Markus 6:53-56

Healing the Sick

6:53 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret ¹  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 if ⁴  they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

[6:53]  ¹ sn 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]  ² tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

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