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“Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true.’”

Revelation 22:6a, Christian Standard Bible

“Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true.’”

Revelation 22:6a, Christian Standard Bible

FAITHFUL AND TRUE.

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MARKThe Messiah’s herald

1 The be gin ning a of the gos pel b of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. a,c 2 As it is writ­

ten in Isa iah d the proph et: b,e

See, I am sending my messenger f ahead of you;

he will prepare your way. c,d,g

3 A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: h

Prepare the way for the Lord; i make his paths straight! e, j

4 John came bap tiz ing f,k in the wil der ness l and pro claim ing a bap tism of re pen tance m for the for give ness n of sins. o 5 The whole Ju de an coun try side and all the peo ple of Je ru sa lem p were go ing out to him, and they were bap tized by him in the Jor dan q Riv er, con fess ing r their sins. s 6 John wore a cam­el­hair gar ment with a leath er belt around his waist and ate lo custs t and wild hon ey. u

7 He pro claimed, “ One who is more pow­er ful v than I am is com ing af ter me. w I am not wor thy x to stoop down and un tie the strap of his san dals. y 8 I bap tize you with g wa ter, z but he will bap tize you with the Holy Spir it.” aa

The BapTisM of Jesus9 In ab those days Jesus came from Naz a­reth ac in Gal i lee ad and was bap tized in the Jor dan by John. 10 As soon as he came up out of the wa ter, he saw the heav ens ae be­ing torn open and the Spir it de scend ing on him like a dove. 11 And a voice af came from heav en: ag “ You are my be loved ah Son; ai with you I am well­pleased.” aj

The TeMpTaTion of Jesus12 Im me di ate ly ak the Spir it al drove am him into the wil der ness. an 13 He was in the wil­der ness for ty days, be ing tempt ed ao by Sa­tan. ap He was with the wild an i mals, aq and the an gels ar were serv ing him.

MinisTry in Galilee14 Af ter as John was ar rest ed, at Jesus went to Gal i lee, au pro claim ing av the good news h,i,aw of God: ax 15 “ The time ay is ful filled, and the king dom of God az has come ba near. bb Re­pent bc and be lieve bd the good news! ”

The firsT disciples16 As be he passed along side the Sea of Gal i­lee, bf he saw Si mon bg and An drew, bh Si mon’s broth er, cast ing a net into the sea bi — for they were fish er men. 17 “Fol low me,” bj Jesus told them, “ and I will make you fish for j,bk peo ple.” bl 18 Im me di ate ly they left their nets and fol lowed bm him. bn 19 Go ing on a lit tle far ther, he saw James bo the son of Zeb e­dee bp and his broth er John bq in a boat put­ting their nets in or der. 20 Im me di ate ly he called them, and they left their fa ther Zeb­e dee in the boat with the hired men and fol lowed him. br

drivinG ouT an unclean spiriT21 They bs went into Ca per na um, bt and right away he en tered the syn a gogue bu on the Sab bath bv and be gan to teach. bw 22 They were as ton ished bx at his teach ing by be­cause he was teach ing them as one who had au thor i ty, and not like the scribes.

23 Just then a man with an un clean bz spir­it ca was in their syn a gogue. cb He cried out, 24 “ What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Naz a reth? cc Have you come to de stroy cd us? I know who you are — the Holy ce One of God! ” cf

25 Jesus re buked cg him say ing, “ Be si­lent, ch and come out of him! ” 26 And the un clean spir it threw him into con vul­sions, ci shout ed with a loud voice, and came out of him.

27 They were all amazed, cj and so they be gan to ask ck each oth er: “ What is this? A new teach ing cl with au thor i ty! k,cm He com mands even the un clean cn spir its, co and they obey him.” 28 At once the news

as Mt 4:17; Jn 4:45 at Mt 3:12; Lk 3:20; 9:7-9; Jn 3:24 au Mt 17:22 av Mk 13:10 aw Mk 1:1 ax Rm 15:16; 1Th 2:2,8-9 ay Ps 37:39; Lk 20:10; Jn 7:8

az Mt 3:2; 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31,43; Mk 4:11; 9:1; 10:14; 12:34; 14:25; 15:43

ba Mk 9:1 bb Rm 13:11; 1Pt 4:7 bc Ac 3:19; 26:20 bd Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10

be Mt 4:18-22; Lk 5:1-11 bf Mt 4:18; 15:29; Jn 6:1 bg Mt 16:17 bh Jn 6:8 bi Mk 7:31 bj Mt 4:19 bk Mt 4:18-19; Lk 5:2 bl Mt 4:19 bm Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 bn Lk 18:28 bo Ac 12:2 bp Jn 21:2 bq Jn 21:7 br Lk 18:28 bs Lk 4:31-35 bt Lk 10:15 bu Mk 3:1; Jms 2:2 bv Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10 bw Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 bx Mk 6:2 by Mt 7:28; 22:33; Mk 11:18; Lk 4:32; Ac 2:42; 17:19 bz 2Co 6:17 ca Lk 11:24 cb Jms 2:2 cc Mk 14:67 cd Jn 6:27 ce 1Co 7:14 cf Lk 4:34; Jn 6:69; Eph 4:30 cg 2Tm 4:2 ch Mt 22:12 ci Mk 9:26; Lk 9:39 cj Mk 10:24,32 ck Mk 8:11 cl Mk 11:18; Ac 2:42 cm Jd 25 cn 2Co 6:17 co Lk 11:24

A 1:1 Some mss omit the Son of God B 1:2 Other mss read in the prophets C 1:2 Other mss add before you D 1:2 Mal 3:1 E 1:3 Is 40:3 F 1:4 Or John the Baptist came G 1:8 Or in H 1:14 Other mss add of the kingdom I 1:14 Or gospel J 1:17 Or you to become fishers of K 1:27 Other mss read ”What is this? What is this new teaching? For with authority

a Jn 1:1; Php 4:15b Mt 3:1-12; Lk 3:1-18c Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2d Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17e Lk 16:29f Mt 13:49g Mal 3:1h Jn 1:23i Lk 10:1; 17:5j Is 40:3k Lk 7:29; Ac 22:16l Rv 12:6m Lk 3:3; Ac 13:24; 19:4; 26:20n Mt 9:2; Lk 24:47o Jn 15:22; Ac 26:18p Mt 23:37; Jn 11:36q Gn 13:10; Ps 114:3; Lk 3:3r Ac 19:18s Jn 15:22; Rm 6:23; 1Pt 4:1t Rv 9:3,7u Rv 10:9-10v Rv 18:8w Jn 1:15x Mt 3:11y Lk 3:16; Ac 13:23-25z Jn 1:26,31,33; Ac 1:5; 8:36; 11:16aa Jn 1:33ab Mt 3:13-17; Lk 3:21-23ac Mt 2:23; 4:13; 21:11; Lk 1:26; 2:4,39,51; 4:16; Jn 1:45-46ad Mt 17:22ae Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10af Jn 5:37ag Rv 14:13ah Lk 20:13; Eph 1:6; Phm 1ai Ps 2:7aj Is 42:1ak Mt 4:1-11; Lk 4:1-13al Jn 1:33am 3Jn 10an Mt 3:1; Rv 12:6ao Jms 1:13ap Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10aq Rv 6:8ar Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6

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about him spread through out the en tire vi cin i ty of Gal i lee. a

healinGs aT capernauM29 As b soon as they left the syn a gogue, c they went into Si mon d and An drew’s e house f with James g and John. h 30 Si mon’s mother­in­law was ly ing in bed with a fe­ver, and they told him about her at once. 31 So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. i The fe ver j left her, a and she be gan to serve k them. l

32 When m eve ning came, af ter the sun had set, they brought to him all those who were sick n and demon­possessed. o 33 The whole town was as sem bled at the door, 34 and he healed p many who were sick with var i ous dis eas es q and drove out r many de mons. s And he would not per­mit the de mons to speak, be cause they knew him. t

preachinG in Galilee35 Very u ear ly in the morn ing, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a de sert ed place; v and there he was pray ing. w 36 Si mon x and his com pan­ions searched for him, 37 and when they found him they said, “Ev ery one is look­ing for you.”

38 And he said to them, “ Let’s go on to the neigh bor ing vil lages so that I may preach y there too. This is why I have come.”

a Man cleansed39 He went into all of Gal i lee, z preach ing in their syn a gogues aa and driv ing out de mons. 40 Then ab a man with lep ro sy b,ac came to him and, on his knees, c,ad begged him: “ If you are will ing, you can make me clean.” ae 41 Moved with com pas sion, d,af Jesus reached out his hand and touched ag him. “ I am will ing,” he told him. “ Be made clean.” 42 Im me di ate ly the lep ro sy ah left him, and he was made clean. 43 Then he stern ly warned ai him and sent him away aj at once, 44 tell ing him, “ See that you say noth ing to any one; ak but go and show al your self to the priest, am and of er an what Mo ses com mand ed for your cleans ing, ao as a tes ti mo ny ap to them.” e 45 Yet he went out and be gan to pro claim aq it wide ly and to spread the news, ar with the re sult that Jesus could no lon ger en ter a town open ly. But he was out in de sert ed plac es, and they came to him from ev ery where.

The son of Man forGives and heals

2 When as he en tered Ca per na um at again af ter some days, it was re port ed that he

was at home. 2 So many peo ple gath ered to geth er that there was no more room, not even in the door way, and he was speak ing the word au to them. 3 They came to him bring ing a par a lyt ic, av car ried by four of them. 4 Since they were not able to bring him tof Jesus be cause of the crowd, they re moved the roof above him, and af ter dig ging through it, they low ered the mat on which the par a lyt ic was ly ing. 5 See ing their faith, aw Jesus told the par a lyt ic, “ Son, your sins ax are for giv en.” ay

6 But some of the scribes az were sit ting there, ques tion ing ba in their hearts: 7 “ Why does he speak like this? He’s blas phem­ing! bb Who can for give bc sins bd but God alone? ” be

8 Right away bf Jesus per ceived in his spir­it bg that they were think ing like this with­in them selves and said to them, “ Why are you think ing these things in your hearts? 9 Which is eas i er: bh to say to the par a lyt ic, bi ‘ Your sins are for giv en,’ or to say, ‘ Get up, take your mat, and walk’? bj 10 But so that you may know that the Son of Man bk has au thor i ty bl on earth to for give sins” bm — he told the par a lyt ic — 11 “ I tell you: get up, bn take your mat, and go home.”

12 Im me di ate ly he got up, took the mat, and went out in front of ev ery one. As a re­sult, they were all as tound ed bo and gave glo ry bp to God, bq say ing, “ We have nev er seen any thing like this! ” br

The call of levi13 Jesus bs went out again be side the sea. The whole crowd was com ing to him, and he was teach ing bt them. 14 Then, pass ing by, he saw Levi bu the son of Al phae us sit ting at the toll booth, bv and he said to him, “Fol low me,” bw and he got up and fol lowed bx him.

15 While he was re clin ing at the ta ble in Levi’s house, many tax col lec tors by and sin ners bz were eat ing g with Jesus and his dis ci ples, for there were many who were fol low ing him. 16 When the scribes ca who were Phar i sees h,cb saw that he was

ba Mk 9:33 bb Ex 22:28; Mk 3:29; Rv 13:6 bc Ps 25:11; Mt 9:2 bd Jn 15:22 be Ex 34:6-7; Is 43:25; 44:2 bf Mk 10:52 bg Lk 5:22; 16:15; Jn 2:25 bh Lk 16:17; 18:25 bi Mk 2:3 bj Mt 11:5 bk Ps 8:4; Lk 5:24; Ac 7:56 bl Mt 28:18; Mk 1:22 bm Jn 15:22 bn Mk 5:41 bo Ac 10:45 bp Jn 11:4; 17:1; 1Pt 2:12 bq Lk 2:14 br Mt 9:33 bs Mt 9:9-13; Lk 5:27-32 bt Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 bu Lk 5:27,29 bv Lk 5:27 bw Lk 5:27 bx Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 by Lk 3:12; 18:13 bz Mt 9:10; 1Tm 1:15 ca Mt 2:4 cb Mk 7:3

A 1:31 Other mss add at once B 1:40 Gk lepros ; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 42; see Lv 13–14 C 1:40 Other mss omit on his knees D 1:41 Other mss Moved with indignation E 1:44 Or against them F2:4 Other mss read able to get near G 2:15 Lit reclining together H 2:16 Other mss read scribes and Pharisees

a Mt 17:22b Mt 8:14-15; Lk 4:38-39c Jms 2:2d Mt 16:17e Jn 6:8f Mk 9:33g Ac 12:2h Jn 21:7i Mk 5:41j Lk 4:38k Phm 13l Rm 12:13m Mt 8:16-17; Lk 4:40-41n Lk 5:31o Mt 9:32p Ac 8:7q Ac 19:12r 3Jn 10s Rv 9:20; 18:2t Mk 3:11-12; 5:7u Mt 4:23-25; Lk 4:42-44v Mt 14:13; Mk 6:31-32; Lk 4:42; 9:12; Rv 12:6w Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12x Mt 16:17y Mk 1:4z Mt 17:22aa Mk 3:1ab Mt 8:2-4; Lk 5:12-14ac Mt 11:5ad Mt 17:14ae 1Jn 1:7af Lk 15:20ag Jn 20:17ah Lk 5:12ai Mt 9:30; Mk 14:5; Jn 11:33,38aj 3Jn 10ak Mk 5:43; 7:36; 8:26,30; 9:9; 16:8; Lk 5:14al Rv 1:1am Ac 4:1an Heb 5:1; 8:3ao Lv 13–14; Heb 1:3ap Mk 6:11; 1Tm 2:6aq Mk 1:4; Jn 18:32ar Mk 4:14

as Mt 9:1-8; Lk 5:17-26

at Lk 10:15au Mk 4:14; Jn

18:32av Mt 4:24;

8:6; 9:2,6; Mk 2:3-10

aw Mt 8:10; Ac 3:16; Rm 1:8;

1Co 2:5; Gl 2:16; 1Tm 1:2;

Heb 4:2ax Jn 15:22

ay Mt 9:2,5; Lk 5:20,23; 7:48

az Mt 2:4

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eat ing a with sin ners b and tax col lec tors, c they asked his dis ci ples, “ Why does he eat A with tax col lec tors and sin ners? ”

17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “ It is not those who are well who need d a doc tor, e but those who are sick. f I didn’t come to call the righ teous, g but sin ners.” h

a QuesTion aBouT fasTinG18 Now i John’s j dis ci ples k and the Phar­i sees b,l were fast ing. m Peo ple came and asked him, “ Why do John’s dis ci ples and the Phar i sees’ dis ci ples fast, but your dis­ci ples do not fast? ”

19 Jesus said to them, “ The wed ding guests can not fast while the groom n is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they can not fast. 20 But the time c will come o when the groom will be tak en away from them, p and then they will fast q on that day. 21 No one sews a patch of un shrunk cloth on an old gar­ment. Oth er wise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, r and a worse tear is made. 22 And no one puts new wine s into old wine skins. Oth er wise, the wine will burst t the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. No, new wine is put into fresh wine skins.”

lord of The saBBaTh23 On u the Sab bath he was go ing through the grain fields, and his dis ci ples v be gan to make their way, picking some heads of grain. 24 The Phar i sees w said to him, “ Look, why are they do ing what is not law ful x on the Sab bath? ”

25 He said to them, “ Have you nev er read what Da vid y and those who were with him did when he was in need z and hun gry aa — 26 how he en tered the house of God in the time of Abi a thar ab the high priest ac and ate the bread of the Pres ence ad — which is not law ful for any one to eat ex cept the priests ae — and also gave some to his com­pan ions? ” 27 Then he told them, “ The Sab­bath was made for d man and not man for the Sab bath. af 28 So then, the Son of Man ag is Lord ah even of the Sab bath.” ai

3 Jesus aj en tered the syn a gogue ak again, and a man was there who had a shriv­

eled al hand. 2 In or der to ac cuse am him, they were watch ing him close ly an to see wheth er he would heal ao him on the Sab­bath. ap 3 He told the man with the shriv eled hand, “ Stand be fore us.” 4 Then he said to

them, “ Is it law ful aq to do good ar on the Sab bath or to do evil, as to save life at or to kill? ” au But they were si lent. av 5 Af ter look­ing around at them with an ger, aw he was grieved at the hardness ax of their hearts and told the man, “ Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was re stored. ay 6 Im me di ate ly the Phar i sees az went out and start ed plot ting ba with the He ro di ans bb against him, how they might kill bc him.

MinisTerinG To The MulTiTude7 Jesus bd de part ed with his dis ci ples to the sea, and a large crowd fol lowed from Gal i­lee, be and a large crowd fol lowed from Ju­dea, bf 8 Je ru sa lem, bg Id u mea, be yond the Jor dan, bh and around Tyre bi and Si don. bj The large crowd came to him be cause they heard about ev ery thing he was do ing. 9 Then he told his dis ci ples to have a small boat bk ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn’t crush him. 10 Since he had healed bl many, all who had dis eas es were press ing to ward him to touch bm him. 11 When ev er the un clean bn spir its bo saw him, they fell down bp be fore him and cried out, “ You are the Son of God! ” bq 12 And he would strong­ly warn br them not to make him known. bs

The Twelve aposTles13 Jesus bt went up the moun tain bu and sum­moned those he want ed, and they came to him. 14 He ap point ed twelve, whom he also named apos tles, e,bv to be with him, to send them out to preach, bw 15 and to have au thor i ty to f drive out de mons. 16 He ap­point ed the Twelve: g,bx To Si mon, by he gave the name Pe ter; bz 17 and to James ca the son of Zeb e dee, cb and to his broth er John, cc he gave the name “Bo a ner ges” ( that is, “ Sons of Thun der” cd); 18 An drew; ce Phil ip cf and Bar thol o mew; Mat thew cg and Thom as; ch James the son of Al phae us, and Thad dae­us; Si mon the Zeal ot, 19 and Ju das Is car i ot, ci who also be trayed him.

a house divided20 Jesus en tered a house, and the crowd gath ered again so that they were not even

bf Lk 1:5 bg Mt 23:37 bh Lk 3:3 bi Ac 21:7 bj Gn 49:13 bk Jn 21:8 bl Ac 8:7 bm Jn 20:17 bn 2Co 6:17 bo Lk 11:24 bp Lk 8:47 bq Lk 4:34,41 br 2Tm 4:2 bs Mk 1:34 bt Mt 10:2-4; Lk 6:12-16 bu Mt 4:8 bv Ac 1:2; Jd 17 bw Mk 1:4 bx Mk 11:11; Jn 1:35-51 by Mt 16:17 bz Ac 10:32 ca Ac 12:2 cb Jn 21:2 cc Jn 21:7 cd Rv 6:1 ce Jn 6:8 cf Jn 1:43-48; 6:5,7; 12:21-22; 14:8-9 cg Ac 1:13 ch Jn 11:16; 14:5; 20:24,26-28; 21:2 ci Mk 14:10,43; Ac 1:16,25

A 2:16 Other mss add and drink B 2:18 Other mss read The disciples of John and of the Pharisees C 2:20 Or the days D 2:27 Or because of E 3:14 Other mss omit he also named them apostles F 3:15 Other mss add heal diseases, and to G 3:16 Other mss omit He appointed the Twelve

a Mt 11:18b 1Tm 1:15c Lk 3:12d Mt 6:8e Col 4:14f Lk 5:31g Mt 13:17; Rm 1:17h Lk 5:32i Mt 9:14-17; Lk 5:33-39j Mk 1:4k Jn 3:25l Mk 7:3m Lk 18:12; Ac 13:2n Jn 2:9o Mk 13:24p Lk 17:22; Jn 16:16-20q Lk 18:12r Lk 19:36s Lk 5:37t Jn 6:27u Mt 12:1-8; Lk 6:1-5v Mk 10:10w Mk 7:3x Lk 6:2y Lk 1:27z Ac 2:45aa Rv 7:16ab 1Sm 21:1-6ac Lv 16:32ad Ex 25:30ae Ac 4:1af Col 2:16ag Mk 2:10ah Rm 7:25; 1Co 8:6; Col 3:22ai Lk 6:5aj Mt 12:9-14; Lk 6:6-11ak Mk 1:21,39; Jms 2:2al Mk 4:6; 5:29; 9:18; 11:20-21am Rv 12:10an Lk 6:7; 14:1; 20:20ao Ac 8:7ap Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10; 14:3

aq Jn 18:31ar Ps 34:14; Lk

18:18as Ps 34:12-16;

1Pt 3:17at Php 2:12; Jms

5:20au Lk 20:15

av Lk 1:20; 19:40aw Jms 1:19

ax Ex 7:13; Rm 11:25

ay Mk 8:25az Mk 7:3

ba Mt 12:14; Mk 15:1

bb Mt 22:16; Mk 12:13

bc Mk 11:18; Jn 5:18; 6:27

bd Mt 4:24-25; 12:15-16; Lk

6:17-19be Mt 17:22

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able to eat. a 21 When his fam i ly a heard this, they set out to re strain him, be cause they said, “ He’s out of his mind.” b

22 The scribes c who had come down from Je ru sa lem said, “ He is pos sessed by Be el­ze bul,” d and, “ He drives out e de mons f by the rul er g of the de mons.” h

23 So he sum moned i them and spoke to them in par a bles: j “ How can Sa tan k drive out Sa tan? l 24 If a king dom m is di vid ed against it self, that king dom can not stand. 25 If a house is di vid ed against it self, that house can not stand. 26 And if Sa tan op pos­es him self and is di vid ed, he can not stand but is fin ished. 27 But no one can en ter a strong man’s house and plun der his pos­ses sions un less he first ties up n the strong man. Then he can plun der his house.

28 “Tru ly I tell you, peo ple will be for giv­en for all sins and what ev er blas phe mies o they ut ter. 29 But who ev er blas phemes p against the Holy Spir it nev er has for give­ness, q but is guilty r of an eter nal sin” b,s — 30 be cause they were say ing, “ He has an un clean spir it.” t

True relaTionships31 His u moth er v and his broth ers w came, and stand ing out side, they sent word to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sit­ting around him and told him, “ Look, your moth er, your broth ers, x and your sis ters c are out side ask ing for you.”

33 He re plied to them, “ Who are my moth er and my broth ers? ” 34 Look ing at those sit ting in a cir cle around him, he said, “ Here are my moth er and my broth­ers! y 35 Who ev er does the will of God z is my broth er and sis ter and moth er.”

The paraBle of The sower

4 Again aa he be gan to teach ab by the sea, and a very large crowd gath ered

around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore. 2 He taught them many things in par a bles, ac and in his teach­ing ad he said to them: 3 “Lis ten! Con sid er the sow er who went out to sow. ae 4 As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, af and the birds came and de voured ag it. 5 Oth er seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it grew up quick ly, ah since the soil wasn’t deep. 6 When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it with ered away. ai 7 Oth er seed fell

among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t pro duce fruit. 8 Still oth er seed fell on good ground and it grew up, pro duc ing fruit that in creased aj thir ty, six ty, and a hun dred times.” ak 9 Then he said, “ Let any one who has ears to hear lis ten.” al

why Jesus used paraBles10 When he was alone, those around him with the Twelve, am asked him about the par a bles. an 11 He an swered them, “ The se­cret ao of the king dom of God ap has been giv en to you, but to those out side, aq ev ery­thing comes in par a bles 12 so that they may indeed look, and yet not perceive; they may indeed listen, and yet not understand; ar

otherwise, they might turn back and be forgiven.” d, e,as

The paraBle of The sower explained13 Then at he said to them: “ Don’t you un der­stand this par a ble? au How then will you un­der stand all of the par a bles? 14 The sow er sows av the word. aw 15 Some are like the word sown on the path. ax When they hear, im me­di ate ly Sa tan ay comes and takes away the word az sown in them. f 16 And oth ers are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, im me di ate ly they re ceive it with joy. ba 17 But they have no root; they are short­lived. When dis tress bb or per se­cu tion comes be cause of the word, they im­me di ate ly fall away. bc 18 Oth ers are like seed sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the wor ries bd of this age, be the de ceit ful ness g,bf of wealth, bg and the de sires bh for oth er things en ter in and choke the word, and it be comes un­fruit ful. bi 20 And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word, bj wel come it, and pro duce fruit bk thir ty, six ty, and a hun dred times what was sown.”

usinG your liGhT21 He bl also said to them, “ Is a lamp brought in to be put un der a bas ket or un der a bed? bm Isn’t it to be put on a lamp stand? bn 22 For there is noth ing hid den that will not be re vealed, bo and noth ing con cealed that will not be brought to light. 23 If any one has ears to hear, let him lis ten.” bp 24 And

A 3:20 Or eat a meal ; lit eat bread B 3:29 Other mss read is subject to eternal judgment C 3:32 Other mss omit and your sisters D 4:12 Other mss read and their sins be forgiven them E 4:12 Is 6:9-10 F 4:15 Other mss read in their hearts G 4:19 Or seduction

a Jn 7:3b Lk 2:48; Jn 2:3-4; 7:3-5c Mt 2:4d Mt 10:25; 12:24,27; Lk 11:15-19e 3Jn 10f Rv 9:20; 18:2g Lk 12:58h Mt 9:34; 12:24; Lk 11:15i Lk 18:16j Mk 12:1k Mk 1:13; 4:15; 8:33l Mt 12:25-29; Lk 11:17-22m Lk 4:5n Mk 15:1o Mt 12:31-32; Lk 12:10p Ac 7:51q Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-29; 1Jn 5:16r Mk 14:64s 1Jn 5:16t Lk 11:24u Mt 12:46-50; Lk 8:19-21v Mt 1:16w Jn 2:12x Mk 6:3y Ac 9:30z Rm 8:27; Gl 1:4; Eph 1:9; 1Jn 2:17aa Mt 13:1-15; Lk 8:4-10ab Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11ac Mk 12:1ad Mk 11:18; Ac 2:42; 17:19ae Gl 6:7af Mk 8:27ag Gl 5:15ah Mk 10:52ai Mk 3:1

aj 1Pt 2:2ak Jn 15:5;

Col 1:6al Is 6:9; Jr 5:21;

Ezk 12:2; Mk 8:18; Lk 14:35

am Mk 11:11an Mk 12:1ao 1Co 2:7ap Mk 1:15

aq Rm 9:27ar Mk 7:18

as Is 6:9-10at Mt 13:18-23;

Lk 8:9-15au Mk 12:1

av Gl 6:7aw Mk 16:20

ax Mk 8:27ay Mt 4:10az Lk 6:47

ba Jn 5:43; 15:11bb 2Co 1:4

bc Jn 16:1bd 1Pt 5:7

be Lk 16:8; Eph 1:21

bf Mt 13:22

bg Mt 13:22; Lk 8:14 bh 2Pt 1:4; 2:10 bi Rm 1:13; Ti 3:14; Jd 12 bj Lk 6:47 bk Col 1:10 bl Lk 8:16-18 bm Lk 5:18 bn Rv 1:12 bo 2Co 4:11 bp Mk 4:9

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he said to them, “ Pay at ten tion to what you hear. By the mea sure a you use, b it will be mea sured to you — and more will be add ed c to you. 25 For who ev er has, more will be giv en to him, and who ev er does not have, even what he has will be tak en away from him.” d

The paraBle of The GrowinG seed26 “ The king dom of God e is like this,” he said. “ A man scat ters seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps f and ris es g night h and day; the seed sprouts and grows, al though he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil pro duc es a crop i by it self — first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain j on the head. 29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sick le, k be cause the har vest l has come.”

The paraBle of The MusTard seed30 And m he said, “ With what can we com­pare the king dom of God, n or what par a­ble o can we use to de scribe it? 31 It’s like a mus tard seed p that, when sown upon the soil, is the small est of all the seeds on the ground. 32 And when sown, q it comes up and grows tall er than all the gar den plants, r and pro duc es large branch es, so that the birds of the sky s can nest in its shade.”

usinG paraBles33 He was speak ing the word t to them with many par a bles u like these, as they were able to un der stand. v 34 He did not speak to them with out a par a ble. Pri vate ly, how­ev er, he ex plained ev ery thing to his own dis ci ples. w

wind and wave oBey Jesus35 On x that day, when eve ning had come, he told them, “ Let’s cross over to the oth er side of the sea.” 36 So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And oth er boats were with him. 37 A great wind storm y arose, and the waves z were break ing over the boat, so that the boat was al ready be ing swamped. 38 He was in the stern, sleep ing aa on the cush­ion. So they woke him up ab and said to him, “Teach er! Don’t you care that we’re go ing to die? ” ac

39 He got up, re buked ad the wind, and said to the sea, “Si lence! ae Be still! ” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he said to them, “ Why are you afraid? af Do you still have no faith? ”

41 And they were ter ri fied a,ag and asked one an oth er, “ Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey ah him! ” ai

deMons driven ouT By Jesus

5 They aj came to the oth er side of the sea, to the re gion of the Ger a senes. b

2 As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an un clean ak spir it al came out of the tombs am and met him. 3 He lived in the tombs, an and no one was able to re­strain him any more — not even with a chain ao — 4 be cause he of ten had been bound with shack les and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed ap the shack les. No one was strong enough to sub due aq him. 5 Night ar and day among the tombs as and on the moun tains, at he was al ways cry ing out and cut ting him­self with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a dis tance, he ran and knelt down be fore him. 7 And he cried out with a loud voice, “ What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son au of the Most High God? av I beg you be fore God, don’t tor­ment aw me! ” 8 For he had told him, “ Come out of the man, you un clean ax spir it! ” ay

9 “ What is your name? ” he asked him.“ My name is Le gion,” az he an swered him,

“be cause we are many.” 10 And he begged him ear nest ly not to send them out of the re gion.

11 A large herd of pigs ba was there, feed­ing bb on the hill side. 12 The de mons c begged him, “ Send us to the pigs, so that we may en ter them.” 13 So he gave them per mis­sion, and the un clean bc spir its bd came out and en tered the pigs. The herd of about two thou sand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

14 The men who tend ed them d ran of be and re port ed it in the town and the coun­try side, and peo ple went to see what had hap pened. 15 They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon­pos­sessed, bf,bg sit ting there, dressed and in his right mind; bh and they were afraid. bi 16 Those who had seen it de scribed to them what had hap pened to the demon­possessed bj man and told about the pigs. 17 Then they be gan to beg him to leave their re gion.

18 As he was get ting into the boat, the man who had been demon­possessed

A 4:41 Or were filled with awe B 5:1 Some mss read Gadarenes ; other mss read Gergesenes C 5:12 Other mss read All the demons D 5:14 Other mss read tended the pigs

a 2Co 10:13b Mt 7:2; Lk 6:38c Lk 17:5d Mt 25:29; Lk 19:26e Mk 1:15f Mt 9:24g Mk 5:41h Jn 9:4i Col 1:10j Lk 16:7k Jl 3:13; Rv 14:14-19l Rv 14:15m Mt 13:31-35; Lk 13:18-21n Mk 1:15o Mk 12:1p Mt 17:20; Lk 17:6q Gl 6:7r Lk 11:42s Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10t Lk 6:47; Jn 18:32u Mk 12:1v Jn 16:12w Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1x Mt 8:23-27; Lk 8:22-25y Ps 107:25; Jnh 1:5-6z Jd 13aa Mt 9:24ab Mk 5:41ac Jn 6:27ad 2Tm 4:2ae Mt 22:12; Mk 3:4af Mt 8:26; Rv 21:8

ag Rv 11:11ah Mk 1:27

ai Jnh 1:10,16; Mk 6:50-51

aj Mt 8:28-34; Lk 8:26-39ak 2Co 6:17

al Lk 11:24am Jn 5:28

an Lk 23:53ao Mk 15:1

ap Rm 16:20; Rv 2:27

aq Jms 3:7-8ar Jn 9:4

as Lk 23:53at Mt 4:8

au Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2

av Ps 78:35aw Rv 20:10ax 2Co 6:17ay Lk 11:24

az Mt 26:53; Lk 8:30

ba Mt 7:6; 8:30-32; Lk 8:32-33;

15:15-16bb Jn 21:15

bc 2Co 6:17bd Lk 11:24

be Jms 4:7 bf Mt 9:32 bg Mk 5:9 bh 1Pt 4:7 bi Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 bj Mt 9:32

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begged him ear nest ly that he might re­main with him. 19 Jesus did not let him but told him, “ Go home to your own peo ple, and re port to them how much the Lord a has done b for you and how he has had mer cy on you.” 20 So he went out and be­gan to pro claim c in the De cap o lis d how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed. e

a Girl resTored and a woMan healed21 When f Jesus had crossed over again by boat a to the oth er side, a large crowd g gath­ered around him while he was by the sea. 22 One of the syn a gogue lead ers, named Ja­i rus, h came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet i 23 and begged him ear nest ly, “ My lit tle daugh ter is dy ing. Come and lay your hands on j her so that she can get well b,k and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was fol low ing and press ing against him.

25 Now a wom an suf er ing from bleed­ing l for twelve years 26 had en dured m much un der many doc tors. n She had spent ev­ery thing she had and was not helped at all. On the con trary, she be came worse. 27 Hav ing heard about Jesus, she came up be hind him in the crowd and touched o his cloth ing. p 28 For she said, “ If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.” q 29 In stant ly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed r of her afliction.

30 At once Jesus re al ized in him self that pow er s had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd t and said, “ Who touched my clothes? ” u

31 His dis ci ples said to him, “ You see the crowd press ing against you, and yet you say, ‘ Who touched me? ’ ”

32 But he was look ing around to see who had done this. 33 The wom an, with fear and trem bling, know ing what had hap pened to her, came and fell down v be fore him, and told him the whole truth. w 34 “Daugh ter,” he said to her, “ your faith x has saved you. y Go in peace and be healed z from your af­fliction.” aa

35 While he was still speak ing, peo ple came from the syn a gogue lead er’s house and said, “ Your daugh ter is dead. Why both er the teach er ab any more? ”

36 When Jesus over heard c what was said, he told the syn a gogue lead er, “ Don’t be afraid. ac Only be lieve.” 37 He did not let any one ac com pa ny him ex cept Pe ter, ad James, ae and John, af James’s broth er.

38 They came to the lead er’s house, and he saw a com mo tion — peo ple weep ing and wail ing loud ly. 39 He went in and said to them, “ Why are you mak ing a com­mo tion and weep ing? ag The child ah is not dead but asleep.” ai 40 They laughed at him, but he put them all out side. He took the child’s fa ther, aj moth er, and those who were with him, and en tered the place where the child was. 41 Then he took the child ak by the hand and said to her, “Tal­i tha koum” d ( which is trans lat ed, “Lit tle girl, I say to you, get up” al). 42 Im me di ate ly the girl got up am and be gan to walk. an ( She was twelve years old.) At this they were ut ter ly as tound ed. ao 43 Then he gave them strict or ders that no one should know about this ap and told them to give her some thing to eat.

reJecTion aT nazareTh

6 He aq left there and came to his home­town, ar and his dis ci ples as fol lowed

him. 2 When the Sab bath at came, he be gan to teach au in the syn a gogue, av and many who heard him were as ton ished. “ Where did this man get these things? ” they said. “ What is this wis dom aw that has been giv en to him, and how are these mir a cles ax per­formed by his hands? 3 Isn’t this the car­pen ter, ay the son of Mary, az and the broth er of James, ba Jo ses, Ju das, bb and Si mon? And aren’t his sis ters here with us? ” So they were of end ed bc by him.

4 Jesus said to them, “ A proph et bd is not with out hon or be ex cept in his home town, among his rel a tives, and in his house hold.” 5 He was not able to do a mir a cle bf there, ex cept that he laid his hands on bg a few sick bh peo ple and healed bi them. 6 And he was amazed bj at their un be lief. bk He was go ing around the vil lages teach ing. bl

coMMissioninG The Twelve7 He bm sum moned bn the Twelve bo and be­gan to send bp them out in pairs and gave them au thor i ty over un clean bq spir its. br 8 He in struct ed them to take noth ing for the road ex cept a staf — no bread, no trav el ing bag, bs no mon ey in their belts, 9 but to wear san dals and not put on an ex tra shirt. bt 10 He said to them, “When­ev er you en ter a house, stay there un til you leave that place. 11 If any place does

A 5:21 Other mss omit by boat B 5:23 Or she might be saved C 5:36 Or ignored D 5:41 An Aramaic expression

bi Ac 8:7 bj Rv 17:6 bk Heb 3:12,19 bl Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 bm Mt 10:5-42; Lk 9:1-6 bn Lk 18:16 bo Mk 11:11 bp Mk 3:14 bq 2Co 6:17 br Lk 11:24 bs Lk 10:4 bt Jn 19:23

a Col 4:1; Jd 5b Lk 1:25; 8:39; Ac 15:17; Rm 9:28c Mk 1:4d Mt 4:25; Mk 7:31e Rv 17:6f Mt 9:18-26; Lk 8:40-56g Mk 2:4h Lk 8:41i Rv 19:10j 1Tm 5:22k Mk 6:56l Lk 8:43m Php 1:29n Col 4:14o Jn 20:17p Lk 19:36q Mk 6:56; Ac 16:31r Lk 7:7s Lk 5:17; 6:19; 8:46t Mk 2:13u Lk 19:36v Lk 8:47w Jn 14:6x Mt 8:10y Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56z Ac 4:10aa Mk 5:29ab Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11ac Jn 6:20ad Lk 6:14ae Ac 12:2af Jn 21:7

ag Mt 9:23ah Lk 1:7

ai Mt 9:24aj Col 3:21

ak Lk 1:7al Mk 1:31; 2:11;

4:27,38; 9:27; 14:41-42

am Mk 9:27an Mt 11:5

ao Mk 16:8; Ac 10:45

ap Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56

aq Mt 13:53-58ar Mk 1:9

as Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn

6:3; Ac 6:1at Mk 2:23; Lk

13:10au Mt 28:20; Ac

4:2; 2Tm 4:11av Jms 2:2

aw Pr 3:19; Ac 7:22; 1Co 1:21

ax Ac 19:11ay Mt 13:55

az Mt 1:16ba Jms 1:1; Jd 1

bb Mt 13:55; Jd 1bc Jn 16:1

bd Mt 2:23be Mt 13:57; 1Co

4:10; 12:23bf Ac 19:11

bg 1Tm 5:22bh 1Co 11:30

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not wel come a you or lis ten to you, when you leave there, shake the dust of your feet b as a tes ti mo ny c against them.” a 12 So they went out and preached d that peo ple should re pent. e 13 They drove out many de­mons, f anoint ed g many sick h peo ple with oil i and healed them. j

John The BapTisT Beheaded14 King k Her od l heard about it, be cause Jesus’s name m had be come well known. Some b said, “ John the Bap tist n has been raised from the dead, o and that’s why mi­rac u lous pow ers p are at work q in him.” 15 But oth ers said, “ He’s Eli jah.” r Still oth­ers said, “ He’s a proph et, like one of the proph ets from long ago.” s

16 When Her od t heard of it, he said, “ John, u the one I be head ed, has been raised! ” v

17 For w Her od him self had giv en or ders to ar rest John and to chain x him in pris­on on ac count of He ro di as, y his broth er Phil ip’s wife, be cause he had mar ried her. z 18 John had been tell ing Her od, “ It is not law ful aa for you to have your broth­er’s wife.” ab 19 So He ro di as held a grudge against him and want ed to kill ac him. But she could not, 20 be cause Her od feared ad John and pro tect ed him, know ing he was a righ teous ae and holy af man. When Her od heard him he would be very per plexed, c,ag and yet he liked to lis ten to him. ah

21 An op por tune time came on his birth­day, when Her od gave a ban quet ai for his no bles, aj mil i tary com mand ers, ak and the lead ing men of Gal i lee. al 22 When He ro di­as’s own daugh ter d came in and danced, am she pleased Her od and his guests. The king said to the girl, “ Ask me what ev er you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 He prom­ised her with an an oath: ao “What ev er you ask me I will give you, up to half my king­dom.” ap

24 She went out and said to her moth er, “ What should I ask for? ”

“ John the Bap tist’s aq head,” she said.25 At once she hur ried to the king and

said, “ I want you to give me John the Bap tist’s ar head on a plat ter as im me di­ate ly.” 26 Al though the king was deep ly dis tressed, at be cause of his oaths au and the guests e he did not want to re fuse av her. 27 The king im me di ate ly sent for an ex e­cu tion er and com mand ed him to bring John’s head. So he went and be head ed him

in pris on, 28 brought his head on a plat ter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her moth er. 29 When John’s dis ci ples aw heard about it, they came and re moved his corpse and placed it in a tomb. ax

feedinG of The five Thousand30 The ay apos tles az gath ered around Jesus and re port ed to him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “ Come away by your selves to a re mote place and rest for a while.” For many peo ple were com­ing and go ing, and they did not even have time to eat.

32 So they went away in the boat by them­selves to a re mote place, 33 but many saw them leav ing and rec og nized them, and they ran on foot from all the towns and ar rived ahead of them. f

34 When he went ashore, he saw a large crowd and had com pas sion ba on them, be cause they were like sheep bb with out a shep herd. Then he be gan to teach them many things.

35 When it grew late, his dis ci ples bc ap­proached him and said, “ This place is de sert ed, bd and it is al ready late. 36 Send them away so that they can go into the sur round ing coun try side and vil lages to buy them selves some thing to eat.”

37 “ You give them some thing to eat,” he re spond ed.

They said to him, “ Should we go and buy two hun dred de nar ii g worth of bread and give them some thing to eat? ”

38 He asked them, “ How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”

When they found out they said, “ Five, and two fish.” 39 Then he in struct ed them to have all the peo ple sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hun dreds and fif ties. 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and look­ing up to heav en, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giv ing them to his dis ci ples to set be fore the peo ple. He also di vid ed the two fish among them all. 42 Ev ery one ate and was sat is fied. be 43 They picked up twelve bas kets full of pieces of bread and fish. 44 Now those who had eat en the loaves were five thou sand men.

walkinG on The waTer45 Im me di ate ly bf he made his dis ci ples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the oth er side, to Beth sa i da, bg while

A 6:11 Other mss add Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah on judgment day than for that town. B 6:14 Other mss read He C 6:20 Other mss read When he heard him, he did many things D 6:22 Other mss read When his daughter Herodias E 6:26 Lit and those reclining at the table F 6:33 Other mss add and gathered around him G 6:37 A denarius = one day’s wage

a Ac 17:11b Mt 10:14; Lk 9:5; 10:11; Ac 13:51c 1Tm 2:6d Mk 1:4e Ac 3:19; 26:20f Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2g Mk 16:1h 1Co 11:30i Jms 5:14j Ac 8:7k Lk 9:7-9l Mt 14:1m Jn 10:25n Mk 1:4o Mt 17:9; Jn 21:14p Mk 5:30q 1Co 12:6r Mk 8:28s Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52t Mt 14:1u Mk 1:4v Mt 26:32w Mt 14:6-12x Mk 15:1y Mt 14:3,6; Lk 3:19z 1Tm 5:14aa Mk 2:24; Jn 18:31ab Lv 18:16; 20:21ac Lk 20:15ad Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7ae Mt 13:17af Ps 20:6; 1Co 7:14ag Lk 24:4; Jn 13:22; Ac 25:20; 2Co 4:8; Gl 4:20ah 2Co 11:19ai Jn 13:2aj Rv 6:15ak Ac 21:31al Mt 17:22am Mt 11:17an Heb 6:16ao Mt 5:34ap Lk 4:5aq Mk 1:4ar Lk 7:20as Mt 14:8at Mt 26:38; Mk 14:34au Mt 5:33av 1Th 4:8

aw Mk 10:10; Jn 3:25

ax Jn 5:28ay Mt 14:13-21;

Lk 9:10-17; Jn 6:1-15

az Ac 1:2; Jd 17ba Lk 15:20bb Mt 7:15

bc Mk 10:10bd Jn 1:23; Rv

12:6be Mt 5:6

bf Mt 14:22-36; Jn 6:16-21bg Jn 12:21

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he dis missed the crowd. 46 Af ter he said good­bye to them, he went away to the moun tain a to pray. b 47 Well into the night, the boat was in the mid dle of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 48 He saw them strain ing c at the oars, a be cause the wind was against them. Very ear ly in the morn­ing b he came to ward them walk ing on the sea and want ed to pass by them. 49 When they saw him walk ing on the sea, they thought it was a ghost d and cried out, 50 be­cause they all saw him and were ter ri fied. e Im me di ate ly he spoke with them and said, “ Have cour age! f It is I. g Don’t be afraid.” h 51 Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were com plete ly as tound ed, 52 be cause they had not un­der stood about the loaves. In stead, their hearts were hard ened. i

Miraculous healinGs53 When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gen nes a ret j and anchored there.

54 As they got out of the boat, peo ple im­me di ate ly rec og nized him. 55 They hur ried through out that re gion and be gan to car ry the sick k on mats to wher ev er they heard he was. 56 Wher ev er he went, into vil lages, towns, or the coun try, they laid the sick in the mar ket places and begged him that they might touch just the end l of his robe. m And ev ery one who touched it was healed.

The TradiTions of The elders

7 The n Phar i sees o and some of the scribes p who had come from Je ru­

sa lem q gath ered around him. 2 They ob­served that some of his dis ci ples were eat ing bread with un clean r — that is, un washed — hands. 3 ( For the Phar i sees and all the Jews do not eat un less they give their hands a cer e mo ni al wash ing, keep ing the tra di tion of the el ders. 4 When they come from the mar ket place, s they do not eat un less they have washed. t And there are many oth er cus toms they have re ceived and keep, like the wash ing of cups, pitch ers, ket tles, and dining couch­es. c,u) 5 So the Phar i sees v and the scribes w asked him, “ Why don’t your dis ci ples live ac cord ing to the tra di tion of the el ders, x in stead of eat ing bread with cer e mo ni al ly un clean d hands? ”

6 He an swered them, “Isa iah y proph e­sied z cor rect ly about you hyp o crites, aa as it is writ ten: ab

This people honors ac me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me. 7 They worship me in vain, teaching ad as doctrines ae

human commands. e,af

8 Abandoning the com mand of God, you hold on to hu man tra di tion.” f 9 He also said to them, “ You have a fine way of invalidat­ing God’s com mand in or der to set up g your tra di tion! 10 For Mo ses ag said: Hon­or your fa ther and your moth er; h,ah and Who ev er speaks evil of fa ther or moth er must be put to death. i,ai 11 But you say, ‘ If any one tells his fa ther or moth er: What ev­er ben e fit aj you might have re ceived from me is cor ban’ ” ( that is, an of er ing ak de­vot ed to God), 12 “ you no lon ger let him do any thing for his fa ther or moth er. 13 You nul li fy the word of God al by your tra di tion that you have hand ed am down. And you do many oth er sim i lar things.”

14 Sum mon ing an the crowd again, he told them, “Lis ten to me, all of you, and un der stand: ao 15 Noth ing that goes into a per son from out side can de file him but the things that come out of a per son are what de file him.” j

17 When he went into the house away from the crowd, his dis ci ples asked him about the par a ble. 18 He said to them, “ Are you also as lack ing in un der stand ing? Don’t you re al ize that noth ing go ing into a per son from the out side can de file him? 19 For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stom ach ap and is elim i nat ed” ( thus he de clared all foods clean k,aq). 20 And he said, “ What comes out of a per son is what de­files him. 21 For from with in, out of peo­ple’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sex u al immoralities, ar thefts, mur ders, as 22 adul­ter ies, at greed, au evil ac tions, de ceit, av self­indulgence, aw envy, l slan der, ax pride, ay and fool ish ness. az 23 All these evil things come from with in and de file a per son.”

a GenTile MoTher’s faiTh24 He got up and de part ed from ba there to the re gion of Tyre. m,bb He en tered a house and did not want any one to know it, but he could not es cape no tice. 25 In stead,

A 6:48 Or them being battered as they rowed B 6:48 Lit Around the fourth watch of the night = 3 to 6 a.m. C 7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches D 7:5 Other mss read with unwashed E 7:6-7 Is 29:13 F 7:8 Other mss add The washing of jugs, and cups, and many other similar things you practice. G 7:9 Or to maintain H 7:10 Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16 I 7:10 Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9 J 7:15 Some mss include v. 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.” K 7:19 Other mss read is eliminated, making all foods clean” L 7:22 Or evil eye M 7:24 Many early mss add and Sidon

a Mt 4:8b Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12c Rv 20:10d Mt 14:26e Jn 5:7f Jn 16:33g Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24h Jn 6:20i Mk 8:17; Heb 3:8j Mt 14:34; Lk 5:1k Lk 5:31l Mt 23:5m Mt 9:20; 14:36; Lk 8:44; 19:36n Mt 15:1-20o Mk 7:3p Mt 2:4q Mt 23:37r Ac 10:28s Mk 6:56t Heb 6:2; 9:10u Lk 5:18v Mk 7:3w Mt 2:4x 3Jn 1

y Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17

z Jn 11:51aa Lk 6:42

ab Ac 15:15ac 1Tm 5:3

ad Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11

ae Rm 15:4af Is 29:13; Col

2:22ag Ps 77:20; Mt

8:4; Heb 3:2ah Ex 20:12;

Dt 5:16ai Ex 21:17; Lv

20:9aj Mk 5:26

ak Heb 5:1; 9:9; 11:4

al Mk 4:14; Lk 8:21; Jn 18:32

am Jd 3an Lk 18:16

ao Mt 13:13ap Php 3:19

aq 1Jn 1:7ar 1Th 4:3as Pr 1:16

at Nm 5:11au Eph 5:3av Ps 10:7

aw Rm 13:13; 2Co 12:21; Gl

5:19; Eph 4:19; 1Pt 4:3; 2Pt

2:2,7,18ax Jn 10:33;

Rv 13:6ay Ps 17:10az 2Co 11:1

ba Mt 15:21-28bb Ac 21:7

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im me di ate ly af ter hear ing about him, a wom an whose lit tle daugh ter had an un clean spir it a came and fell at his feet. b 26 The wom an was a Gen tile, a,c a Syrophoe­nician by birth, and she was ask ing him to cast the de mon d out of her daugh ter. 27 He said to her, “ Let the chil dren be fed first, be cause it isn’t right to take the chil dren’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” e

28 But she re plied to him, “ Lord, f even the dogs un der the ta ble eat the chil dren’s crumbs.”

29 Then he told her, “Be cause of this re­ply, you may go. The de mon has left your daugh ter.” 30 When she went back to her home, she found her child ly ing on the bed, and the de mon was gone.

Jesus does everyThinG well31 Again, leav ing the re gion of Tyre, g he went by way of Si don to the Sea of Gal­i lee, h through b the re gion of the De cap­o lis. i 32 They brought to him a deaf j man who had dif i cul ty speak ing k and begged Jesus to lay his hand on l him. 33 So he took him away from the crowd in pri vate. Af ter put ting his fin gers in the man’s ears and spit ting, m he touched his tongue. 34 Look­ing up to heav en, n he sighed deep ly and said to him, “Eph pha tha! ” c ( that is, “ Be opened! ”). 35 Im me di ate ly his ears were opened, o his tongue was loos ened, and he be gan to speak clear ly. p 36 He or dered them to tell no one, q but the more he or­dered them, the more they pro claimed it. r

37 They were ex treme ly as ton ished and said, “ He has done ev ery thing well. s He even makes the deaf t hear and the mute speak.” u

feedinG four Thousand

8 In v those days there was again a large crowd, and they had noth ing to eat. He

called w the dis ci ples x and said to them, 2 “ I have com pas sion y on the crowd, be cause they’ve al ready stayed with me three days and have noth ing to eat. 3 If I send them home hun gry, they will col lapse on the way, z and some of them have come a long dis tance.”

4 His dis ci ples an swered him, “ Where can any one get enough bread here in this des o late place to feed aa these peo ple? ”

5 “ How many loaves do you have? ” he asked them.

“Sev en,” they said. 6 He com mand ed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

Tak ing the sev en loaves, he gave thanks, broke ab them, and gave them to his dis­ci ples to set be fore the peo ple. So they served them to the crowd. 7 They also had a few small fish, and af ter he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well. 8 They ate and were sat­is fied. Then they col lect ed sev en large bas kets of left over pieces. 9 About four thou sand were there. He dis missed them. 10 And he im me di ate ly got into the boat with his dis ci ples and went to the dis trict of Dal ma nu tha.

The leaven of The pharisees and herod11 The ac Phar i sees ad came and be gan to ar­gue with him, de mand ing of him a sign ae from heav en af to test ag him. 12 Sigh ing deep ly in his spir it, ah he said, “ Why does this gen er a tion ai de mand a sign? Tru ly I tell you, aj no sign will be giv en to this gen er­a tion.” 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the oth er side.

14 The dis ci ples had for got ten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then ak he gave them strict or­ders: “ Watch out! Be ware of the leaven d,al of the Phar i sees and the leaven of Her od.” am 16 They were dis cuss ing among them selves that they did not have any bread. 17 Aware of this, he said to them, “ Why are you dis­cuss ing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you un der stand or com pre hend? Do you have hard ened hearts? an 18 Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear? e,ao And do you not re mem ber? ap 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thou sand, how many bas kets full of left­overs did you col lect? ”

“ Twelve,” they told him.20 “ When I broke the sev en loaves for the

four thou sand, how many bas kets full of pieces did you col lect? ”

“Sev en,” they said.21 And he said to them, “ Don’t you un­

der stand yet? ” aq

healinG a Blind Man22 They came to Beth sa i da. ar They brought a blind as man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the vil­lage. Spit ting at on his eyes and lay ing his hands on au him, he asked him, “ Do you see any thing? ”

24 He looked up and said, “ I see peo ple — they look like trees walk ing.” av

A 7:26 Or a Greek (speaker) B 7:31 Or into C 7:34 An Aramaic expression D 8:15 Or yeast E 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2

a Lk 11:24b Lk 8:47c Ac 17:12d Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2e Ex 22:31f Lk 10:1g Ac 21:7h Mt 4:18; 15:29; Mk 1:16; Jn 6:1i Mt 4:25; Mk 5:20j Lk 7:22k Ex 4:11; Is 35:6; 56:10l 1Tm 5:22m Jn 9:6n Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10o Phm 10p Lk 20:21q Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56r Mk 1:4s Gn 1:31t Lk 7:22u Mk 9:17v Mt 15:29-38w Lk 18:16x Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1y Lk 15:20z Mk 8:27aa Mt 5:6; 15:33

ab Mk 14:22ac Mt 16:1-4

ad Mk 7:3ae Mk 13:22; Jn

2:11; Heb 2:4af Mt 24:35; Lk

12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv

21:10ag Jms 1:13ah Ps 51:12ai Lk 11:29

aj Rv 22:21ak Mt 16:5-12

al Lk 13:21; Gl 5:9

am Mt 14:1an Mk 6:52; Jn

12:40; Rm 11:7; 2Co 3:14

ao Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mk 4:9,40

ap Rv 2:5aq Mk 4:40ar Jn 12:21

as Mt 15:14at Mk 7:33;

8:23; Jn 9:6au 1Tm 5:22

av Mt 11:5

MARK 8-9 910

25 Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes. The man looked in tent ly and his sight was re stored and he saw ev ery­thing clear ly. 26 Then he sent a him home, say ing, “ Don’t even go into the vil lage.” a,b

peTer’s confession of The Messiah27 Jesus c went out with his dis ci ples to the vil lages of Caes a rea Phi lip pi. And on the road he asked his dis ci ples, “ Who do peo­ple say that I am? ”

28 They an swered him, “ John the Bap­tist; d oth ers, Eli jah; still oth ers, one of the proph ets.” e

29 “ But you,” he asked them, “ who do you say that I am? ”

Pe ter f an swered him, “ You are the Mes­si ah.” g 30 And he strict ly warned h them to tell no one about him.

his deaTh and resurrecTion predicTed31 Then i he be gan to teach them that it was nec es sary for the Son of Man j to suf er many things and be re ject ed k by the el­ders, l chief priests, and scribes, m be killed, and rise n af ter three days. o 32 He spoke open ly about this. Pe ter took him aside and be gan to re buke him. 33 But turn ing around and look ing at his dis ci ples, he re buked Pe ter and said, “ Get be hind me, Sa tan! p You are not think ing about God’s con cerns b but hu man con cerns.”

Take up your cross34 Call ing the crowd along with his dis ci­ples, he said to them, “ If any one wants to fol low af ter me, let him deny him self, q take up his cross, r and fol low me. s 35 For who ev er wants to save t his life will lose it, u but who­ev er loses v his life w be cause of me x and the gos pel y will save it. z 36 For what does it ben­e fit aa some one to gain ab the whole world ac and yet lose ad his life? ae 37 What can any one give in ex change for his life? af 38 For who­ev er is ashamed ag of me and my words ah in this adul ter ous and sin ful ai gen er a tion, aj the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glo ry ak of his Fa ther al with the holy am an gels.” an

9 Then he said to them, “Tru ly I tell you, ao there are some stand ing here who will

not taste death ap un til they see the king­dom of God come in pow er.” aq

The TransfiGuraTion2 Af ter ar six days as Jesus took Pe ter, James, and John at and led them up a high

moun tain au by them selves to be alone. He was trans fig ured av in front of them, 3 and his clothes aw be came daz zling — ex treme­ly white ax as no laun der er on earth could whiten ay them. 4 Eli jah az ap peared to them with Mo ses, ba and they were talk ing with Jesus. 5 Pe ter said to Jesus, “Rab bi, bb it’s good bc for us to be here. Let us set up three shel ters: bd one for you, one for Mo ses, and one for Eli jah” — 6 be cause he did not know what to say, be since they were ter ri fied. bf

7 A cloud bg ap peared, over shad ow­ing bh them, and a voice bi came from the cloud: bj “ This is my be loved bk Son; bl lis ten to him! ” bm

8 Sud den ly, look ing around, they no lon­ger saw any one with them ex cept Jesus.

9 As bn they were com ing down the moun tain, bo he or dered them to tell no one what they had seen bp un til the Son of Man bq had ris en br from the dead. bs 10 They kept this word bt to them selves, ques tion­ing what “ris ing from the dead” meant.

11 Then they asked him, “ Why do the scribes bu say that Eli jah must come first? ” bv

12 “Eli jah does come first and re stores bw all things,” bx he re plied. “ Why then is it writ ten by that the Son of Man must suf­fer bz many things and be treat ed with con tempt? ca 13 But I tell you that Eli jah has come, and they did what ev er they pleased to him, just as it is writ ten cb about him.”

The power of faiTh over a deMon14 When cc they came to the dis ci ples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes dis put ing cd with them. 15 When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran to greet him. 16 He asked them, “ What are you ar gu ing with them about? ”

17 Some one from the crowd an swered him, “Teach er, ce I brought my son to you. He has a spir it cf that makes him un able to speak. cg 18 When ev er it seiz es him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and be comes rig­id. I asked your dis ci ples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.”

19 He re plied to them, “ You un be liev ing ch gen er a tion, how long will I be with you?

ax Rv 3:4 ay Rv 7:14 az Mk 8:28 ba Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 bb Jn 11:8 bc Gn 1:31 bd Ex 25:9 be Mk 14:40 bf Heb 12:21 bg Ex 24:15; Mt 26:64 bh Lk 1:35 bi Jn 5:37 bj 2Pt 1:16-18 bk Eph 1:6; Phm 1 bl Lk 20:13; Jn 5:19 bm Dt 18:15 bn Mt 17:9-13 bo Mt 4:8 bp Lk 8:56 bq Mk 2:10 br Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33 bs Jn 20:9 bt Mk 4:14 bu Mt 2:4 bv Mal 4:5 bw Mk 8:25 bx Lk 1:17 by Ac 15:15 bz Mk 8:31 ca Lk 23:11 cb Mk 1:2 cc Mt 17:14-21; Lk 9:37-42 cd Mk 8:11 ce Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 cf Lk 11:24; 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1 cg Mk 7:37 ch Lk 12:46

A 8:26 Other mss add or tell anyone in the village B 8:33 Or about the things of God

a Mk 3:14b Mk 1:44c Mt 16:13-20; Lk 9:18-20d Mk 1:4; Lk 7:20e Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52f Lk 6:14g Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2h 2Tm 4:2i Mt 16:21-28; Lk 9:21-27j Mk 2:10k Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 9:22; 17:25; 20:17; Heb 12:17; 1Pt 2:4,7l 3Jn 1m Mt 2:4n Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; Ac 2:24o Lk 9:22p Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10q Mk 10:45r Lk 9:23s Jn 8:12; 3Jn 9t Ac 16:30; Jms 5:20; Jd 23u 1Jn 3:16v Mt 16:26w Mt 10:39x Mk 10:29; Rm 8:36y Mk 1:1; Php 1:5z Mt 16:25; Lk 9:24aa Mk 5:26ab Mt 16:26ac Mt 13:38ad 1Co 3:15; Php 3:7ae Rm 15:1af Mt 20:28ag Rm 1:16ah Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32ai 1Tm 1:15aj Mt 12:39; Lk 11:29ak Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18al Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42am 1Co 7:14an Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Jd 14; Rv 14:6ao Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21ap Mk 13:28-32; 14:25; Jn 21:22-23; 2Pt 3:4aq Lk 6:19ar Mt 17:1-8; Lk 9:28-36as Ex 24:15-18; Hs 6:2at Mt 10:2; Mk 5:37; 13:3; 14:33; Ac 1:13

au Mt 4:8; 2Pt 1:18

av Rm 12:2; 2Co 3:18

aw Lk 19:36

911 MARK 9-10

How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.” 20 So they brought the boy to him. When the spir it saw him, it im me di­ate ly threw the boy into con vul sions. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foam­ing at the mouth. 21 “ How long has this been hap pen ing to him? ” Jesus asked his fa ther.

“ From child hood,” he said. 22 “ And many times it has thrown him into fire or wa ter to de stroy a him. But if you can do any thing, have com pas sion b on us and help us.”

23 Jesus said to him, “ ‘ If you can’? a Ev­ery thing is pos si ble c for the one who be­lieves.” d

24 Im me di ate ly the fa ther of the boy cried out, “ I do be lieve; help my un be lief! ”

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was quick ly gath er ing, he re buked e the un­clean f spir it, say ing to it, “ You mute and deaf g spir it, I com mand you: Come out of him and nev er en ter him again.”

26 Then it came out, shrieking and throw ing him b into ter ri ble con vul sions. h The boy be came like a corpse, so that many said, “ He’s dead.” 27 But Jesus, tak ing him by the hand, raised him, i and he stood up.

28 Af ter he had gone into the house, his dis ci ples asked him pri vate ly, “ Why couldn’t we drive it out? ”

29 And he told them, “ This kind can come out by noth ing but prayer.” c, j

The second predicTion of his deaTh30 Then k they left that place and made their way through Gal i lee, but he did not want any one to know it. l 31 For he was teach ing m his dis ci ples and tell ing them, “ The Son of Man n is go ing to be be trayed d into the hands of men. They will kill him, and af ter he is killed, he will rise o three days lat er.” p 32 But they did not un der stand this state­ment, and they were afraid to ask him. q

who is The GreaTesT?33 They r came to Ca per na um. s When he was in the house, t he asked them, “ What were you ar gu ing about on the way? ” u 34 But they were si lent, v be cause on the way they had been ar gu ing with one an­oth er about who was the great est. w 35 Sit­ting down, he called the Twelve x and said to them, “ If any one wants to be first, he must be last and ser vant of all.” y 36 He took a child, z had him stand among them, and tak ing him in his arms, he said to them,

37 “Who ev er wel comes e one lit tle child such as this in my name aa wel comes me. And who ev er wel comes me does not wel­come me, but him who sent ab me.” ac

in his naMe38 John ad said to him, “Teach er, ae we saw some one f driv ing out de mons af in your name, ag and we tried to stop him be cause he wasn’t fol low ing us.” ah

39 “ Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “be cause there is no one who will per form a mir­a cle ai in my name who can soon af ter­ward speak evil of me. 40 For who ev er is not against us is for us. aj 41 And who ev­er gives you a cup of wa ter to drink ak in my name, be cause you be long to Christ al — tru ly I tell you, am he will nev er lose his re ward. an

warninGs froM Jesus42 “ But who ev er caus es one of these lit tle ones who be lieve in me to fall away ao — it would be bet ter for him if a heavy mill­stone ap were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

43 “ And if your hand caus es you to fall away, cut it of. aq It is bet ter for you to en ter life maimed ar than to have two hands and go to hell, the un quench able fire. g,as 45 And if your foot caus es you to fall away, cut it of. It is bet ter for you to en ter life lame at than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. h 47 And if your eye caus es you to fall away, gouge it out. It is bet ter for you to en ter the king dom of God au with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown av into hell, aw 48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. i 49 For ev­ery one will be salt ed with fire. j,k,ax 50 Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its fla­vor, how can you sea son it? ay Have salt az among your selves, and be at peace ba with one an oth er.”

The QuesTion of divorce

10 He bb set out from there and went to the re gion of Ju dea bc and across the

Jor dan. bd Then crowds converged on him again, and as was his cus tom he taught be them again.

ax Lv 2:13; Ezk 43:24 ay Mt 5:13; Lk 14:34 az Ex 30:35; 2Kg 2:19-23; Col 4:6 ba Mt 5:9; Rm 12:18; 14:13; 2Co 13:11; 1Th 5:13; Heb 12:14 bb Mt 19:1-2 bc Lk 1:5 bd Mt 4:15,25; Lk 3:3; Jn 1:28; 3:26; 10:40 be Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11

A 9:23 Other mss add believe B 9:26 Other mss omit him C 9:29 Other mss add and fasting D 9:31 Or handed over E 9:37 Or “Whoever receives F 9:38 Other mss add who didn’t go along with us G 9:43 Some mss include v. 44: Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. H 9:45 Some mss include v. 46: Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. I 9:48 Is 66:24 J 9:49 Other mss add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt K 9:49 Lv 2:13; Ezk 43:24

a Jn 6:27b Lk 15:20c Mt 17:20; Jn 11:40d Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10e 2Tm 4:2f 2Co 6:17g Lk 7:22h Mk 1:26i Mk 1:31j Ac 12:5; 16:13; Phm 22k Mt 17:22-23; Lk 9:43-45l Mk 1:44m Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11n Mk 2:10o Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; Ac 2:24p Mk 8:31; Lk 9:22q Mk 4:40; Lk 2:50r Mt 18:1-11; Lk 9:46-50s Lk 10:15t Mk 1:29u Mk 8:27v Mk 3:4w Lk 22:24-27; Ac 8:9x Mk 11:11y Mt 20:16-27; 23:11; Mk 10:43-44; Lk 22:26z Lk 1:7

aa Jn 10:25ab Mt 15:24; Mk 12:6; Jn 3:16-17

ac Mt 10:40ad Jn 21:7

ae Mk 4:38af Mk 3:15; Rv

9:20ag Jn 10:25;

14:13ah Nm 11:26-30

ai Ac 19:11aj Mt 12:30; Lk

11:23ak Mt 10:42;

25:35-42; Rm 12:20

al Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2

am Rv 22:21an Mt 10:42;

2Pt 2:13ao Ex 23:33; Jn

6:35ap Jdg 9:53;

Mt 24:41; Rv 18:22

aq Mt 5:29-30ar Mt 15:30-31

as Mt 3:12; 5:22; 25:41; 2Th 1:8

at Jn 5:3au Mk 1:15

av 3Jn 10aw Jms 3:6

MARK 10 912

2 Some Phar i sees a came to test b him, ask­ing, “ Is it law ful c for a man to di vorce d his wife? ” e

3 He re plied to them, “ What did Mo ses f com mand you? ”

4 They said, “Mo ses per mit ted us to write di vorce pa pers g and send her away.” h

5 But Jesus told them, “ He wrote this com mand for you be cause of the hard­ness of your hearts. i 6 But from the be­gin ning j of cre a tion k God a made them male and fe male. b,l 7 For this rea son a man will leave m his fa ther and moth er c 8 and the two will be come one flesh. d,n So they are no lon ger two, but one flesh. 9 There fore what God has joined to geth er, let no one sep a rate.” o

10 When they were in the house again, the dis ci ples ques tioned him about this mat ter. 11 He said to them, “Who ev er di­vorc es his wife p and mar ries q an oth er com mits adul tery r against her. 12 Also, if she di vorc es her hus band s and mar ries an oth er, she com mits adul tery.”

BlessinG The children13 Peo ple t were bring ing lit tle chil dren u to him in or der that he might touch them, but the dis ci ples re buked v them. 14 When Jesus saw it, he was in dig nant w and said to them, “ Let the lit tle chil dren come to me. x Don’t stop y them, be cause the king dom of God z be longs to such as these. 15 Tru ly I tell you, aa who ev er does not re ceive e,ab the king dom of God like a lit tle child ac will nev er en ter it.” 16 Af ter tak ing them in his arms, he laid his hands on ad them and blessed ae them.

The rich younG ruler17 As af he was set ting out on a jour ney, ag a man ran up, knelt down ah be fore him, and asked him, “ Good ai teach er, aj what must I do to in her it ak eter nal life? ” al

18 “ Why do you call me good? ” Jesus asked him. “ No one is good ex cept God alone. am 19 You know the com mand ments: Do not mur der; an do not com mit adul­tery; ao do not steal; ap do not bear false wit ness; aq do not de fraud; ar hon or as your fa ther and moth er.” f,at

20 He said to him, “Teach er, au I have kept all these from my youth.”

21 Look ing at him, Jesus loved him av and said to him, “ You lack one thing: Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, aw and you will have trea sure ax in heav en. ay

Then come, g fol low me.” az 22 But he was dis mayed by this de mand, and he went away griev ing, ba be cause he had many pos ses sions. bb

possessions and The kinGdoM23 Jesus looked around and said to his dis­ci ples, “ How hard it is for those who have wealth bc to en ter the king dom of God! ” bd

24 The dis ci ples were as ton ished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Chil­dren, be how hard it is h to en ter the king­dom of God! 25 It is eas i er for a cam el to go through the eye of a nee dle than for a rich bf per son to en ter the king dom of God.”

26 They were even more as ton ished, say ing to one an oth er, “ Then who can be saved? ” bg

27 Look ing at them, Jesus said, “ With man it is im pos si ble, bh but not with God, be­cause all things are pos si ble with God.”

28 Pe ter bi be gan to tell him, “ Look, we have left ev ery thing and fol lowed you.”

29 “Tru ly I tell you,” bj Jesus said, “ there is no one who has left house or broth ers or sis ters or moth er or fa ther i or chil dren or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gos pel, bk 30 who will not re ceive a hun­dred times bl more, now at this time bm — hous es, broth ers and sis ters, moth ers and chil dren, and fields, with per se cu tions bn — and eter nal life bo in the age to come. bp 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” bq

The Third predicTion of his deaTh32 They br were on the road, go ing up to Je­ru sa lem, bs and Jesus was walk ing ahead of them. The dis ci ples were as ton ished, but those who fol lowed him were afraid. bt Tak ing the Twelve aside again, he be gan to tell them the things that would hap pen to him. bu 33 “ See, we are go ing up to Je ru­sa lem. The Son of Man bv will be hand ed over to the chief priests and the scribes, bw and they will con demn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gen tiles, bx 34 and they will mock him, spit on him, flog j him, and kill him, and he will rise by af ter three days.” bz

bg Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8 bh Heb 6:4 bi Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 bj Rv 22:21 bk Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 bl Lk 21:8 bm Lk 20:10 bn Mt 13:21 bo Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48 bp Mt 12:32; Lk 20:35; Eph 1:21; 2:7 bq Mk 9:35 br Mt 20:17-19; Lk 18:31-34 bs Ps 79:1; Mt 23:37 bt Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 bu Jn 6:61 bv Mk 2:10 bw Mt 2:4 bx Mk 8:31; 9:31 by Mt 16:21; Ac 2:24 bz Lk 9:22

A 10:6 Other mss omit God B 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:2 C 10:7 Some mss add and be joined to his wife D 10:7-8 Gn 2:24 E 10:15 Or not welcome F 10:19 Ex 20:12-16; Dt 5:16-20 G 10:21 Other mss add taking up the cross, and H 10:24 Other mss add for those trusting in wealth I 10:29 Other mss add or wife J 10:34 Or scourge

a Mk 7:3b Jms 1:13c Jn 18:31d Lv 21:7e 1Pt 3:1f Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2g Mt 5:31h Dt 24:1,3i Mk 16:14j Jn 1:1; Ac 26:4k Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14l Gn 1:27; 5:2m Lk 15:4n Gn 2:24o 1Co 7:10-15; Heb 7:26p 1Pt 3:1q 1Tm 5:14r Mt 5:27-28s Mt 1:19t Mt 19:13-15; Lk 18:15-17u Lk 1:7v 2Tm 4:2w Lk 13:14x Lk 14:26y 1Co 14:39z Mk 1:15aa Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21ab Ac 17:11ac Lk 1:7ad 1Tm 5:22ae Gn 48:15af Mt 19:16-30; Lk 18:18-30ag Mk 8:27ah Mt 17:14; 27:29; Mk 1:40ai Gn 1:31aj Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11ak Rv 21:7al Lk 10:25-28; Jn 12:25; Ac 13:48am Ps 69:16an Mt 5:21ao Mt 5:27-28ap Eph 4:28aq Pr 6:19ar 1Co 6:7-8; 7:5; 1Tm 6:5; Jms 5:4as 1Tm 5:3at Ex 21:15au Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11av Lk 6:35; 2Th 2:13; Heb 12:6aw Mk 14:7; Rm 15:26ax 2Co 4:7ay Mt 6:20; 13:44; Lk 12:33

az Jn 8:12ba 2Co 2:2

bb Ac 2:45; 5:1bc Ac 4:37;

8:18,20; 24:26bd Mk 1:15

be Lk 1:7bf Gn 24:35;

Rv 2:9

913 MARK 10-11

sufferinG and service35 James a and John, b the sons of Zeb e dee, c ap proached him and said, “Teach er, d we want you to do what ev er we ask you.”

36 “ What do you want me to do for you? ” he asked them.

37 They an swered him, “Al low us to sit at your right and at your left in your glo ry.” e

38 Jesus said to them, “ You don’t know what you’re ask ing. f Are you able to drink the cup g I drink or to be bap tized with the bap tism h I am bap tized with? ” i

39 “ We are able,” they told him. Jesus said to them, “ You will drink the cup

I drink, and you will be bap tized with the bap tism I am bap tized with. j 40 But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; in stead, it is for those for whom it has been pre pared.”

41 When the ten dis ci ples heard this, they be gan to be in dig nant with James and John. k 42 Jesus called them over and said to them, “ You know that those who are re gard ed as rul ers of the Gen tiles lord it over l them, and those in high po si tions act as tyrants over them. 43 But it is not so among you. m On the con trary, who ev er wants to be come great among you will be your ser vant, n 44 and who ev er wants to be first among you will be a slave to all. o 45 For even the Son of Man p did not come to be served, but to serve, q and to give his life r as a ran som s for many.” a,t

a Blind Man healed46 They u came to Jer i cho. v And as he was leav ing Jer i cho with his dis ci ples and a large crowd, Bar ti mae us ( the son of Ti­mae us), a blind w beg gar, x was sit ting by the road. y 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Naz a reth, z he be gan to cry out, “ Jesus, Son of Da vid, aa have mer cy ab on me! ” ac 48 Many warned him to keep qui et, but he was cry ing out all the more, “ Have mer cy on me, ad Son of Da vid! ”

49 Jesus stopped and said, “ Call him.” So they called the blind man and said to

him, “ Have cour age! ae Get up; he’s call ing for you.” 50 He threw of his coat, af jumped up, and came to Jesus.

51 Then Jesus an swered him, “ What do you want ag me to do for you? ”

“Rab bo ni,” b,ah the blind man said to him, “ I want to see.”

52 Jesus said to him, “ Go, your faith has saved you.” ai Im me di ate ly he could see and be gan to fol low Jesus on the road.

The TriuMphal enTry

11 When aj they ap proached Je ru sa lem, ak at Beth pha ge and Beth a ny al near the

Mount of Ol ives, he sent two of his dis ci ples 2 and told them, “ Go into the vil lage ahead of you. As soon as you en ter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Un tie it and bring it. 3 If any one says to you, ‘ Why are you do ing this? ’ say, ‘ The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.’ ”

4 So they went and found a colt out side in the street, tied by a door. They un tied it, 5 and some of those stand ing there said to them, “ What are you do ing, un ty ing the colt? ” 6 They an swered them just as Jesus had said; so they let them go.

7 They brought the don key to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on it. 8 Many peo ple spread their clothes on the road, am and oth ers spread leafy branch­es cut from the fields. c 9 Those who went ahead and those who fol lowed shout ed: Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name an,ao of the Lord! d,ap

10 Blessed is the coming kingdom aq

of our father David! ar

Hosanna as in the highest heaven!11 He went into Je ru sa lem at and into the tem ple. au Af ter look ing around at ev ery­thing, since it was al ready late, he went out to Beth a ny av with the Twelve.

The Barren fiG Tree is cursed12 The aw next day when they went out from Beth a ny, he was hun gry. 13 See ing in the dis tance a fig ax tree with leaves, he went to find out if there was any thing on it. When he came to it, he found noth ing but leaves; for it was not the sea son for figs. 14 He said to it, “ May no one ever eat fruit ay from you again! ” az And his dis ci ples ba heard it.

cleansinG The TeMple15 They came to Je ru sa lem, bb and he went into the tem ple bc and be gan to throw out those buy ing and sell ing. He over turned the ta bles of the mon ey chang ers bd and the chairs of those sell ing doves, 16 and would not per mit any one to car ry goods through the tem ple. 17 He was teach ing them: “ Is it not writ ten, be My house bf will be called a house of prayer bg for all na tions? e But you have made it a den of thieves! ” f,bh

A 10:45 Or in the place of many ; Is 53:10-12 B 10:51 Hb word for my lord C 11:8 Other mss read others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road D 11:9 Ps 118:26 E 11:17 Is 56:7 F 11:17 Jr 7:11

a Mt 20:20-28; Ac 12:2b Jn 21:7c Jn 21:2d Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11e Mt 19:28; Lk 9:26f Jn 11:22g Ps 75:8h Lk 12:50; Ac 22:16i Lk 12:50; Rm 6:3; 2Co 4:10-11; Gl 2:20j Ac 12:2; Rv 1:9k Jn 21:7l Ac 19:16; 1Pt 5:3m Mk 9:35; 10:45n Lk 22:26o Mt 10:24; Php 2:7; Rv 1:1p Mk 2:10q Jn 13:13-15; Php 2:7r Jn 6:51; 10:15; Gl 2:20s Lv 27:31; Ps 49:8; Mt 26:28; Eph 1:7t Is 52:13–53:12; Mt 20:28u Mt 20:29-34; Lk 18:35-43v Nm 22:1w Mt 15:14x Jn 9:8y Mk 8:27z Mk 14:67aa 2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3ab Mt 5:7; Mk 5:19; Lk 1:50ac Mt 15:22; 17:15; Mk 10:48; Lk 16:24ad Mk 10:47ae Jn 16:33af Lk 19:36ag Mk 1:40ah Jn 20:16 ai Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56; Lk 5:20

aj Mt 21:1-11; Lk 19:28-44; Jn

12:12-19ak Mt 23:37;

Ac 8:1al Mt 26:6; Lk

24:50; Jn 11:1,18; 12:1

am Mk 8:27an Jn 10:25ao Jn 10:25

ap Lk 1:42; Heb 6:14

aq Mk 1:15; 9:1ar Lk 1:27; Ac

2:29; 4:25as Mk 11:9

at Mt 23:37au Ac 21:26

av Mk 11:1aw Mt 21:12-19;

Lk 19:45-48 ax Lk 6:44;

Jn 1:48ay Mt 3:8; 7:16-21

az Jr 8:13 ba Mk 10:10 bb Mt 23:37 bc Ac 21:26 bd Jn 2:15 be Mk 1:2; Ac 15:15 bf Lk 11:51; Jn 2:17 bg Ac 12:5; 16:13 bh Jr 7:11

MARK 11-12 914

18 The chief priests and the scribes a heard it and start ed look ing for a way to kill him. For they were afraid b of him, be­cause the whole crowd was as ton ished by his teach ing.

19 When ev er eve ning came, they would go out of the city.

The Barren fiG Tree is wiThered20 Ear ly c in the morn ing, as they were pass­ing by, they saw the fig tree with ered from the roots up. 21 Then Pe ter d re mem bered and said to him, “Rab bi, e look! The fig tree that you cursed f has with ered.”

22 Jesus re plied to them, “ Have faith in God. g 23 Tru ly I tell you, h if any one says to this moun tain, ‘ Be lift ed up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt i in his heart, but be lieves j that what he says will hap pen, it will be done for him. k 24 There­fore I tell you, ev ery thing you pray l and ask for m — be lieve that you have re ceived a,n it and it will be yours. 25 And when ev er you stand o pray ing, if you have any thing against any one, for give p him, so that your Fa ther q in heav en r will also for give s you your wrong do ing.” b

The auThoriTy of Jesus challenGed27 They t came again to Je ru sa lem. u As he was walk ing in the tem ple, v the chief priests, the scribes, w and the el ders x came 28 and asked him, “ By what au thor i ty y are you do ing these things? Who gave you this au thor i ty to do these things? ”

29 Jesus said to them, “ I will ask you one ques tion; z then an swer me, and I will tell you by what au thor i ty I do these things. 30 Was John’s bap tism aa from heav en or of hu man or i gin? An swer me.”

31 They dis cussed it among them selves: “ If we say, ‘ From heav en,’ he will say, ‘ Then why didn’t you be lieve ab him? ’ 32 But if we say, ‘ Of hu man or i gin’ ” — they were afraid of the crowd, be cause ev ery one thought that John was tru ly a proph et. ac 33 So they an swered Jesus, “ We don’t know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Nei ther will I tell you by what au thor i ty I do these things.”

The paraBle of The vineyard owner

12 He ad be gan to speak to them in par­a bles: “ A man plant ed a vine yard, ae

put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a wine press, and built a watch tow er. Then

he leased it to tenant farm ers and went away. 2 At har vest time he sent af a ser vant ag to the farm ers to col lect some of the fruit ah of the vine yard from them. 3 But they took him, beat ai him, and sent him away empty­handed. aj 4 Again he sent an oth er ser vant to them, and they c hit him on the head and treat ed him shame ful ly. d 5 Then he sent an oth er, and they killed that one. He also sent many oth ers; some they beat, and oth­ers they killed. 6 He still had one to send, a be loved ak son. Fi nal ly al he sent him to them, say ing, ‘ They will re spect my son.’ 7 But those tenant farm ers said to one an­oth er, ‘ This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the in her i tance will be ours.’ 8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vine yard. 9 What then will the own­er e,am of the vine yard do? He will come and kill the farm ers and give the vine yard to oth ers. 10 Haven’t you read this Scrip ture: an

The ao stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone. ap

11 This came about from the Lord aq

and is wonderful in our eyes? ” f

12 They were look ing for a way to ar rest him but feared the crowd be cause they knew he had spo ken this par a ble against them. So they left him and went away.

God and caesar13 Then ar they sent some of the Phar i sees as and the He ro di ans at to Jesus to trap him in his words. au 14 When they came, they said to him, “Teach er, we know you are truth­ful and don’t care what any one thinks, nor do you show par tial i ty av but teach the way of God truth ful ly. Is it law ful to pay tax es aw to Cae sar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we? ”

15 But know ing their hy poc ri sy, ax he said to them, “ Why are you test ing ay me? Bring me a de nar i us g,az to look at.” 16 They brought a coin. “ Whose im age ba and in­scrip tion bb is this? ” he asked them.

“Cae sar’s,” they re plied.17 Jesus told them, “ Give to Cae sar the

things that are Cae sar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” bc And they were ut ter ly amazed bd at him.

The sadducees and The resurrecTion18 Sad du cees, be who say there is no res­ur rec tion, bf came to him and ques tioned

A 11:24 Some mss read you receive ; other mss read you will receive B 11:25 Some mss include v. 26: “But if you don’t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing.” C 12:4 Other mss add threw stones and D 12:4 Other mss add and sent him off E 12:9 Or lord F 12:10-11 Ps 118:22-23 G 12:15 A denarius = one day’s wage

a Mt 2:4b Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7c Mt 21:19-22d Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32e Jn 11:8f Jms 3:9g Mt 17:20h Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21i Ac 10:20j Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10k Mk 9:23; Jn 11:22l Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12m Jn 14:13; Jms 1:5n Mt 7:8o Lk 18:11p Mt 6:12; 9:2q Mt 5:16; Lk 11:13r Mt 6:1; Lk 12:33s Ps 25:11; Mt 9:2t Mt 21:23-27; Lk 20:1-8u Mt 23:37v Ac 21:26w Mt 2:4x 3Jn 1y Mk 1:22z Mk 4:14aa Lk 7:29; Ac 18:25; 19:3ab 1Jn 5:10ac Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52ad Mt 21:33-46; Lk 20:9-19ae Gn 9:20

af Mk 3:14ag Mt 10:24

ah Mt 3:8; 7:16ai Lk 22:63

aj Col 2:8ak Eph 1:6; Phm 1

al Heb 1:1-2am Col 3:22

an Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20

ao Ps 118:22-23ap Ac 4:11;

1Pt 2:7aq Col 4:1; Jd 5

ar Mt 22:15-22; Lk 20:20-26

as Mk 7:3at Mk 3:6

au Lk 11:54av Dt 1:17

aw Mt 17:25ax Mt 23:28; Lk

12:1; Gl 2:13; 1Tm 4:2; 1Pt 2:1

ay Jms 1:13az Mt 18:28ba Rv 13:14

bb Mk 15:26; Lk 23:38

bc Rm 13:7bd Rv 17:6

be Mt 22:23-33; Lk 20:27-40

bf Ac 23:6

915 MARK 12-13

him: 19 “Teach er, a Mo ses b wrote for us that if a man’s broth er dies, leav ing a wife be hind but no child, c that man should take the wife d and raise up off spring for his broth er. a,e 20 There were sev en broth­ers. The first mar ried a wom an, and dy ing, left no of spring. 21 The sec ond also took her, and he died, leav ing no of spring. And the third like wise. 22 None of the sev en b left of spring. Last of all, the wom an died too. 23 In the res ur rec tion, when they rise, c whose wife will she be, since the sev en had mar ried her? ”

24 Jesus spoke to them, “ Isn’t this the rea­son why you’re mis tak en: you don’t know the Scrip tures f or the pow er g of God? h 25 For when they rise i from the dead, j they nei ther mar ry nor are giv en in mar riage k but are like an gels l in heav en. 26 And as for the dead be ing raised — haven’t you read in the book of Mo ses, in the pas sage about the burn ing bush, how God said to him: I m am the God of Abra ham n and the God of Isaac o and the God of Ja cob? d,p 27 He is not the God of the dead but of the liv ing. You are bad ly mis tak en.”

The priMary coMMands28 One q of the scribes r ap proached. When he heard them de bat ing and saw that Jesus an swered them well, he asked him, “ Which com mand is the most im por tant of all? ”

29 Jesus an swered, “ The most im por tant e is Lis ten, O Is ra el! The Lord s our God, the Lord t is one. f 30 Love u the Lord your God v with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, w and with all your strength. g,h,x 31 The sec ond is, Love your neigh bor y as your self. i,z There is no oth er com mand aa great er than these.”

32 Then the scribe said to him, “ You are right, teach er. You have cor rect ly said that he is one, and there is no one ab else ex cept him. ac 33 And to love ad him with all your heart, with all your un der stand ing, j and with all your strength, and to love your neigh bor as your self, is far more im por tant than all the burnt of er ings and sac ri fic es.” ae

34 When Jesus saw that he an swered wise ly, he said to him, “ You are not far from the king dom of God.” af And no one dared ag to ques tion him any lon ger.

The QuesTion aBouT The chrisT35 While ah Jesus was teach ing in the tem­ple, he asked, ai “ How can the scribes aj say

that the Mes si ah ak is the son of Da vid? al 36 Da vid am him self says by the Holy Spir it: an

The Lord ao declared to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand ap

until I put your enemies under your feet.’ k,aq

37 Da vid him self calls him ‘ Lord’; how then can he be his son? ” And the large crowd was lis ten ing to him with de light.

warninG aGainsT The scriBes38 He ar also said in his teach ing, “Be ware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes as and who want greet ings in the mar ket places, at 39 the best seats au in the syn a gogues, av and the plac es of hon­or aw at ban quets. ax 40 They de vour ay wid­ows’ az hous es and say long prayers ba just for show. These will re ceive harsher judg­ment.”

The widow’s GifT41 Sit ting bb across from the tem ple trea­sury, bc he watched how the crowd dropped mon ey into the trea sury. Many rich bd peo­ple were put ting in large sums. 42 Then a poor be wid ow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very lit tle. 43 Sum mon ing his dis ci ples, bf he said to them, “Tru ly I tell you, bg this poor wid ow has put more into the trea sury than all the oth ers. bh 44 For they all gave out of their sur plus, bi but she out of her pov er ty bj has put in ev ery thing she had bk — all she had to live on.” bl

desTrucTion of The TeMple predicTed

13 As bm he was go ing out of the tem­ple, bn one of his dis ci ples said to him,

“Teach er, bo look! What mas sive stones! What im pres sive build ings! ” bp

2 Jesus said to him, “ Do you see these great build ings? bq Not one stone will be left upon an oth er — all will be thrown down.”

siGns of The end of The aGe3 While he was sit ting on the Mount of Ol ives br across from the tem ple, bs Pe ter, bt James, bu John, bv and An drew bw asked him pri vate ly, 4 “ Tell us, when will these things hap pen? And what will be the sign when all these things are about to be ac com­plished? ”

be Mk 14:7 bf Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1 bg Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 bh Jn 8:20 bi 1Co 15:58 bj Php 4:11 bk Lk 15:12 bl 1Jn 3:17 bm Mt 24:1-51; Lk 21:5-38 bn Ac 21:26 bo Mk 4:38 bp 1Co 14:3 bq Mk 14:58 br Mt 21:1 bs Ac 21:26 bt Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 bu Ac 12:2 bv Jn 21:7 bw Jn 6:8

A 12:19 Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5 B 12:22 Other mss add had taken her and C 12:23 Other mss omit when they rise D 12:26 Ex 3:6,15-16 E 12:29 Other mss add of all the commands F 12:29 Or the Lord our God is Lord alone. G 12:30 Other mss add This is the first commandment. H 12:30 Dt 6:4-5; Jos 22:5 I 12:31 Lv 19:18 J 12:33 Other mss add with all your soul K 12:36 Ps 110:1

a Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11b Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2c Lk 1:7d Mt 1:6e Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5-10f Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20g Lk 1:35; 6:19h 2Co 13:4; Rv 11:17i Lk 18:33j Jn 5:25; 20:9k 1Tm 5:14l Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6m Ex 3:6,15-16n Gl 3:6o Jms 2:21p Mt 1:2; Lk 1:33q Mt 22:34-40r Mt 2:4s Col 4:1; Jd 5t Dt 6:4u Lk 6:35v Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27w 1Jn 5:20x Dt 6:4-5; Jos 22:5y Lk 10:29z Lv 19:18; 1Jn 4:21aa Mk 7:8ab Rm 3:30ac Dt 4:35,39; 6:4; Is 37:20; 43:10; 44:6; 45:21ad Lk 6:35ae 1Sm 15:22; Ps 51:16; Hs 6:6; Am 5:22; Mc 6:6-8af Mk 1:15ag Lk 20:40ah Mt 22:41-46; Lk 20:41-44ai Ac 21:26aj Mt 2:4

ak Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2

al 2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3am Lk 1:27

an Jn 1:33; Ac 19:21

ao Lk 17:5ap Mt 20:21

aq Ps 110:1ar Mt 23:1-36; Lk

20:45-47as Rv 7:14

at Mk 6:56au Lk 11:43av Jms 2:2

aw Lk 14:7-8ax Jn 13:2ay Gl 5:15

az Jms 1:27ba Mt 5:44; Ac

12:12bb Lk 21:1-4

bc Jn 8:20bd Gn 24:35;

Rv 2:9

MARK 13-14 916

5 Jesus told them, “ Watch out that no one de ceives you. 6 Many will come in my name, a say ing, ‘ I am he,’ b and they will de­ceive c many. 7 When you hear of wars and ru mors of wars, d don’t be alarmed; e these things must take place, f but it is not yet the end. 8 For na tion will rise up against na tion, and king dom against king dom. g There will be earth quakes in var i ous plac­es, and fam ines. a These are the be gin ning h of birth pains. i

persecuTions predicTed9 “ But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to lo cal courts, b, j and you will be flogged k in the syn a gogues. l You will stand be fore gov er nors and kings m be cause of me, n as a wit ness o to them. p 10 And it is nec es sary that the gos pel q be preached to all na tions. 11 So when they ar rest you and hand you over, don’t wor­ry be fore hand what you will say, but say what ev er is giv en to you at that time, for it isn’t you speak ing, but the Holy Spir it.

12 “Broth er will be tray r broth er to death, s and a fa ther his child. Chil dren will rise up against par ents and have them put to death. 13 You will be hat ed by ev ery one be­cause of my name, t but the one who en­dures to the end will be saved. u

The GreaT TriBulaTion14 “ When you see the abom i na tion of des­o la tion c,v stand ing where it should not be” ( let the read er un der stand), “ then those in Ju dea w must flee to the moun tains. 15 A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get any thing out of his house, x 16 and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat. y 17 Woe z to preg nant wom­en and nurs ing moth ers in those days!

18 “ Pray aa it d won’t hap pen in win ter. 19 For those will be days of trib u la tion, ab the kind that hasn’t been from the be gin­ning ac of cre a tion ad un til now and nev er will be again. 20 If the Lord ae had not cut those days short, af no one would be saved. But he cut those days short for the sake of the elect, ag whom he chose. ah

21 “ Then if any one tells you, ‘ See, here is the Mes si ah! ai See, there! ’ do not be lieve it. 22 For false messiahs and false proph­ets will arise and will per form signs and won ders aj to lead astray, if pos si ble, the elect. 23 And you must watch! I have told you ev ery thing in ad vance.

The coMinG of The son of Man24 “ But in those days, af ter that trib u la­tion: ak The sun will be dark ened, and the moon will not shed its light; 25 the stars al will be fall ing from the sky, and the pow­ers in the heav ens will be shak en. am 26 Then they will see the Son of Man an com ing ao in clouds ap with great pow er aq and glo ry. ar 27 He will send out the an gels as and gath er his elect at from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heav en. au

The paraBle of The fiG Tree28 “ Learn av this les son aw from the fig ax tree: As soon as its branch be comes ten der and sprouts leaves, you know that sum mer is near. ay 29 In the same way, when you see these things hap pen ing, rec og nize e that he f is near — at the door.

30 “Tru ly I tell you, az this gen er a tion will cer tain ly not pass away un til all these things take place. 31 Heav en and earth ba will pass away, bb but my words will nev­er pass away. bc

no one knows The day or hour32 “ Now con cern ing that day bd or hour no one knows — nei ther the an gels be in heav­en nor the Son bf — but only the Fa ther. bg

33 “ Watch! Be alert! g For you don’t know when the time bh is com ing. bi

34 “ It is like bj a man on a jour ney, who left his house, gave au thor i ty to his ser vants, bk gave each one his work, and com mand­ed the door keep er to be alert. 35 There­fore be alert, bl since you don’t know when the mas ter bm of the house is com ing — wheth er in the eve ning or at mid night or at the crowing of the roost er or ear ly in the morn ing. 36 Oth er wise, when he comes sud den ly he might find you sleep ing. bn 37 And what I say to you, I say to ev ery­one: Be alert! ”

The ploT To kill Jesus

14 It bo was two days be fore the Pass­over bp and the Fes ti val bq of Un leav­

ened Bread. br The chief priests and the scribes bs were look ing for a cun ning bt way to ar rest Jesus and kill him. bu 2 “ Not dur­ing the fes ti val,” they said, “ so that there won’t be a riot among the peo ple.”

A 13:8 Other mss add and disturbances B 13:9 Or sanhedrins C 13:14 Dn 9:27 D 13:18 Other mss read “Pray that your escape E 13:29 Or you know F 13:29 Or it G 13:33 Other mss add and pray

bc Ps 102:25-27; Is 40:6-8; 51:6; Mt 5:18; Lk 16:17 bd Mt 25:13 be Mt 13:49 bf Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 bg Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42 bh Lk 20:20 bi Ac 1:7; 1Th 5:1-2; 1Pt 5:6 bj Lk 12:35-40 bk Mt 10:24 bl Rv 16:15 bm Col 3:22 bn Pr 6:4 bo Mt 26:1-5; Lk 22:1-2 bp Ex 12:11 bq Jn 5:1 br Ex 23:15 bs Mt 2:4 bt Ps 10:7 bu Jn 5:18

a Jn 10:25; 14:13b Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24c 1Jn 4:6d Jr 51:46; Dn 11:44e 2Th 2:2f Dn 2:28-29g Is 19:2h Ac 26:4i Gl 4:19j Mt 10:17k Lk 22:63; Ac 5:40; 16:19-23,37l Jms 2:2m Ac 24:10-27; 25:1-12,23-27n Rm 8:36o Mk 6:11; 1Tm 2:6p Php 1:12q Mk 1:1; Php 1:5r Jn 13:21s Is 19:2; Mc 7:6t Mt 10:22; Lk 6:22; Jn 15:18-21u 1Co 4:12; 2Th 1:4; 2Tm 2:12; Jms 1:12v Dn 9:27; 11:31; 12:11w Lk 1:5x Lk 17:22-36y Lk 19:36z Rv 9:12aa Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12ab 1Co 1:4ac Ac 26:4ad Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14ae Col 4:1; Jd 5af Is 60:21-22ag Mt 24:22ah Eph 1:4ai Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2aj Ex 7:3; Dn 6:27; Jn 4:48; Ac 4:30; Rm 15:19; 2Th 2:9; Heb 2:4

ak 2Co 1:4al Rv 1:16

am Is 13:10; 34:4; Jl 2:10,31; 3:15

an Mk 2:10ao Mk 8:38; 1Th

4:16ap Dn 7:13-14

aq Lk 6:19ar Mk 10:37;

Lk 9:32as Mt 13:49; Ac

5:19; Rv 14:6at Mt 22:14,22

au Zch 2:6av Jn 7:15

aw Mk 12:1ax Jn 1:48

ay Rv 1:1az Ps 72:19; Rv

22:21ba Lk 10:21bb 2Pt 3:10

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The anoinTinG aT BeThany3 While a he was in Beth a ny b at the house of Si mon the lep er, a,c as he was re clin ing at the ta ble, d a wom an came with an al a­bas ter jar of very ex pen sive per fume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head. e 4 But some were ex press ing in dig na tion to one an oth er: “ Why has this per fume been wast ed? 5 For this per fume might have been sold for more than three hun dred de nar ii b,f and giv en to the poor.” g And they be gan to scold her.

6 Jesus re plied, “ Leave her alone. Why are you both er ing her? She has done a no ble thing h for me. 7 You al ways have the poor i with you, and you can do what is good for them when ev er you want, but you do not al ways have me. j 8 She has done what she could; she has anoint ed my body k in ad­vance for buri al. l 9 Tru ly I tell you,m wher­ev er the gos pel n is pro claimed in the whole world, o what she has done will also be told in mem o ry of her.”

10 Then p Ju das Is car i ot, q one of the Twelve, r went to the chief priests s to be­tray Jesus t to them. 11 And when they heard this, they were glad and prom ised to give him mon ey. u So he start ed look ing for a good op por tu ni ty to be tray v him.

preparaTion for passover12 On w the first day of Un leav ened Bread, when they sac ri fice the Pass over lamb, x his dis ci ples y asked him, “ Where do you want us to go and pre pare the Pass over so that you may eat it? ”

13 So he sent two of his dis ci ples and told them, “ Go into the city, and a man car ry ing a jar of wa ter will meet you. Fol low him. 14 Wher ev er he en ters, tell the own er of the house, ‘ The Teach er z says, “ Where is my guest room where I may eat the Pass over with my dis ci ples? ” ’ 15 He will show you a large room up stairs, fur nished and ready. Make the prep a ra­tions for us there.” 16 So the dis ci ples aa went out, en tered the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they pre­pared the Pass over.

BeTrayal aT The passover17 When ab eve ning came, he ar rived with the Twelve. ac 18 While they were re clin ing and eat ing, Jesus said, “Tru ly I tell you, one of you will be tray me — one who is eat­ing with me.”

19 They be gan to be dis tressed and to say to him one by one, “Sure ly not I? ”

20 He said to them, “ It is one of the Twelve — the one who is dip ping bread in the bowl with me. 21 For the Son of Man ad will go just as it is writ ten ae about him, af but woe ag to that man by whom the Son of Man is be trayed! It would have been bet ter for him if he had not been born.”

The firsT lord’s supper22 As ah they were eat ing, he took bread, ai blessed and broke aj it, gave it to them, ak and said, “ Take it; this is my body.” al 23 Then he took a cup, and af ter giv ing thanks, am he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 He said to them, “ This is my blood of the cov enant, c,an which is poured out ao for many. ap 25 Tru ly I tell you, aq I will no lon ger drink of the fruit of the vine ar un­til that day when I drink it new d,as in the king dom of God.” at

26 Af ter sing ing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Ol ives. au

peTer’s denial predicTed27 Then av Jesus said to them, “ All of you will fall away, e be cause it is writ ten: aw

I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep ax

will be scattered. f,ay

28 But af ter I have ris en, az I will go ahead of you to Gal i lee.” ba

29 Pe ter bb told him, “ Even if ev ery one falls away, I will not.”

30 “Tru ly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “to day, this very night, be fore the roost­er crows twice, you will deny me three times.” bc

31 But he kept in sist ing, “ If I have to die with you, I will nev er deny you.” And they all said the same thing.

The prayer in The Garden32 Then bd they came to a place named Geth sem a ne, and he told his dis ci ples, be “ Sit here while I pray.” bf 33 He took Pe ter, bg James, bh and John bi with him, and he be­gan to be deep ly dis tressed and trou bled. 34 He said to them, “ I am deep ly grieved g to the point of death. Re main here and stay awake.” bj 35 He went a lit tle far ther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it

A 14:3 Gk lepros ; a term for various skin diseases; see Lv 13–14 B 14:5 A denarius = one day’s wage C 14:24 Other mss read the new covenant D 14:25 Or drink new wine ; lit drink it new E 14:27 Other mss add because of me this night F 14:27 Zch 13:7 G 14:34 Or “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow

ax Mt 7:15 ay Zch 13:7 az 1Co 15:4 ba Mt 17:22 bb Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32 bc Mk 14:72 bd Mt 26:36-46; Lk 22:39-46 be Mk 10:10 bf Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12 bg Lk 6:14 bh Ac 12:2 bi Jn 21:7 bj Rv 16:15

a Mt 26:6-13; Jn 12:2-8b Mk 11:1c Mt 11:5d Lv 19:34e Rm 12:13f Mt 18:28g Rm 15:26h 1Pt 2:12i Dt 15:11j Lk 10:38-42k Lk 12:4l Jn 19:40m Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21n Mk 1:1; Php 1:5o Mt 13:38; 1Jn 2:2p Mt 26:14-16; Lk 22:3-6q Mk 3:19r Mk 11:11s Mt 2:4t Mk 9:31u Lk 19:15v Jn 13:21w Mt 26:17-19; Lk 22:7-13x Ex 12:21y Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1z Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11aa Mk 10:10ab Mt 26:20-25; Lk 22:21-23; Jn 13:21-30ac Mk 11:11

ad Mk 2:10ae Mk 1:2; Ac

15:15af Dn 7:21,25;

9:26ag Rv 9:12

ah Mt 26:26-30; Lk 22:17-20;

1Co 11:23-25ai 1Co 10:16aj Mt 14:19;

15:36; Ac 2:46; 20:7,11; 27:35

ak Lk 24:30al Lk 12:4; Jn

2:21; 6:51am Mk 8:6an Ex 24:8;

Zch 9:11; Heb 9:18-20; 10:29;

13:20ao Gn 4:11; Nm

35:33; Lm 4:13; Mt 23:35

ap Is 52:13–53:12

aq Rv 22:21ar Is 32:12; Hab

3:17; Jms 3:12as Is 25:6; Lk

13:28-29; 14:15-24

at Mk 1:15au Mt 21:1

av Mt 26:31-35; Lk 22:31-38; Jn

13:31-38aw Ac 15:15

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were pos si ble, the hour a might pass from him. 36 And he said, “ Abba, a Fa ther! b All things are pos si ble c for you. Take this cup d away from me. Nev er the less, not what I will, but what you will.” 37 Then he came and found them sleep ing. He said to Pe­ter, “Si mon, e are you sleep ing? f Couldn’t you stay awake one hour? 38 Stay awake and pray g so that you won’t en ter into temp ta tion. b,h The spir it i is will ing, but the flesh j is weak.” 39 Once again he went away and prayed, say ing the same thing. 40 And again he came and found them sleep ing, be cause they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to him. k 41 Then he came a third time and said to them, “ Are you still sleep ing and rest ing? Enough! The time has come. See, the Son of Man l is be trayed into the hands of sin ners. m 42 Get up; n let’s go. See, my be­tray er is near.”

Judas’s BeTrayal of Jesus43 While o he was still speak ing, Ju das, p one of the Twelve, q sud den ly ar rived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, r and the el­ders. s 44 His be tray er had giv en them a sig nal. “ The one I kiss,” he said, “ he’s the one; ar rest him and take him away un der guard.” 45 So when he came, im me di ate ly he went up to Jesus and said, “Rab bi! ” t and kissed him. 46 They took hold of him and ar rest ed him. 47 One of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest’s ser vant, and cut of his ear.

48 Jesus said to them, “ Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a crim i nal, c to cap ture me? 49 Ev ery day I was among you, teach ing in the tem ple, u and you didn’t ar rest me. But the Scrip tures v must be ful filled.” w

50 Then they all de sert ed him and ran away. x 51 Now a cer tain young man, wear­ing noth ing but a lin en cloth, was fol low­ing him. They caught hold of him, 52 but he left the lin en cloth be hind and ran away na ked. y

Jesus faces The sanhedrin53 They z led Jesus away to the high priest, aa and all the chief priests, the el ders, and the scribes ab as sem bled. ac 54 Pe ter ad fol­lowed him at a dis tance, right into the high priest’s court yard. He was sit ting with the ser vants, d,ae warm ing him self by the fire.

55 The chief priests and the whole San he­drin af were look ing for tes ti mo ny against Jesus to put him to death, ag but they could not find any. 56 For many were giv ing false tes ti mo ny ah against him, and the tes ti mo­nies did not agree. 57 Some stood up and gave false tes ti mo ny against him, stating, 58 “ We heard him say, ‘ I will de stroy this tem ple made with hu man hands, ai and in three days I will build an oth er not made by hands.’ ” 59 Yet their tes ti mo ny did not agree aj even on this.

60 Then the high priest stood up be fore them all and ques tioned Jesus, “ Don’t you have an an swer to what these men are tes­ti fy ing against you? ” 61 But he kept si lent and did not an swer. ak Again the high priest ques tioned him, “ Are you the Mes si ah, al the Son am of the Blessed an One? ”

62 “ I am,” ao said Jesus, “ and you will see the Son of Man ap seat ed at the right hand aq of Pow er and com ing with the clouds ar of heav en.” e,as

63 Then the high priest at tore his robes au and said, “ Why do we still need wit ness­es? av 64 You have heard the blas phe my. aw What is your de ci sion? ” They all con­demned him as de serv ing death. ax

65 Then some be gan to spit on him, to blind fold him, and to beat him, say ing, “Proph e sy! ” ay The tem ple ser vants az also took him and slapped him.

peTer denies his lord66 While ba Pe ter bb was in the court yard be low, one of the high priest’s maid ser­vants came. 67 When she saw Pe ter warm­ing him self, she looked at him and said, “ You also were with Jesus, the man from Naz a reth.” bc

68 But he de nied it: “ I don’t know or un­der stand what you’re talk ing about.” Then he went out to the en try way, f and a roost­er crowed. g

69 When the maid ser vant saw him again, she be gan to tell those stand ing near by, “ This man is one of them.”

70 But again he de nied it. Af ter a lit tle while those stand ing there said to Pe ter again, “ You cer tain ly are one of them, since you’re also a Gal i le an.” h,bd

71 Then he start ed to curse and swear, be “ I don’t know this man you’re talk ing about! ”

A 14:36 Aramaic for father B 14:38 Or won’t be put to the test C 14:48 Or insurrectionist D 14:54 Or temple police, or officers, also in v. 65 E 14:62 Ps 110:1; Dn 7:13 F 14:68 Or forecourt G 14:68 Other mss omit and a rooster crowed H 14:70 Other mss add and your speech shows it

au Lv 10:6; 21:10; Nm 14:6; Jn 19:23 av Heb 12:1 aw Jn 10:33 Rv 13:6 ax Mk 10:33 ay Jn 11:51 az Jn 18:18 ba Mt 26:69-75; Lk 22:54-62; Jn 18:15-18,25-27 bb Lk 6:14 bc Mk 1:24; 10:47; 16:6; Lk 4:34; 24:19 bd Jn 4:45 be Mt 5:34

a Jn 2:4b Rm 8:15; Gl 4:6c Mt 19:26; Mk 9:23d Ps 11:6; Is 51:17,22; Lm 4:21; Ezk 23:32-34; Mk 10:38-39; Jn 18:11e Mt 16:17f Lk 6:14g Mt 5:44h Mt 6:13; Lk 4:13i Ps 51:12j Php 3:3k Mk 4:40l Mk 2:10m Mk 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34n Mk 5:41o Mt 26:47-56; Lk 22:47-53; Jn 18:1-2p Mk 3:19q Mk 11:11r Mt 2:4s 3Jn 1t Jn 11:8u Ac 21:26v 2Pt 1:20w Mt 1:22; Mk 9:12x Mk 4:40; Jms 4:7y Am 2:16z Mt 26:57-68; Lk 22:54,63-65; Jn 18:24aa Mt 26:3ab Mt 2:4ac Mk 8:31; 10:33ad Lk 6:14ae Jn 18:18

af Mk 13:9ag Mt 10:21

ah Pr 6:19; 1Jn 5:10

ai Col 2:11aj Nm 35:30;

Dt 17:6; 19:15; Php 2:6

ak Is 53:7; Mt 27:12,14; Mk 15:5; Lk 23:9;

Jn 19:9al Mt 1:17;

Eph 5:2am Jn 5:19;

Heb 1:2an Lk 1:68; Rm 1:25; 9:5; 2Co 1:3; 11:31; Eph

1:3; 1Pt 1:3ao Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24

ap Mk 2:10; Ac 7:56

aq Mt 20:21ar Mt 26:64; Mk

13:26as Ps 110:1; Dn

7:13at Mt 26:3

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72 Im me di ate ly a roost er crowed a sec­ond time, a and Pe ter re mem bered when Jesus had spo ken the word to him, “Be fore the roost er crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Jesus faces pilaTe

15 As b soon as it was morn ing, hav­ing held a meet ing with the el ders, c

scribes, d and the whole San he drin, the chief priests e tied Jesus up, led him away, and hand ed him over to Pi late. f

2 So Pi late asked him, “ Are you the King g of the Jews? ” h

He an swered him, “ You say so.”3 And the chief priests ac cused him

of many things. 4 Pi late i ques tioned him again, “ Aren’t you go ing to an swer? Look how many things they are ac cus ing you of! ” 5 But Jesus still did not an swer, and so Pi late was amazed.

Jesus or BaraBBas6 At j the fes ti val k Pi late l used to re lease for the peo ple a pris on er whom they re­quest ed. 7 There was one named Bar ab bas, who was in pris on with rebels who had com mit ted mur der m dur ing the re bel lion. n 8 The crowd came up and be gan to ask Pi­late to do for them as was his cus tom. 9 Pi­late an swered them, “ Do you want me to re lease the King o of the Jews p for you? ” 10 For he knew it was be cause of envy q that the chief priests had hand ed him over. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would re lease Bar ab bas to them in stead. 12 Pi late asked them again, “ Then what do you want me to do with the one you call the King of the Jews? ”

13 Again they shout ed, “Cru ci fy him! ”14 Pi late said to them, “ Why? What has

he done wrong? ” But they shout ed all the more, “Cru ci­

fy him! ”15 Want ing to sat is fy the crowd, Pi late

re leased Bar ab bas to them; and af ter hav­ing Jesus flogged, he hand ed him over to be cru ci fied.

Mocked By The MiliTary16 The r sol diers led him away into the pal­ace ( that is, the gov er nor’s res i dence s) and called the whole com pa ny to geth er. 17 They dressed him in a pur ple t robe, twist ed to­geth er a crown u of thorns, and put it on him. 18 And they be gan to sa lute him, “ Hail, v

King w of the Jews! ” 19 They were hit ting him on the head with a stick and spit ting on him. Get ting down on their knees, x they were pay ing him hom age. 20 Af ter they had mocked y him, they stripped him of the pur ple robe and put his clothes on him.

crucified BeTween Two criMinals They led him out to cru ci fy him. 21 They z forced a man com ing in from the coun­try, who was pass ing by, to car ry Jesus’s cross. aa He was Si mon of Cy re ne, ab the fa­ther of Al ex an der and Ru fus. ac

22 They ad brought Jesus to the place called Gol go tha ( which means Place of the Skull ae). 23 They tried to give him wine af mixed with myrrh, ag but he did not take it.

24 Then they cru ci fied him and di vid ed his clothes, cast ing lots ah for them to de­cide what each would get. 25 Now it was nine in the morn ing a when they cru ci­fied him. 26 The in scrip tion of the charge writ ten against him was: T he K ing ai of the J ews. aj 27 They ak cru ci fied two crim i­nals b,al with him, one on his right and one on his left. c

29 Those am who passed by were yell ing in sults an at d him, shak ing their heads, ao and say ing, “ Ha! The one who would de­stroy the tem ple and re build it in three days, ap 30 save your self by com ing down from the cross! ” aq 31 In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes ar were mock­ing him among them selves and say ing, “ He saved oth ers, but he can not save him self! 32 Let the Mes si ah, as the King at of Is ra el, au come down now from the cross, av so that we may see and be lieve.” aw Even those who were cru ci fied with him taunt ed him.

The deaTh of Jesus33 When ax it was noon, e dark ness came over the whole land un til three in the af­ter noon. f,ay 34 And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “ Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabach-tháni? ” which is trans lat ed, “ My God, my God, why have you aban doned me? ” g,az

35 When some of those stand ing there heard this, they said, “ See, he’s call ing for Eli jah.”

36 Some one ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, fixed it on a stick, of ered him a drink, ba and said, “ Let’s see if Eli jah comes to take him down.”

37 Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 Then the cur tain bb of the tem ple

A 15:25 Lit was the third hour B 15:27 Or revolutionaries C 15:27 Some mss include v. 28: So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And he was counted among criminals. D 15:29 Or passed by blasphemed E 15:33 Lit the sixth hour F 15:33 Lit the ninth hour, also in v. 34 G 15:34 Ps 22:1

a Mk 14:30b Mt 27:2,11-14; Lk 23:25; Jn 18:28-38c 3Jn 1d Mt 2:4e Mk 13:9f 1Tm 6:13g Lk 19:38h Jn 19:21i 1Tm 6:13j Mt 27:15-26; Lk 23:13-25; Jn 18:39–19:6k Mk 14:1l 1Tm 6:13m Pr 1:16n Ac 23:7o Lk 19:38p Jn 19:21q Ps 37:1r Mt 27:27-31s Jn 18:28,33; 19:9; Ac 23:35; Php 1:13t Mk 15:20; Lk 16:19; Rv 18:12u Jn 19:2,5; Rv 12:1v Mt 26:49; Lk 1:28; Jn 19:3

w Lk 19:38x Mk 5:6; Lk

22:41; Eph 3:14y Mk 10:34

z Mt 27:32; Lk 23:26-31

aa Lk 9:23ab Ac 6:9

ac Rm 16:13ad Mt 27:33-37; Lk 22:32-34; Jn

19:17-24ae Jn 19:17

af Gn 9:21; Dt 7:13; Ps 4:7; Pr

3:10; Lk 5:37ag Ps 69:21ah Ps 22:18ai Lk 19:38aj Jn 11:36

ak Mt 27:38,44; Lk 23:39-43

al Mk 14:48am Mt 27:39-43;

Lk 23:35-38an Ex 22:28; Mk

3:29; Rv 13:6ao Ps 22:7ap Jn 2:19

aq Lk 23:26ar Mt 2:4

as Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2

at Lk 19:38au Jn 1:49

av Lk 23:26aw Mk 8:11-12;

11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9;

1Pt 1:8-10ax Mt 27:45-54; Lk 23:44-48; Jn

19:28-30ay Am 8:9az Ps 22:1

ba Ps 69:21bb Ex 26:31-33; 2Ch 3:14; Heb

6:19; 9:3; 10:20

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was torn in two from top to bot tom. 39 When the cen tu ri on, who was stand ing op po site him, saw the way he a breathed his last, he said, “Tru ly this man was the Son of God! ” b,a

40 There b were also wom en watch ing from a dis tance. Among them were Mary Mag da lene, c Mary the moth er of James the youn ger and of Jo ses, and Sa lo me. 41 In Gal i lee d these wom en fol lowed him and took care of him. Many oth er wom en had come up with him to Je ru sa lem. e

The Burial of Jesus42 When f it was al ready eve ning, be cause it was the day of prep a ra tion ( that is, the day be fore the Sab bath), 43 Jo seph of Ar i­ma thea, a prom i nent mem ber of the San­he drin who was him self look ing for ward g to the king dom of God, h came and bold ly went to Pi late i and asked for Jesus’s body. j 44 Pi late was sur prised that he was al ready dead. Sum mon ing the cen tu ri on, he asked him wheth er he had al ready died. 45 When he found out from the cen tu ri on, he gave the corpse to Jo seph. 46 Af ter he bought some lin en cloth, Jo seph took him down and wrapped him in the lin en. Then he laid him in a tomb k cut out of the rock and rolled a stone l against the en trance to the tomb. 47 Mary Mag da lene m and Mary the moth er of Jo ses were watch ing where he was laid.

resurrecTion MorninG

16 When n the Sab bath was over, Mary Mag da lene, o Mary the moth er of

James, and Sa lo me bought spic es, so that they could go and anoint him. 2 Very ear­ly in the morn ing, on the first day of the week, p they went to the tomb q at sun rise. 3 They were say ing to one an oth er, “ Who will roll away the stone from the en trance to the tomb for us? ” 4 Look ing up, they no ticed that the stone — which was very large — had been rolled away.

5 When r they en tered the tomb, s they saw a young man t dressed u in a white v robe sit ting on the right side; they were alarmed. 6 “ Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “ You are look ing for Jesus of Naz a­reth, w who was cru ci fied. He has ris en! x He is not here. See the place where they put him. 7 But go, tell his dis ci ples and Pe ter, y

‘ He is go ing ahead of you to Gal i lee; z you will see him there just as he told you.’ ”

8 They went out and ran from the tomb, aa be cause trem bling and as ton ish ment over whelmed them. And they said noth­ing to any one, ab since they were afraid.

[ Some of the ear li est mss con clude with 16: 8.] c

The lonGer endinG of Mark: appearances of The risen lord[9 Ear ly ac on the first day of the week, ad af ter he had ris en, ae he ap peared first to Mary Mag da lene, af out of whom he had driv en sev en de mons. ag 10 She went and re port ed to those who had been with him, as they were mourn ing and weep ing. 11 Yet, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not be lieve it. ah

12 Af ter this, he ap peared ai in a dif er­ent form to two of them walk ing on their way into the coun try. aj 13 And they went and re port ed it to the rest, who did not be lieve them ei ther.

The GreaT coMMission14 Lat er he ap peared to the Elev en ak them­selves as they were re clin ing at the ta ble. He re buked their un be lief and hardness of heart, be cause they did not be lieve those who saw him af ter he had ris en. al 15 Then am he said to them, “ Go into all the world an and preach the gos pel to all cre a tion. ao 16 Who ev er be lieves ap and is bap tized will be saved, aq but who ev er does not be lieve will be con demned. ar 17 And these signs will ac com pa ny those who be lieve: In my name they will drive out de mons; they will speak in new tongues; d 18 they will pick up snakes; e,as if they should drink any thing dead ly, it will not harm at them; they will lay hands on au the sick, and they will get well.”

The ascension19 So the Lord Jesus, af ter speak ing to them, av was tak en up into heav en aw and sat down at the right hand ax of God. 20 And they went out and preached ev ery where, while the Lord worked with them and con firmed the word by the ac com pa ny ing signs.

A 15:39 Other mss read saw that he cried out like this and B 15:39 Or a son of God C 16:8 Other mss include vv. 9-20 as a longer ending. The following shorter ending is found in some mss between v. 8 and v. 9 and in one ms after v. 8 (each of which omits vv. 9-20): And all that had been commanded to them they quickly reported to those around Peter. After these things, Jesus himself sent out through them from east to west, the holy and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen. D 16:17 = languages E 16:18 Other mss add with their hands

a Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2b Mt 27:55-56; Lk 23:49; Jn 19:25-27c Mt 28:1; Mk 16:1,9; Lk 8:2; 24:10; Jn 20:1-18d Mt 17:22e Mt 23:37f Mt 27:57-60; Lk 23:50-54; Jn 19:38-42g Jd 21h Mk 1:15i 1Tm 6:13j Lk 12:4; Jn 2:21k Jn 5:28; 11:38; Ac 13:29l Jn 20:1m Mt 27:61-66; Lk 23:55-56n Mt 28:1; Lk 24:1-2o Mk 15:40p Ac 20:7; 1Co 16:2q Jn 5:28r Mt 28:5-8; Lk 24:3-8; Jn 20:1-2s Jn 5:28t Lk 7:14u Lk 12:27v Rv 3:4w Mk 14:67x 1Co 15:4y Lk 6:14

z Mt 17:22aa Jn 5:28

ab Mk 1:44; 4:40ac Jn 20:11-18ad Lk 24:1; Ac

20:7; 1Co 16:2ae Lk 18:33; Ac

2:24af Mk 15:40ag Mk 3:15;

Lk 8:2ah Lk 24:5,11,23

ai Jn 21:1; 2Co 4:11

aj Lk 24:13-35ak Lk 24:9

al Lk 24:38,41am Mt 28:16-20

an Mt 13:38; 1Jn 2:2

ao Rm 8:22ap Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43;

Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10

aq Ac 2:38; 22:16

ar Mt 12:41; Jn 3:18,36; 5:11;

20:23as Lk 10:19; Ac

28:3-6at Ac 28:5

au Ac 9:12,17; 1Tm 5:22 av Lk 24:3 aw Lk 24:51; Ac 1:2,11,22; 1Tm 3:16 ax Lk 22:69; Heb 10:12

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