GOSPEL OF MARK SAMPLER

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1 GOSPEL OF MRK SMPLER

2 Then he said to me, These words are faithful and true. Revelation 22:6a, hristian Standard ible

3 FITHFUL N TRUE. These words describe God s Word (Rev. 22:6). s a hristian leader, you want to be faithful and true to the Word that reveals God s character and transforms lives. t LifeWay, we share your commitment to God s Word, and that is why we are delighted to present you with the Gospel of Mark in the new hristian Standard ible (S), a translation that combines accuracy and readability, without compromise. The hristian Standard ible was developed by a team of top biblical scholars from a variety of conservative denominations. s you will see, they have delivered a translation that hits the sweet spot of that balance between fidelity and readability. The Gospel of Mark was my first encounter with the hristian Standard ible. When I began reading through this Gospel, I hoped to experience afresh the good news of Jesus through a translation that communicates ancient truths to a contemporary audience as faithfully and clearly as possible. I wasn t disappointed. y the time I had finished the first chapter, I was already excited to see how the S captured the urgent feel of Mark s narrative. s I read further, I loved seeing how the translation opted for a word-for-word rendering wherever the text was clearly understandable, while also employing a more dynamic translation wherever a wordfor-word approach would obscure the original meaning. s a pastor, I have grown confident in the S s accuracy and precision. It is a text I can use for sermon preparation and serious ible study. I am also confident in the S s readability. ecause it is clear and easy to read, I can share it with people who are new to the Word of God as well as those who are already regular ible readers. We are excited to introduce you to the new hristian Standard ible. s fellow servants of hrist, we stand together with you, trusting that the faithful and true Word of God still changes lives and still empowers God s people to fulfill their mission. Trevin Wax ible & Reference Publisher, LifeWay hristian Resources

4 MRK The Messiah s herald 1 The be gin ning a b of the gos pel of Jesus hrist, the Son of God. a,c 2 s it is written 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 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 camel hair 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 aptism of Jesus 9 In ab those days Jesus came from Naz a reth ac in Gal i lee ad and was bap tized in the Jor dan by John. 10 s 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 nd a voice af came from heav en: ag You are my be loved ah Son; ai with you I am well pleased. aj The TeMpTaTion of Jesus 12 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 Galilee 14 f 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! a Jn 1:1; Php 4:15 b Mt 3:1-12; Lk 3:1-18 c Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 d Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17 e Lk 16:29 f Mt 13:49 g Mal 3:1 h Jn 1:23 i Lk 10:1; 17:5 j Is 40:3 k Lk 7:29; c 22:16 l Rv 12:6 m Lk 3:3; c 13:24; 19:4; 26:20 n Mt 9:2; Lk 24:47 o Jn 15:22; c 26:18 p Mt 23:37; Jn 11:36 q Gn 13:10; Ps 114:3; Lk 3:3 r c 19:18 s Jn 15:22; Rm 6:23; 1Pt 4:1 t Rv 9:3,7 u Rv 10:9-10 v Rv 18:8 w Jn 1:15 x Mt 3:11 y Lk 3:16; c 13:23-25 z Jn 1:26,31,33; c 1:5; 8:36; 11:16 aa Jn 1:33 ab Mt 3:13-17; Lk 3:21-23 ac Mt 2:23; 4:13; 21:11; Lk 1:26; 2:4,39,51; 4:16; Jn 1:45-46 ad Mt 17:22 ae Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; c 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 af Jn 5:37 ag Rv 14:13 ah Lk 20:13; Eph 1:6; Phm 1 ai Ps 2:7 aj Is 42:1 ak Mt 4:1-11; Lk 4:1-13 al Jn 1:33 am 3Jn 10 an Mt 3:1; Rv 12:6 ao Jms 1:13 ap Mt 4:1,10; c 13:10 aq Rv 6:8 ar Mt 13:49; c 5:19; Rv 14:6 The first disciples 16 s be he passed along side the Sea of Gal i lee, bf he saw Si mon bg and n 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 e dee 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 spirit 21 They bs went into a 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, e silent, ch and come out of him! 26 nd 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? 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 t 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 c 3:19; 26:20 bd Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; c 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 c 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; c 4:2; bx 2Tm 4:11 Mk 6:2 by Mt 7:28; 22:33; Mk 11:18; Lk 4:32; c 2:42; 17:19 bz 2o 6:17 ca Lk 11:24 cb Jms 2:2 cc Mk 14:67 cd Jn 6:27 ce 1o 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; c 2:42 cm Jd 25 cn 2o 6:17 co Lk 11:24 1:1 Some mss omit the Son of God 1:2 Other mss read in the prophets 1:2 Other mss add before you 1:2 Mal 3:1 E 1:3 Is 40:3 F 1:4 Or John the aptist 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

5 MRK about him spread through out the en tire vi cin i ty of Gal i lee. a healings at capernaum 29 s b soon as they left the syn a gogue, c they went into Si mon d and n drew s e house f with James g and John. h 30 Si mon s mother in law 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 demon possessed. 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 nd he would not permit the de mons to speak, be cause they knew him. t preaching in Galilee 35 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 nd 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 cleansed 39 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. e 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 ofer 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. ut he was out in de sert ed plac es, and they came to him from ev ery where. a Mt 17:22 b Mt 8:14-15; Lk 4:38-39 c Jms 2:2 d Mt 16:17 e Jn 6:8 f Mk 9:33 g c 12:2 h Jn 21:7 i Mk 5:41 j Lk 4:38 k Phm 13 l Rm 12:13 m Mt 8:16-17; Lk 4:40-41 n Lk 5:31 o Mt 9:32 p c 8:7 q c 19:12 r 3Jn 10 s Rv 9:20; 18:2 t Mk 3:11-12; 5:7 u Mt 4:23-25; Lk 4:42-44 v Mt 14:13; Mk 6:31-32; Lk 4:42; 9:12; Rv 12:6 w Mt 5:44; c 12:12 x Mt 16:17 y Mk 1:4 z Mt 17:22 aa Mk 3:1 ab Mt 8:2-4; Lk 5:12-14 ac Mt 11:5 ad Mt 17:14 ae 1Jn 1:7 af Lk 15:20 ag Jn 20:17 ah Lk 5:12 ai Mt 9:30; Mk 14:5; Jn 11:33,38 aj 3Jn 10 ak Mk 5:43; 7:36; 8:26,30; 9:9; 16:8; Lk 5:14 al Rv 1:1 am c 4:1 an Heb 5:1; 8:3 ao Lv 13 14; Heb 1:3 ap Mk 6:11; 1Tm 2:6 aq Mk 1:4; Jn 18:32 ar Mk 4:14 as Mt 9:1-8; Lk 5:17-26 at Lk 10:15 au Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32 av Mt 4:24; 8:6; 9:2,6; Mk 2:3-10 aw Mt 8:10; c 3:16; Rm 1:8; 1o 2:5; Gl 2:16; 1Tm 1:2; Heb 4:2 ax Jn 15:22 ay Mt 9:2,5; Lk 5:20,23; 7:48 az Mt 2:4 The son of Man forgives and heals 2 When as at he en tered a per na um 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 to f 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 ut 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 ut 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. s 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 levi 13 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 l 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; c 7:56 bl Mt 28:18; Mk 1:22 bm Jn 15:22 bn Mk 5:41 bo c 10:45 bp Jn 11:4; 17:1; bq 1Pt 2:12 Lk 2:14 br Mt 9:33 bs Mt 9:9-13; Lk 5:27-32 bt Mt 28:20; c 4:2; bu 2Tm 4:11 Lk 5:27,29 bv Lk 5:27 bw Lk 5:27 bx Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 by Lk 3:12; bz 18:13 Mt 9:10; 1Tm 1:15 ca Mt 2:4 cb Mk 7:3 1:31 Other mss add at once 1:40 Gk lepros ; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 42; see Lv :40 Other mss omit on his E knees 1:41 Other mss Moved with indignation 1:44 Or against them F G 2:4 Other mss read able to get near 2:15 Lit reclining H together 2:16 Other mss read scribes and Pharisees

6 eat ing a with sin ners b and tax col lec tors, c they asked his dis ci ples, Why does he eat 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 aout fasting 18 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? s long as they have the groom with them, they can not fast. 20 ut 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 nd 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 saath 23 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 a 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 bi 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 shriveled 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 903 MRK 2-3 a Mt 11:18 b 1Tm 1:15 c Lk 3:12 d Mt 6:8 e ol 4:14 f Lk 5:31 g Mt 13:17; Rm 1:17 h Lk 5:32 i Mt 9:14-17; Lk 5:33-39 j Mk 1:4 k Jn 3:25 l Mk 7:3 m Lk 18:12; c 13:2 n Jn 2:9 o Mk 13:24 p Lk 17:22; Jn 16:16-20 q Lk 18:12 r Lk 19:36 s Lk 5:37 t Jn 6:27 u Mt 12:1-8; Lk 6:1-5 v Mk 10:10 w Mk 7:3 x Lk 6:2 y Lk 1:27 z c 2:45 aa Rv 7:16 ab 1Sm 21:1-6 ac Lv 16:32 ad Ex 25:30 ae c 4:1 af ol 2:16 ag Mk 2:10 ah Rm 7:25; 1o 8:6; ol 3:22 ai Lk 6:5 aj Mt 12:9-14; Lk 6:6-11 ak Mk 1:21,39; Jms 2:2 al Mk 4:6; 5:29; 9:18; 11:20-21 am Rv 12:10 an Lk 6:7; 14:1; 20:20 ao c 8:7 ap Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10; 14:3 aq Jn 18:31 ar Ps 34:14; Lk 18:18 as Ps 34:12-16; 1Pt 3:17 at Php 2:12; Jms 5:20 au Lk 20:15 av Lk 1:20; 19:40 aw Jms 1:19 ax Ex 7:13; Rm 11:25 ay Mk 8:25 az 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 6:17-19 be Mt 17:22 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 ut they were si lent. av 5 f 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 MulTiTude 7 Jesus bd de part ed with his dis ci ples to the sea, and a large crowd fol lowed from Gal i lee, 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 nd he would strongly warn br them not to make him known. bs The Twelve apostles 13 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 o a ner ges ( that is, Sons of Thun der cd ); 18 n drew; ce Phil ip cf and ar thol o mew; Mat thew cg and Thom as; ch James the son of l 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 divided 20 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 c 21:7 bj Gn 49:13 bk Jn 21:8 bl c bm 8:7 Jn 20:17 bn 2o 6:17 bo Lk 11:24 bp Lk 8:47 bq Lk 4:34,41 br 2Tm bs 4:2 Mk 1:34 bt Mt 10:2-4; Lk 6:12-16 bu Mt 4:8 bv c 1:2; Jd 17 bw Mk bx 1:4 Mk 11:11; Jn 1:35-51 by Mt 16:17 bz c 10:32 ca c 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 c 1:13 ch Jn 11:16; 14:5; 20:24,26-28; 21:2 ci Mk 14:10,43; c 1:16,25 2:16 Other mss add and drink 2:18 Other mss read The disciples of John and of the Pharisees 2:20 Or the days 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

7 MRK 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 e 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 nd if Sa tan op poses him self and is di vid ed, he can not stand but is fin ished. 27 ut 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 ut 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 relationships 31 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 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 parale of The sower 4 gain aa ab he be gan to teach 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! on sid er the sow er who went out to sow. ae 4 s 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 a Jn 7:3 b Lk 2:48; Jn 2:3-4; 7:3-5 c Mt 2:4 d Mt 10:25; 12:24,27; Lk 11:15-19 e 3Jn 10 f Rv 9:20; 18:2 g Lk 12:58 h Mt 9:34; 12:24; Lk 11:15 i Lk 18:16 j Mk 12:1 k Mk 1:13; 4:15; 8:33 l Mt 12:25-29; Lk 11:17-22 m Lk 4:5 n Mk 15:1 o Mt 12:31-32; Lk 12:10 p c 7:51 q Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-29; 1Jn 5:16 r Mk 14:64 s 1Jn 5:16 t Lk 11:24 u Mt 12:46-50; Lk 8:19-21 v Mt 1:16 w Jn 2:12 x Mk 6:3 y c 9:30 z Rm 8:27; Gl 1:4; Eph 1:9; 1Jn 2:17 aa Mt 13:1-15; Lk 8:4-10 ab Mt 28:20; c 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 ac Mk 12:1 ad Mk 11:18; c 2:42; 17:19 ae Gl 6:7 af Mk 8:27 ag Gl 5:15 ah Mk 10:52 ai Mk 3:1 aj 1Pt 2:2 ak Jn 15:5; ol 1:6 al Is 6:9; Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mk 8:18; Lk 14:35 am Mk 11:11 an Mk 12:1 ao 1o 2:7 ap Mk 1:15 aq Rm 9:27 ar Mk 7:18 as Is 6:9-10 at Mt 13:18-23; Lk 8:9-15 au Mk 12:1 av Gl 6:7 aw Mk 16:20 ax Mk 8:27 ay Mt 4:10 az Lk 6:47 ba Jn 5:43; 15:11 bb 2o 1:4 bc Jn 16:1 bd 1Pt 5:7 be Lk 16:8; Eph 1:21 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 parales 10 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 d, e,as and be forgiven. The parale of The sower explained 13 Then at he said to them: on 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 nd 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 ut they have no root; they are short lived. 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 nd 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 light 21 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 nd 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 bf Mt 13:22 bk ol 1:10 bl Lk 8:16-18 bm Lk 5:18 bn Rv 1:12 bo 2o 4:11 bp Mk 4:9 3:20 Or eat a meal ; lit eat bread 3:29 Other mss read is subject to eternal judgment 3:32 Other mss omit and your sisters 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

8 he said to them, Pay at ten tion to what you hear. y 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 parale of The GrowinG seed 26 The king dom of God e is like this, he said. 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 s soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sick le, k be cause the har vest l has come. The parale of The MusTard seed 30 nd m he said, With what can we compare the king dom of God, n or what par a ble 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 nd 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 parales 33 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 oey Jesus 35 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. nd oth er boats were with him. 37 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! on 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 e still! The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he said to them, Why are you afraid? af o you still have no faith? 905 MRK 4-5 a 2o 10:13 b Mt 7:2; Lk 6:38 c Lk 17:5 d Mt 25:29; Lk 19:26 e Mk 1:15 f Mt 9:24 g Mk 5:41 h Jn 9:4 i ol 1:10 j Lk 16:7 k Jl 3:13; Rv 14:14-19 l Rv 14:15 m Mt 13:31-35; Lk 13:18-21 n Mk 1:15 o Mk 12:1 p Mt 17:20; Lk 17:6 q Gl 6:7 r Lk 11:42 s Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; c 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 t Lk 6:47; Jn 18:32 u Mk 12:1 v Jn 16:12 w Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; c 6:1 x Mt 8:23-27; Lk 8:22-25 y Ps 107:25; Jnh 1:5-6 z Jd 13 aa Mt 9:24 ab Mk 5:41 ac Jn 6:27 ad 2Tm 4:2 ae Mt 22:12; Mk 3:4 af Mt 8:26; Rv 21:8 ag Rv 11:11 ah Mk 1:27 ai Jnh 1:10,16; Mk 6:50-51 aj Mt 8:28-34; Lk 8:26-39 ak 2o 6:17 al Lk 11:24 am Jn 5:28 an Lk 23:53 ao Mk 15:1 ap Rm 16:20; Rv 2:27 aq Jms 3:7-8 ar Jn 9:4 as Lk 23:53 at Mt 4:8 au Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 av Ps 78:35 aw Rv 20:10 ax 2o 6:17 ay Lk 11:24 az Mt 26:53; Lk 8:30 ba Mt 7:6; 8:30-32; Lk 8:32-33; 15:15-16 bb Jn 21:15 bc 2o 6:17 41 nd 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 y Jesus 5 They aj came to the oth er side of the sea, to the re gion of the Ger a senes. b 2 s 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 nd 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, ome 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 nd he begged him ear nest ly not to send them out of the re gion. 11 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 demon possessed, 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 s he was get ting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed 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 bd Lk 11:24 bj Mt 9:32 4:41 Or were filled with awe 5:1 Some mss read Gadarenes ; other mss read Gergesenes 5:12 Other mss read ll the demons 5:14 Other mss read tended the pigs

9 MRK 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 e cap o lis d how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed. e a Girl restored and a woman healed 21 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. ome 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 sufer 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 t 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 ut 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 augh 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, on 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. a ol 4:1; Jd 5 b Lk 1:25; 8:39; c 15:17; Rm 9:28 c Mk 1:4 d Mt 4:25; Mk 7:31 e Rv 17:6 f Mt 9:18-26; Lk 8:40-56 g Mk 2:4 h Lk 8:41 i Rv 19:10 j 1Tm 5:22 k Mk 6:56 l Lk 8:43 m Php 1:29 n ol 4:14 o Jn 20:17 p Lk 19:36 q Mk 6:56; c 16:31 r Lk 7:7 s Lk 5:17; 6:19; 8:46 t Mk 2:13 u Lk 19:36 v Lk 8:47 w Jn 14:6 x Mt 8:10 y Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56 z c 4:10 aa Mk 5:29 ab Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 ac Jn 6:20 ad Lk 6:14 ae c 12:2 af Jn 21:7 ag Mt 9:23 ah Lk 1:7 ai Mt 9:24 aj ol 3:21 ak Lk 1:7 al Mk 1:31; 2:11; 4:27,38; 9:27; 14:41-42 am Mk 9:27 an Mt 11:5 ao Mk 16:8; c 10:45 ap Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56 aq Mt 13:53-58 ar Mk 1:9 as Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; c 6:1 at Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10 au Mt 28:20; c 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 av Jms 2:2 aw Pr 3:19; c 7:22; 1o 1:21 ax c 19:11 ay Mt 13:55 az Mt 1:16 ba Jms 1:1; Jd 1 bb Mt 13:55; Jd 1 bc Jn 16:1 bd Mt 2:23 be Mt 13:57; 1o 4:10; 12:23 bf c 19:11 bg 1Tm 5:22 bh 1o 11:30 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.) t 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? nd aren t his sis ters here with us? So they were ofend ed bc by him. 4 Jesus said to them, 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 nd he was amazed bj at their un be lief. bk He was go ing around the vil lages teach ing. bl commissioning The Twelve 7 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 bi c 8:7 bj Rv 17:6 bk Heb 3:12,19 bl Mt 28:20; c 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 2o 6:17 br Lk 11:24 bs Lk 10:4 bt Jn 19:23 5:21 Other mss omit by boat 5:23 Or she might be saved 5:36 Or ignored 5:41 n ramaic expression

10 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 aptist eheaded 14 King k Her od l heard about it, be cause Jesus s name m had be come well known. Some b said, John the ap 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 ut 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. ut 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 n 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, sk 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 ap tist s aq head, she said. 25 t once she hur ried to the king and said, I want you to give me John the ap tist s ar head on a plat ter as im me diate ly. 26 l 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 e cu tion er and com mand ed him to bring John s head. So he went and be head ed him 907 MRK 6 a c 17:11 b Mt 10:14; Lk 9:5; 10:11; c 13:51 c 1Tm 2:6 d Mk 1:4 e c 3:19; 26:20 f Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2 g Mk 16:1 h 1o 11:30 i Jms 5:14 j c 8:7 k Lk 9:7-9 l Mt 14:1 m Jn 10:25 n Mk 1:4 o Mt 17:9; Jn 21:14 p Mk 5:30 q 1o 12:6 r Mk 8:28 s Mt 2:23; c 7:52 t Mt 14:1 u Mk 1:4 v Mt 26:32 w Mt 14:6-12 x Mk 15:1 y Mt 14:3,6; Lk 3:19 z 1Tm 5:14 aa Mk 2:24; Jn 18:31 ab Lv 18:16; 20:21 ac Lk 20:15 ad Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 ae Mt 13:17 af Ps 20:6; 1o 7:14 ag Lk 24:4; Jn 13:22; c 25:20; 2o 4:8; Gl 4:20 ah 2o 11:19 ai Jn 13:2 aj Rv 6:15 ak c 21:31 al Mt 17:22 am Mt 11:17 an Heb 6:16 ao Mt 5:34 ap Lk 4:5 aq Mk 1:4 ar Lk 7:20 as Mt 14:8 at Mt 26:38; Mk 14:34 au Mt 5:33 av 1Th 4:8 aw Mk 10:10; Jn 3:25 ax Jn 5:28 ay Mt 14:13-21; Lk 9:10-17; Jn 6:1-15 az c 1:2; Jd 17 ba Lk 15:20 bb Mt 7:15 bc Mk 10:10 bd Jn 1:23; Rv 12:6 be Mt 5:6 bf Mt 14:22-36; Jn 6:16-21 bg Jn 12:21 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 Thousand 30 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, ome 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 water 45 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 eth sa i da, bg while 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. 6:14 Other mss read He 6:20 Other mss read When he heard him, he did many things 6:22 Other mss read When his daughter Herodias E F G 6:26 Lit and those reclining at the table 6:33 Other mss add and gathered around him 6:37 denarius = one day s wage

11 MRK he dis missed the crowd. 46 f ter he said good bye 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 on 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 healings 53 When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gen nes a ret j and anchored there. 54 s 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 nd ev ery one who touched it was healed. The TradiTions of The elders 7 The n o Phar i sees and some of the scribes p who had come from Je rusa 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 nd 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? a Mt 4:8 b Mt 5:44; c 12:12 c Rv 20:10 d Mt 14:26 e Jn 5:7 f Jn 16:33 g Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24 h Jn 6:20 i Mk 8:17; Heb 3:8 j Mt 14:34; Lk 5:1 k Lk 5:31 l Mt 23:5 m Mt 9:20; 14:36; Lk 8:44; 19:36 n Mt 15:1-20 o Mk 7:3 p Mt 2:4 q Mt 23:37 r c 10:28 s Mk 6:56 t Heb 6:2; 9:10 u Lk 5:18 v Mk 7:3 w Mt 2:4 x 3Jn 1 y Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17 z Jn 11:51 aa Lk 6:42 ab c 15:15 ac 1Tm 5:3 ad Mt 28:20; c 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 ae Rm 15:4 af Is 29:13; ol 2:22 ag Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 ah Ex 20:12; t 5:16 ai Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9 aj Mk 5:26 ak Heb 5:1; 9:9; 11:4 al Mk 4:14; Lk 8:21; Jn 18:32 am Jd 3 an Lk 18:16 ao Mt 13:13 ap Php 3:19 aq 1Jn 1:7 ar 1Th 4:3 as Pr 1:16 at Nm 5:11 au Eph 5:3 av Ps 10:7 aw Rm 13:13; 2o 12:21; Gl 5:19; Eph 4:19; 1Pt 4:3; 2Pt 2:2,7,18 ax Jn 10:33; Rv 13:6 ay Ps 17:10 az 2o 11:1 ba Mt 15:21-28 bb c 21:7 6 He an swered them, Isa iah y proph e sied 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 bandoning 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 ut 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 ofer 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. nd 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, re you also as lack ing in un der stand ing? on 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 nd 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 ll these evil things come from with in and de file a per son. a GenTile MoTher s faith 24 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, 6:48 Or them being battered as they rowed 6:48 Lit round the fourth watch of the night = 3 to 6 a.m. 7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches 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; t 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

12 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 ut 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, e 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 well 31 gain, 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 e capo lis. i 32 They brought to him a deaf j man who had difi 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. f 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, e 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. 909 MRK 7-8 a Lk 11:24 b Lk 8:47 c c 17:12 d Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2 e Ex 22:31 f Lk 10:1 g c 21:7 h Mt 4:18; 15:29; Mk 1:16; Jn 6:1 i Mt 4:25; Mk 5:20 j Lk 7:22 k Ex 4:11; Is 35:6; 56:10 l 1Tm 5:22 m Jn 9:6 n Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; c 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 o Phm 10 p Lk 20:21 q Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56 r Mk 1:4 s Gn 1:31 t Lk 7:22 u Mk 9:17 v Mt 15:29-38 w Lk 18:16 x Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; c 6:1 y Lk 15:20 z Mk 8:27 aa Mt 5:6; 15:33 ab Mk 14:22 ac Mt 16:1-4 ad Mk 7:3 ae Mk 13:22; Jn 2:11; Heb 2:4 af Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; c 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 ag Jms 1:13 ah Ps 51:12 ai Lk 11:29 aj Rv 22:21 ak Mt 16:5-12 al Lk 13:21; Gl 5:9 am Mt 14:1 an Mk 6:52; Jn 12:40; Rm 11:7; 2o 3:14 ao Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mk 4:9,40 ap Rv 2:5 aq Mk 4:40 ar Jn 12:21 as Mt 15:14 at Mk 7:33; 8:23; Jn 9:6 au 1Tm 5:22 av Mt 11:5 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 bout four thou sand were there. He dis missed them. 10 nd he im me di ate ly got into the boat with his dis ci ples and went to the dis trict of al ma nu tha. The leaven of The pharisees and herod 11 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! e 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 ware of this, he said to them, Why are you discuss ing the fact you have no bread? on t you un der stand or com pre hend? o you have hard ened hearts? an 18 o you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear? e,ao nd 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 nd he said to them, on t you under stand yet? aq healing a lind Man 22 They came to eth 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, o you see any thing? 24 He looked up and said, I see peo ple they look like trees walk ing. av 7:26 Or a Greek (speaker) 7:31 Or into 7:34 n ramaic expression 8:15 Or yeast E 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2

13 MRK gain 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, on t even go into the vil lage. a,b peter s confession of The Messiah 27 Jesus c went out with his dis ci ples to the vil lages of aes a rea Phi lip pi. nd on the road he asked his dis ci ples, Who do people say that I am? 28 They an swered him, John the aptist; d oth ers, Eli jah; still oth ers, one of the proph ets. e 29 ut you, he asked them, who do you say that I am? Pe ter f an swered him, You are the Messi ah. g 30 nd he strict ly warned h them to tell no one about him. his death and resurrection predicted 31 Then i he be gan to teach them that it was nec es sary for the Son of Man j to sufer 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 ut 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 cross 34 all 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. 9 an 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 TransfiGuraTion 2 f ter ar six days as Jesus took Pe ter, James, and John at and led them up a high a Mk 3:14 b Mk 1:44 c Mt 16:13-20; Lk 9:18-20 d Mk 1:4; Lk 7:20 e Mt 2:23; c 7:52 f Lk 6:14 g Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 h 2Tm 4:2 i Mt 16:21-28; Lk 9:21-27 j Mk 2:10 k Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 9:22; 17:25; 20:17; Heb 12:17; 1Pt 2:4,7 l 3Jn 1 m Mt 2:4 n Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; c 2:24 o Lk 9:22 p Mt 4:1,10; c 13:10 q Mk 10:45 r Lk 9:23 s Jn 8:12; 3Jn 9 t c 16:30; Jms 5:20; Jd 23 u 1Jn 3:16 v Mt 16:26 w Mt 10:39 x Mk 10:29; Rm 8:36 y Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 z Mt 16:25; Lk 9:24 aa Mk 5:26 ab Mt 16:26 ac Mt 13:38 ad 1o 3:15; Php 3:7 ae Rm 15:1 af Mt 20:28 ag Rm 1:16 ah Mk 4:14; Jn 18:32 ai 1Tm 1:15 aj Mt 12:39; Lk 11:29 ak Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2o 3:18; 2Pt 3:18 al Mt 5:16; 11:27; Jn 8:42 am 1o 7:14 an Mt 13:49; c 5:19; Jd 14; Rv 14:6 ao Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 ap Mk 13:28-32; 14:25; Jn 21:22-23; 2Pt 3:4 aq Lk 6:19 ar Mt 17:1-8; Lk 9:28-36 as Ex 24:15-18; Hs 6:2 at Mt 10:2; Mk 5:37; 13:3; 14:33; c 1:13 au Mt 4:8; 2Pt 1:18 av Rm 12:2; 2o 3:18 aw Lk 19:36 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 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 s 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 ut 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 demon 14 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 t 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 c 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; cg 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1 Mk 7:37 ch Lk 12:46 8:26 Other mss add or tell anyone in the village 8:33 Or about the things of God

14 How long must I put up with you? ring 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 nd many times it has thrown him into fire or wa ter to de stroy a him. ut 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: ome 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 ut Jesus, tak ing him by the hand, raised him, i and he stood up. 28 f ter he had gone into the house, his dis ci ples asked him pri vate ly, Why couldn t we drive it out? 29 nd he told them, This kind can come out by noth ing but prayer. c,j The second prediction of his death 30 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 ut 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 a 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 ut 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, 911 MRK 9-10 a Jn 6:27 b Lk 15:20 c Mt 17:20; Jn 11:40 d Jn 3:16; c 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10 e 2Tm 4:2 f 2o 6:17 g Lk 7:22 h Mk 1:26 i Mk 1:31 j c 12:5; 16:13; Phm 22 k Mt 17:22-23; Lk 9:43-45 l Mk 1:44 m Mt 28:20; c 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 n Mk 2:10 o Mt 16:21; Lk 18:33; c 2:24 p Mk 8:31; Lk 9:22 q Mk 4:40; Lk 2:50 r Mt 18:1-11; Lk 9:46-50 s Lk 10:15 t Mk 1:29 u Mk 8:27 v Mk 3:4 w Lk 22:24-27; c 8:9 x Mk 11:11 y Mt 20:16-27; 23:11; Mk 10:43-44; Lk 22:26 z Lk 1:7 aa Jn 10:25 ab Mt 15:24; Mk 12:6; Jn 3:16-17 ac Mt 10:40 ad Jn 21:7 ae Mk 4:38 af Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20 ag Jn 10:25; 14:13 ah Nm 11:26-30 ai c 19:11 aj Mt 12:30; Lk 11:23 ak Mt 10:42; 25:35-42; Rm 12:20 al Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 am Rv 22:21 an Mt 10:42; 2Pt 2:13 ao Ex 23:33; Jn 6:35 ap Jdg 9:53; Mt 24:41; Rv 18:22 aq Mt 5:29-30 ar Mt 15:30-31 as Mt 3:12; 5:22; 25:41; 2Th 1:8 at Jn 5:3 au Mk 1:15 av 3Jn 10 aw Jms 3:6 37 Who ev er wel comes e one lit tle child such as this in my name aa wel comes me. nd who ev er wel comes me does not welcome me, but him who sent ab me. ac in his name 38 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 on 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 nd who ever gives you a cup of wa ter to drink ak in my name, be cause you be long to hrist al tru ly I tell you, am he will nev er lose his re ward. an warnings from Jesus 42 ut 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 nd 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 nd 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 nd 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; ol 4:6 ba Mt 5:9; Rm 12:18; 14:13; 2o 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; c 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 9:23 Other mss add believe 9:26 Other mss omit him 9:29 Other mss add and fasting 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

15 MRK 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 ut Jesus told them, He wrote this com mand for you be cause of the hardness of your hearts. i 6 ut 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 lso, if she di vorc es her hus band s and mar ries an oth er, she com mits adul tery. lessing The children 13 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 on 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 f ter tak ing them in his arms, he laid his hands on ad them and blessed ae them. The rich young ruler 17 s 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: o 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 a Mk 7:3 b Jms 1:13 c Jn 18:31 d Lv 21:7 e 1Pt 3:1 f Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 g Mt 5:31 h t 24:1,3 i Mk 16:14 j Jn 1:1; c 26:4 k Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 l Gn 1:27; 5:2 m Lk 15:4 n Gn 2:24 o 1o 7:10-15; Heb 7:26 p 1Pt 3:1 q 1Tm 5:14 r Mt 5:27-28 s Mt 1:19 t Mt 19:13-15; Lk 18:15-17 u Lk 1:7 v 2Tm 4:2 w Lk 13:14 x Lk 14:26 y 1o 14:39 z Mk 1:15 aa Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 ab c 17:11 ac Lk 1:7 ad 1Tm 5:22 ae Gn 48:15 af Mt 19:16-30; Lk 18:18-30 ag Mk 8:27 ah Mt 17:14; 27:29; Mk 1:40 ai Gn 1:31 aj Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 ak Rv 21:7 al Lk 10:25-28; Jn 12:25; c 13:48 am Ps 69:16 an Mt 5:21 ao Mt 5:27-28 ap Eph 4:28 aq Pr 6:19 ar 1o 6:7-8; 7:5; 1Tm 6:5; Jms 5:4 as 1Tm 5:3 at Ex 21:15 au Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 av Lk 6:35; 2Th 2:13; Heb 12:6 aw Mk 14:7; Rm 15:26 ax 2o 4:7 ay Mt 6:20; 13:44; Lk 12:33 az Jn 8:12 ba 2o 2:2 bb c 2:45; 5:1 bc c 4:37; 8:18,20; 24:26 bd Mk 1:15 be Lk 1:7 bf Gn 24:35; Rv 2:9 Then come, g fol low me. az 22 ut 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 kingdom 23 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. gain Jesus said to them, hildren, 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 ut many who are first will be last, and the last first. bq The Third prediction of his death 32 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 c 16:30; Eph 2:8 bh Heb 6:4 bi Lk 6:14; c 10:32 bj Rv 22:21 bk Mk 1:1; bl Php 1:5 Lk 21:8 bm Lk 20:10 bn Mt 13:21 bo Jn 12:25; c 13:48 bp Mt 12:32; bq Lk 20:35; Eph 1:21; 2:7 Mk 9:35 br Mt 20:17-19; Lk 18:31-34 bs Ps 79:1; bt Mt 23:37 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; c 2:24 bz Lk 9:22 10:6 Other mss omit God 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:2 10:7 Some mss add and be joined to his wife 10:7-8 Gn 2:24 E 10:15 Or not welcome F 10:19 Ex 20:12-16; t 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

16 suffering and service 35 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, l 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 re 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 ut 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 ut 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 lind Man healed 46 They u came to Jer i cho. v nd as he was leav ing Jer i cho with his dis ci ples and a large crowd, ar 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 a 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 a vid! 49 Jesus stopped and said, all 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. 913 MRK a Mt 20:20-28; c 12:2 b Jn 21:7 c Jn 21:2 d Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 e Mt 19:28; Lk 9:26 f Jn 11:22 g Ps 75:8 h Lk 12:50; c 22:16 i Lk 12:50; Rm 6:3; 2o 4:10-11; Gl 2:20 j c 12:2; Rv 1:9 k Jn 21:7 l c 19:16; 1Pt 5:3 m Mk 9:35; 10:45 n Lk 22:26 o Mt 10:24; Php 2:7; Rv 1:1 p Mk 2:10 q Jn 13:13-15; Php 2:7 r Jn 6:51; 10:15; Gl 2:20 s Lv 27:31; Ps 49:8; Mt 26:28; Eph 1:7 t Is 52:13 53:12; Mt 20:28 u Mt 20:29-34; Lk 18:35-43 v Nm 22:1 w Mt 15:14 x Jn 9:8 y Mk 8:27 z Mk 14:67 aa 2h 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3 ab Mt 5:7; Mk 5:19; Lk 1:50 ac Mt 15:22; 17:15; Mk 10:48; Lk 16:24 ad Mk 10:47 ae Jn 16:33 af Lk 19:36 ag Mk 1:40 ah Jn 20:16 ai Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56; Lk 5:20 The TriuMphal entry 11 When aj ak they ap proached Je ru sa lem, at eth pha ge and eth 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. s 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! lessed is he who comes in the name an,ao of the Lord! d,ap 10 lessed is the coming kingdom aq of our father avid! ar Hosanna as in the highest heaven! 11 He went into Je ru sa lem at and into the tem ple. au f ter look ing around at ev erything, since it was al ready late, he went out to eth a ny av with the Twelve. The arren fig Tree is cursed 12 The aw next day when they went out from eth 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 nd his dis ci ples ba heard it. aj Mt 21:1-11; Lk 19:28-44; Jn 12:12-19 ak Mt 23:37; c 8:1 al Mt 26:6; Lk 24:50; Jn 11:1,18; cleansing The TeMple 12:1 am Mk 8:27 15 They came to Je ru sa lem, bb and he went an Jn 10:25 ao into the tem ple bc Jn 10:25 and be gan to throw out ap Lk 1:42; Heb those buy ing and sell ing. He over turned 6:14 the ta bles of the mon ey chang ers bd aq Mk 1:15; 9:1 and the ar Lk 1:27; c chairs of those sell ing doves, 16 and would 2:29; 4:25 as Mk 11:9 not per mit any one to car ry goods through at Mt 23:37 the tem ple. 17 He was teach ing them: Is it au c 21:26 not writ ten, be My house bf will be called av Mk 11:1 aw a house of prayer bg for all na tions? e Mt 21:12-19; ut Lk 19:45-48 you have made it a den of thieves! f,bh ax Lk 6:44; az Jn 1:48 Jr 8:13 ba Mk 10:10 bb Mt 23:37 bc c 21:26 bd Jn 2:15 be Mk 1:2; c 15:15 ay bf Mt 3:8; 7:16-21 Lk 11:51; Jn 2:17 bg c 12:5; 16:13 bh Jr 7:11 10:45 Or in the place of many ; Is 53: :51 Hb word for my lord 11:8 Other mss read others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road 11:9 Ps 118:26 E 11:17 Is 56:7 F 11:17 Jr 7:11

17 MRK 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 arren fig Tree is withered 20 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, e 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 nd 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 challenged 27 They t came again to Je ru sa lem. u s 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, y 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? n 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 ut 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. nd Jesus said to them, Nei ther will I tell you by what au thor i ty I do these things. The parale of The vineyard owner 12 He ad be gan to speak to them in para bles: 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 a Mt 2:4 b Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 c Mt 21:19-22 d Lk 6:14; c 10:32 e Jn 11:8 f Jms 3:9 g Mt 17:20 h Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 i c 10:20 j Jn 3:16; c 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10 k Mk 9:23; Jn 11:22 l Mt 5:44; c 12:12 m Jn 14:13; Jms 1:5 n Mt 7:8 o Lk 18:11 p Mt 6:12; 9:2 q Mt 5:16; Lk 11:13 r Mt 6:1; Lk 12:33 s Ps 25:11; Mt 9:2 t Mt 21:23-27; Lk 20:1-8 u Mt 23:37 v c 21:26 w Mt 2:4 x 3Jn 1 y Mk 1:22 z Mk 4:14 aa Lk 7:29; c 18:25; 19:3 ab 1Jn 5:10 ac Mt 2:23; c 7:52 ad Mt 21:33-46; Lk 20:9-19 ae Gn 9:20 af Mk 3:14 ag Mt 10:24 ah Mt 3:8; 7:16 ai Lk 22:63 aj ol 2:8 ak Eph 1:6; Phm 1 al Heb 1:1-2 am ol 3:22 an Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20 ao Ps 118:22-23 ap c 4:11; 1Pt 2:7 aq ol 4:1; Jd 5 ar Mt 22:15-22; Lk 20:20-26 as Mk 7:3 at Mk 3:6 au Lk 11:54 av t 1:17 aw Mt 17:25 ax Mt 23:28; Lk 12:1; Gl 2:13; 1Tm 4:2; 1Pt 2:1 ay Jms 1:13 az Mt 18:28 ba Rv 13:14 bb Mk 15:26; Lk 23:38 bc Rm 13:7 bd Rv 17:6 be Mt 22:23-33; Lk 20:27-40 bf c 23:6 he leased it to tenant farm ers and went away. 2 t 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 ut they took him, beat ai him, and sent him away emptyhanded. aj 4 gain 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 ut those tenant farm ers said to one anoth er, This is the heir. ome, 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 caesar 13 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 ae sar or not? Should we pay or shouldn t we? 15 ut know ing their hy poc ri sy, ax he said to them, Why are you test ing ay me? ring 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. ae sar s, they re plied. 17 Jesus told them, Give to ae sar the things that are ae sar s, and to God the things that are God s. bc nd they were ut ter ly amazed bd at him. The sadducees and The resurrection 18 Sad du cees, be who say there is no resur rec tion, bf came to him and ques tioned 11:24 Some mss read you receive ; other mss read you will receive 11:25 Some mss include v. 26: ut if you don t forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your wrongdoing. 12:4 Other mss add threw stones and 12:4 Other mss add and sent him off E F G 12:9 Or lord 12:10-11 Ps 118: :15 denarius = one day s wage

18 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. nd 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 nd 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 bra 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 commands 28 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 nd 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 ofer 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 nd no one dared ag to ques tion him any lon ger. The QuesTion aout The christ 35 While ah Jesus was teach ing in the temple, he asked, ai How can the scribes aj say 915 MRK a Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 b Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 c Lk 1:7 d Mt 1:6 e Gn 38:8; t 25:5-10 f Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20 g Lk 1:35; 6:19 h 2o 13:4; Rv 11:17 i Lk 18:33 j Jn 5:25; 20:9 k 1Tm 5:14 l Mt 13:49; c 5:19; Rv 14:6 m Ex 3:6,15-16 n Gl 3:6 o Jms 2:21 p Mt 1:2; Lk 1:33 q Mt 22:34-40 r Mt 2:4 s ol 4:1; Jd 5 t t 6:4 u Lk 6:35 v t 6:5; Lk 10:27 w 1Jn 5:20 x t 6:4-5; Jos 22:5 y Lk 10:29 z Lv 19:18; 1Jn 4:21 aa Mk 7:8 ab Rm 3:30 ac t 4:35,39; 6:4; Is 37:20; 43:10; 44:6; 45:21 ad Lk 6:35 ae 1Sm 15:22; Ps 51:16; Hs 6:6; m 5:22; Mc 6:6-8 af Mk 1:15 ag Lk 20:40 ah Mt 22:41-46; Lk 20:41-44 ai c 21:26 aj Mt 2:4 ak Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 al 2h 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3 am Lk 1:27 an Jn 1:33; c 19:21 ao Lk 17:5 ap Mt 20:21 aq Ps 110:1 ar Mt 23:1-36; Lk 20:45-47 as Rv 7:14 at Mk 6:56 au Lk 11:43 av Jms 2:2 aw Lk 14:7-8 ax Jn 13:2 ay Gl 5:15 az Jms 1:27 ba Mt 5:44; c 12:12 bb Lk 21:1-4 bc Jn 8:20 bd Gn 24:35; Rv 2:9 that the Mes si ah ak is the son of a vid? al 36 a 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 a vid him self calls him Lord ; how then can he be his son? nd the large crowd was lis ten ing to him with de light. warning against The scries 38 He ar also said in his teach ing, e 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 GifT 41 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 s 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, o 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 age 3 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 n drew bw asked him pri vate ly, 4 Tell us, when will these things hap pen? nd 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; c 6:1 bg Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 bh Jn 8:20 bi 1o 15:58 bj Php 4:11 bk Lk 15:12 bl 1Jn 3:17 bm Mt 24:1-51; bn Lk 21:5-38 c 21:26 bo Mk 4:38 bp 1o 14:3 bq Mk 14:58 br Mt 21:1 bs c 21:26 bt Lk 6:14; c 10:32 bu c 12:2 bv Jn 21:7 bw Jn 6:8 12:19 Gn 38:8; t 25:5 12:22 Other mss add had taken her and 12:23 Other mss omit when they rise 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 t 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

19 MRK 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 predicted 9 ut 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 nd 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 roth er will be tray r broth er to death, s and a fa ther his child. hil 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 TriulaTion 14 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 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. ut 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 nd you must watch! I have told you ev ery thing in ad vance. a Jn 10:25; 14:13 b Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24 c 1Jn 4:6 d Jr 51:46; n 11:44 e 2Th 2:2 f n 2:28-29 g Is 19:2 h c 26:4 i Gl 4:19 j Mt 10:17 k Lk 22:63; c 5:40; 16:19-23,37 l Jms 2:2 m c 24:10-27; 25:1-12,23-27 n Rm 8:36 o Mk 6:11; 1Tm 2:6 p Php 1:12 q Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 r Jn 13:21 s Is 19:2; Mc 7:6 t Mt 10:22; Lk 6:22; Jn 15:18-21 u 1o 4:12; 2Th 1:4; 2Tm 2:12; Jms 1:12 v n 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 w Lk 1:5 x Lk 17:22-36 y Lk 19:36 z Rv 9:12 aa Mt 5:44; c 12:12 ab 1o 1:4 ac c 26:4 ad Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14 ae ol 4:1; Jd 5 af Is 60:21-22 ag Mt 24:22 ah Eph 1:4 ai Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 aj Ex 7:3; n 6:27; Jn 4:48; c 4:30; Rm 15:19; 2Th 2:9; Heb 2:4 ak 2o 1:4 al Rv 1:16 am Is 13:10; 34:4; Jl 2:10,31; 3:15 an Mk 2:10 ao Mk 8:38; 1Th 4:16 ap n 7:13-14 aq Lk 6:19 ar Mk 10:37; Lk 9:32 as Mt 13:49; c 5:19; Rv 14:6 at Mt 22:14,22 au Zch 2:6 av Jn 7:15 aw Mk 12:1 ax Jn 1:48 ay Rv 1:1 az Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 ba Lk 10:21 bb 2Pt 3:10 The coming of The son of Man 24 ut 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 parale of The fig Tree 28 Learn av this les son aw from the fig ax tree: s 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 hour 32 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! e 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 nd what I say to you, I say to ev eryone: e 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 leavened read. 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. 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 c 1:7; 1Th 5:1-2; bj 1Pt 5:6 Lk 12:35-40 bk Mt 10:24 bl Rv 16:15 bm ol 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 13:8 Other mss add and disturbances 13:9 Or sanhedrins 13:14 n 9:27 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

20 The anointing at ethany 3 While a he was in eth 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 a bas ter jar of very ex pen sive per fume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head. e 4 ut 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 nd 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 nd 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 passover 12 On w the first day of Un leav ened read, 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. etrayal at The passover 17 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. 917 MRK 14 a Mt 26:6-13; Jn 12:2-8 b Mk 11:1 c Mt 11:5 d Lv 19:34 e Rm 12:13 f Mt 18:28 g Rm 15:26 h 1Pt 2:12 i t 15:11 j Lk 10:38-42 k Lk 12:4 l Jn 19:40 m Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 n Mk 1:1; Php 1:5 o Mt 13:38; 1Jn 2:2 p Mt 26:14-16; Lk 22:3-6 q Mk 3:19 r Mk 11:11 s Mt 2:4 t Mk 9:31 u Lk 19:15 v Jn 13:21 w Mt 26:17-19; Lk 22:7-13 x Ex 12:21 y Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; c 6:1 z Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 aa Mk 10:10 ab Mt 26:20-25; Lk 22:21-23; Jn 13:21-30 ac Mk 11:11 ad Mk 2:10 ae Mk 1:2; c 15:15 af n 7:21,25; 9:26 ag Rv 9:12 ah Mt 26:26-30; Lk 22:17-20; 1o 11:23-25 ai 1o 10:16 aj Mt 14:19; 15:36; c 2:46; 20:7,11; 27:35 ak Lk 24:30 al Lk 12:4; Jn 2:21; 6:51 am Mk 8:6 an Ex 24:8; Zch 9:11; Heb 9:18-20; 10:29; 13:20 ao Gn 4:11; Nm 35:33; Lm 4:13; Mt 23:35 ap Is 52:13 53:12 aq Rv 22:21 ar Is 32:12; Hab 3:17; Jms 3:12 as Is 25:6; Lk 13:28-29; 14:15-24 at Mk 1:15 au Mt 21:1 av Mt 26:31-35; Lk 22:31-38; Jn 13:31-38 aw c 15:15 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 supper 22 s 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 f ter sing ing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Ol ives. au peter s denial predicted 27 Then av Jesus said to them, ll 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 ut 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 ut he kept in sist ing, If I have to die with you, I will nev er deny you. nd they all said the same thing. The prayer in The Garden 32 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 ax Mt 7:15 ay Zch 13:7 az 1o 15:4 ba Mt 17:22 bb Lk 6:14; c 10:32 bc Mk 14:72 bd Mt 26:36-46; Lk 22:39-46 be Mk 10:10 bf Mt 5:44; c 12:12 bg Lk 6:14 bh c 12:2 bi Jn 21:7 bj Rv 16:15 14:3 Gk lepros ; a term for various skin diseases; see Lv :5 denarius = one day s wage 14:24 Other mss read the new covenant 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

21 MRK were pos si ble, the hour a might pass from him. 36 nd he said, bba, a Fa ther! b ll 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 ouldn 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 nd 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, re 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 etrayal of Jesus 43 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. ut 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 sanhedrin 53 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, on t you have an an swer to what these men are testi fy ing against you? 61 ut he kept si lent and did not an swer. ak gain the high priest ques tioned him, re you the Mes si ah, al the Son am of the lessed 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 lord 66 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 ut 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 ut again he de nied it. f 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! 14:36 ramaic for father 14:38 Or won t be put to the test 14:48 Or insurrectionist 14:54 Or temple police, or officers, also in v. 65 E 14:62 Ps 110:1; n 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 a Jn 2:4 b Rm 8:15; Gl 4:6 c Mt 19:26; Mk 9:23 d Ps 11:6; Is 51:17,22; Lm 4:21; Ezk 23:32-34; Mk 10:38-39; Jn 18:11 e Mt 16:17 f Lk 6:14 g Mt 5:44 h Mt 6:13; Lk 4:13 i Ps 51:12 j Php 3:3 k Mk 4:40 l Mk 2:10 m Mk 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34 n Mk 5:41 o Mt 26:47-56; Lk 22:47-53; Jn 18:1-2 p Mk 3:19 q Mk 11:11 r Mt 2:4 s 3Jn 1 t Jn 11:8 u c 21:26 v 2Pt 1:20 w Mt 1:22; Mk 9:12 x Mk 4:40; Jms 4:7 y m 2:16 z Mt 26:57-68; Lk 22:54,63-65; Jn 18:24 aa Mt 26:3 ab Mt 2:4 ac Mk 8:31; 10:33 ad Lk 6:14 ae Jn 18:18 af Mk 13:9 ag Mt 10:21 ah Pr 6:19; 1Jn 5:10 ai ol 2:11 aj Nm 35:30; t 17:6; 19:15; Php 2:6 ak Is 53:7; Mt 27:12,14; Mk 15:5; Lk 23:9; Jn 19:9 al Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 am Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 an Lk 1:68; Rm 1:25; 9:5; 2o 1:3; 11:31; Eph 1:3; 1Pt 1:3 ao Ex 3:14; Ps 45:8; Jn 8:24 ap Mk 2:10; c 7:56 aq Mt 20:21 ar Mt 26:64; Mk 13:26 as Ps 110:1; n 7:13 at Mt 26:3 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

22 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, e fore the roost er crows twice, you will deny me three times. nd he broke down and wept. Jesus faces pilate 15 s 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, re you the King g of the Jews? h He an swered him, You say so. 3 nd the chief priests ac cused him of many things. 4 Pi late i ques tioned him again, ren t you go ing to an swer? Look how many things they are ac cus ing you of! 5 ut Jesus still did not an swer, and so Pi late was amazed. Jesus or araas 6 t 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 ar 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, o 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 ut the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would re lease ar 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 gain they shout ed, ru ci fy him! 14 Pi late said to them, Why? What has he done wrong? ut they shout ed all the more, ru cify him! 15 Want ing to sat is fy the crowd, Pi late re leased ar ab bas to them; and af ter having Jesus flogged, he hand ed him over to be cru ci fied. Mocked y The MiliTary 16 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 nd they be gan to sa lute him, Hail, v 919 MRK a Mk 14:30 b Mt 27:2,11-14; Lk 23:25; Jn 18:28-38 c 3Jn 1 d Mt 2:4 e Mk 13:9 f 1Tm 6:13 g Lk 19:38 h Jn 19:21 i 1Tm 6:13 j Mt 27:15-26; Lk 23:13-25; Jn 18:39 19:6 k Mk 14:1 l 1Tm 6:13 m Pr 1:16 n c 23:7 o Lk 19:38 p Jn 19:21 q Ps 37:1 r Mt 27:27-31 s Jn 18:28,33; 19:9; c 23:35; Php 1:13 t Mk 15:20; Lk 16:19; Rv 18:12 u Jn 19:2,5; Rv 12:1 v Mt 26:49; Lk 1:28; Jn 19:3 w Lk 19:38 x Mk 5:6; Lk 22:41; Eph 3:14 y Mk 10:34 z Mt 27:32; Lk 23:26-31 aa Lk 9:23 ab c 6:9 ac Rm 16:13 ad Mt 27:33-37; Lk 22:32-34; Jn 19:17-24 ae Jn 19:17 af Gn 9:21; t 7:13; Ps 4:7; Pr 3:10; Lk 5:37 ag Ps 69:21 ah Ps 22:18 ai Lk 19:38 aj Jn 11:36 ak Mt 27:38,44; Lk 23:39-43 al Mk 14:48 am Mt 27:39-43; Lk 23:35-38 an Ex 22:28; Mk 3:29; Rv 13:6 ao Ps 22:7 ap Jn 2:19 aq Lk 23:26 ar Mt 2:4 as Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 at Lk 19:38 au Jn 1:49 av Lk 23:26 aw Mk 8:11-12; 11:24; Jn 3:16; c 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10 ax Mt 27:45-54; Lk 23:44-48; Jn 19:28-30 ay m 8:9 az Ps 22:1 ba Ps 69:21 bb Ex 26:31-33; 2h 3:14; Heb 6:19; 9:3; 10:20 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 f ter they had mocked y him, they stripped him of the pur ple robe and put his clothes on him. crucified etween 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 y re ne, ab the father of l 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 i nals 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 Jesus 33 When ax it was noon, e dark ness came over the whole land un til three in the after noon. f,ay 34 nd at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni? 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, ofered 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 15:25 Lit was the third hour 15:27 Or revolutionaries 15:27 Some mss include v. 28: So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: nd he was counted among criminals. 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

23 MRK 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. mong 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 urial of Jesus 42 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 r i ma 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 f 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 on t be alarmed, he told them. You are look ing for Jesus of Naz a reth, w who was cru ci fied. He has ris en! x He is not here. See the place where they put him. 7 ut go, tell his dis ci ples and Pe ter, y a Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 b Mt 27:55-56; Lk 23:49; Jn 19:25-27 c Mt 28:1; Mk 16:1,9; Lk 8:2; 24:10; Jn 20:1-18 d Mt 17:22 e Mt 23:37 f Mt 27:57-60; Lk 23:50-54; Jn 19:38-42 g Jd 21 h Mk 1:15 i 1Tm 6:13 j Lk 12:4; Jn 2:21 k Jn 5:28; 11:38; c 13:29 l Jn 20:1 m Mt 27:61-66; Lk 23:55-56 n Mt 28:1; Lk 24:1-2 o Mk 15:40 p c 20:7; 1o 16:2 q Jn 5:28 r Mt 28:5-8; Lk 24:3-8; Jn 20:1-2 s Jn 5:28 t Lk 7:14 u Lk 12:27 v Rv 3:4 w Mk 14:67 x 1o 15:4 y Lk 6:14 z Mt 17:22 aa Jn 5:28 ab Mk 1:44; 4:40 ac Jn 20:11-18 ad Lk 24:1; c 20:7; 1o 16:2 ae Lk 18:33; c 2:24 af Mk 15:40 ag Mk 3:15; Lk 8:2 ah Lk 24:5,11,23 ai Jn 21:1; 2o 4:11 aj Lk 24:13-35 ak Lk 24:9 al Lk 24:38,41 am Mt 28:16-20 an Mt 13:38; 1Jn 2:2 ao Rm 8:22 ap Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; c 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8-10 aq c 2:38; 22:16 ar Mt 12:41; Jn 3:18,36; 5:11; 20:23 as Lk 10:19; c 28:3-6 at c 28:5 au c 9:12,17; 1Tm 5:22 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. nd 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 f ter this, he ap peared ai in a diferent form to two of them walk ing on their way into the coun try. aj 13 nd they went and re port ed it to the rest, who did not be lieve them ei ther. The GreaT commission 14 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 nd 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 ascension 19 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 nd 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. av Lk 24:3 aw Lk 24:51; c 1:2,11,22; 1Tm 3:16 ax Lk 22:69; Heb 10:12 15:39 Other mss read saw that he cried out like this and 15:39 Or a son of God 16:8 Other mss include vv 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): nd all that had been commanded to them they quickly reported to those around Peter. fter these things, Jesus himself sent out through them from east to west, the holy and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. men. 16:17 = languages E 16:18 Other mss add with their hands

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