countryside – they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if⁴ they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

[6:53] ¹sn Gennesaret was a fertile plain south of Capernaum (see also Matt 14:34). This name was also sometimes used for the Sea of Galilee (Luke 5:1).

[6:54] ²tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:55] ³tn Grk “wherever they heard he was.”

[6:56] ⁴tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”