The Gospel According to Mark
1:1The beginning of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2As it is written in the prophets,
"Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
Who will prepare your way before you.
1:3The voice of one crying in the
wilderness,
'Make ready the way of the Lord!
Make his paths straight!'"
1:4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of
repentance for forgiveness of sins. 1:5All the
country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were
baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. 1:6John was clothed with camel's hair
and a leather belt around his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7He preached, saying, "After
me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not
worthy to stoop down and loosen. 1:8I baptized
you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy
Spirit."
1:9It happened in those days, that
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the
Jordan. 1:10Immediately coming up from the
water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a
dove. 1:11A voice came out of the sky,
"You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
1:12Immediately the Spirit drove him
out into the wilderness. 1:13He was there in the wilderness
forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels
were ministering to him.
1:14Now after John was taken into
custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of
God, 1:15and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at
hand! Repent, and believe in the Gospel."
1:16Passing along by the sea of
Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the
sea, for they were fishermen. 1:17Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for
men."
1:18Immediately they left their nets,
and followed him. 1:19Going on a little further from
there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were
also in the boat mending the nets. 1:20Immediately
he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the
hired servants, and went after him. 1:21They went
into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the
synagogue and taught. 1:22They were astonished at his
teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
1:23Immediately there was in their
synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 1:24saying, "Ha! What do we have
to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know
you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
1:25Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
1:26The unclean spirit, convulsing
him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 1:27They were
all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What
is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean
spirits, and they obey him!" 1:28The report
of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and
its surrounding area.
1:29Immediately, when they had come
out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with
James and John. 1:30Now Simon's wife's mother lay
sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 1:31He came and took her by the hand,
and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them. 1:32At evening, when the sun had set,
they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by
demons. 1:33All the city was gathered
together at the door. 1:34He healed many who were sick with
various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to
speak, because they knew him.
1:35Early in the night, he rose up
and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there. 1:36Simon and those who were with him
followed after him; 1:37and they found him, and told him,
"Everyone is looking for you."
1:38He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may
preach there also, because for this reason I came forth." 1:39He went into their synagogues
throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
1:40There came to him a leper,
begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want
to, you can make me clean."
1:41Being moved with compassion, he
stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean." 1:42When he had said this,
immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. 1:43He strictly warned him, and
immediately sent him out, 1:44and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself
to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses
commanded, for a testimony to them."
1:45But he went out, and began to
proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no
more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they
came to him from everywhere.
2:1When he entered again into
Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house. 2:2Immediately many were gathered
together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he
spoke the word to them. 2:3Four people came, carrying a
paralytic to him. 2:4When they could not come near to
him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had
broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on. 2:5Jesus, seeing their faith, said to
the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven
you."
2:6But there were some of the scribes
sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 2:7"Why
does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God
alone?"
2:8Immediately Jesus, perceiving in
his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
2:9Which is
easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say,
'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?' 2:10But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic--2:11"I
tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."
2:12He arose, and immediately took up
the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed,
and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
2:13He went out again by the seaside.
All the multitude came to him, and he taught them. 2:14As he
passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office,
and he said to him, "Follow me."
And he arose and followed him.
2:15It happened, that he was
reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners
sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they
followed him. 2:16The scribes and the Pharisees,
when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said
to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax
collectors and sinners?"
2:17When Jesus heard it, he said to
them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a
physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance."
2:18John's disciples and the
Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's
disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples
don't fast?"
2:19Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with
them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.
2:20But the
days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then
will they fast in that day. 2:21No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment,
or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse
hole is made. 2:22No one puts
new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins,
and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new
wine into fresh wineskins."
2:23It happened that he was going on
the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they
went, to pluck the ears of grain. 2:24The
Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not
lawful on the Sabbath day?"
2:25He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need,
and was hungry--he, and they who were with him? 2:26How he
entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the
show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave
also to those who were with him?" 2:27He said to
them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man
for the Sabbath. 2:28Therefore
the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
3:1He entered again into the
synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. 3:2They watched him, whether he would
heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 3:3He said to the man who had his
hand withered, "Stand up." 3:4He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do
harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent. 3:5When he had looked around at them
with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the
man, "Stretch out your hand." He
stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 3:6The Pharisees went out, and
immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might
destroy him.
3:7Jesus withdrew to the sea with his
disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, 3:8from Jerusalem, from Idumaea,
beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great
multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. 3:9He spoke to his disciples that a
little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they
wouldn't press on him. 3:10For he had healed many, so that
as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. 3:11The unclean spirits, whenever
they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of
God!" 3:12He sternly warned them that they
should not make him known.
3:13He went up into the mountain, and
called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him. 3:14He appointed twelve, that they
might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach, 3:15and to have authority to heal
sicknesses and to cast out demons: 3:16Simon, to
whom he gave the name Peter; 3:17James the son of Zebedee; John,
the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of
Thunder; 3:18Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew;
Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
3:19and Judas Iscariot, who also
betrayed him.
He came into a house. 3:20The multitude came together
again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 3:21When his
friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is
insane." 3:22The scribes who came down from
Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of
the demons he casts out the demons."
3:23He summoned them, and said to
them in parables, "How can Satan cast out
Satan? 3:24If a
kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 3:25If a house
is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 3:26If Satan
has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an
end. 3:27But no one
can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first
binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house. 3:28Most
assuredly I tell you, all of the children of men's sins will be forgiven
them, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; 3:29but whoever
may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty
of an eternal sin" 3:30-- because they said, "He
has an unclean spirit."
3:31His mother and his brothers came,
and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 3:32A multitude
was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother, your
brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for
you."
3:33He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 3:34Looking around at those who sat
around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my
brothers! 3:35For whoever
does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and
mother."
4:1Again he began to teach by the
seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a
boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the
sea. 4:2He taught them many things in
parables, and told them in his teaching, 4:3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
4:4and it
happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the
birds* came and
devoured it. 4:5Others fell
on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang
up, because it had no depth of soil. 4:6When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it
had no root, it withered away. 4:7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and
choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 4:8Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit,
growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty
times, and some one hundred times as much."4:9He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
4:10When he was alone, those who were
around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 4:11He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God,
but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables, 4:12that
'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not
understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be
forgiven them.'"
4:13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you
understand all of the parables? 4:14The farmer sows the word. 4:15These are the ones by the road, where the word is sown;
and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word
which has been sown in them. 4:16These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky
places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with
joy. 4:17They have
no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution
arises because of the word, immediately they stumble. 4:18Others are
those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the
word, 4:19and the
cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other
things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 4:20These are
those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and
accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some
one hundred times."
4:21He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a lampstand?
4:22For there
is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was
anything made secret, but that it should come to light. 4:23If any man
has ears to hear, let him hear."
4:24He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you
measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who
hear. 4:25For whoever
has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, from him will be
taken away even that which he has."
4:26He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed
on the earth, 4:27and should
sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he
doesn't know how. 4:28For the
earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in
the ear. 4:29But when
the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the
harvest has come."
4:30He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what
parable will we illustrate it? 4:31It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown
in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
4:32yet when it
is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out
great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its
shadow."
4:33With many such parables he spoke
the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 4:34Without a
parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he
explained all things.
4:35On that day, when evening had
come, he said to them, "Let's go over to the
other side." 4:36Leaving the multitude, they took
him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also
with him. 4:37There arose a great wind storm,
and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already
filled. 4:38He himself was in the stern,
asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher,
don't you care that we are dying?"
4:39He awoke, and rebuked the wind,
and said to the sea, "Peace! Be
still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 4:40He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no
faith?"
4:41They were greatly afraid, and
said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the
sea obey him?"
5:1They came to the other side of the
sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 5:2When he had
come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man
with an unclean spirit, 5:3who had his dwelling in the tombs.
Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains, 5:4because he
had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn
apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to
tame him. 5:5Always, night and day, in the
tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with
stones. 5:6When he saw Jesus from afar, he
ran and bowed down to him, 5:7and crying out with a loud voice,
he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High
God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me." 5:8For he said
to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean
spirit!"
5:9He asked him, "What is your name?"
He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 5:10He begged him much that he would
not send them away out of the country. 5:11Now there
was on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding. 5:12All the demons begged him,
saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."
5:13At once Jesus gave them
permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The
herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and
they were drowned in the sea. 5:14Those who fed them fled, and told
it in the city and in the country.
The people came to see what it was that had happened. 5:15They came to Jesus, and saw him
who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind,
even him who had the legion; and they were afraid. 5:16Those who
saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by
demons, and about the pigs. 5:17They began to beg him to depart
from their region.
5:18As he was entering into the boat,
he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
5:19He didn't allow him, but said to
him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and
tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had
mercy on you."
5:20He went his way, and began to
proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and
everyone marveled.
5:21When Jesus had crossed back over
in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and
he was by the sea. 5:22Behold, one of the rulers of the
synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, 5:23and begged him much, saying,
"My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay
your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."
5:24He went with him, and a great
multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides. 5:25A certain woman, who had an issue
of blood for twelve years, 5:26and had suffered many things by
many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but
rather grew worse, 5:27having heard the things
concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his
clothes. 5:28For she said, "If I just
touch his clothes, I will be made well." 5:29Immediately
the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was
healed of her affliction.
5:30Immediately Jesus, perceiving in
himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd,
and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
5:31His disciples said to him,
"You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who
touched me?'"
5:32He looked around to see her who
had done this thing. 5:33But the woman, fearing and
trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before
him, and told him all the truth.
5:34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace,
and be cured of your disease."
5:35While he was still speaking, they
came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead.
Why bother the Teacher any more?"
5:36But Jesus, when he heard the
message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe." 5:37He allowed no one to follow him,
except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. 5:38He came to
the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great
wailing. 5:39When he had entered in, he said
to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep?
The child is not dead, but is asleep."
5:40They ridiculed him. But he,
having put them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and
those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying. 5:41Taking the child by the hand, he
said to her, "Talitha cumi;" which
means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you,
get up." 5:42Immediately the girl rose up, and
walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great
amazement. 5:43He strictly ordered them that no
one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her
to eat.
6:1He went out from there. He came
into his own country, and his disciples followed him. 6:2When the
Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him
were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?"
and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty
works come about by his hands? 6:3Isn't this the carpenter, the son
of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters
here with us?" They were offended at him.
6:4Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own
country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
6:5He could do no mighty work there,
except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them. 6:6He marveled because of their
unbelief.
He went around the villages teaching. 6:7He called to
himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave
them authority over the unclean spirits. 6:8He charged
them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only:
no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse, 6:9but to wear
sandals, and not put on two tunics. 6:10He said to
them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay
there until you depart from there. 6:11Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart
from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony
against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom
and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
6:12They went out and preached that
people should repent. 6:13They cast out many demons, and
anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them. 6:14King Herod heard this, for his
name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from
the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him." 6:15But others said, "It is
Elijah." Others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the
prophets." 6:16But Herod, when he heard this,
said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the
dead." 6:17For Herod himself had sent out
and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his
brother Philip's wife, for he had married her. 6:18For John
said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's
wife." 6:19Herodias set herself against him,
and desired to kill him, but she couldn't, 6:20for Herod
feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him
safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
6:21Then a convenient day came, that
Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and
the chief men of Galilee. 6:22When the daughter of Herodias
herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him.
The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I
will give it to you." 6:23He swore to her, "Whatever
you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
6:24She went out, and said to her
mother, "What shall I ask?"
She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
6:25She came in immediately with
haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the
head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
6:26The king was exceedingly sorry,
but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to
refuse her. 6:27Immediately the king sent out a
soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and
beheaded him in the prison, 6:28and brought his head on a
platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her
mother.
6:29When his disciples heard this,
they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
6:30The apostles gathered themselves
together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done,
and whatever they had taught. 6:31He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest
awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no
leisure so much as to eat. 6:32They went away in the boat to a
desert place by themselves. 6:33They saw them
going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities.
They arrived before them and came together to him. 6:34Jesus came
out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they
were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many
things. 6:35When it was late in the day, his
disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is
late in the day. 6:36Send them away, that they may go
into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for
they have nothing to eat."
6:37But he answered them, "You give them something to eat."
They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred
denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"
6:38He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see."
When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
6:39He commanded them that everyone
should sit down in groups on the green grass. 6:40They sat
down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 6:41He took the
five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and
broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he
divided the two fish among them all. 6:42They all
ate, and were filled. 6:43They took up twelve baskets full
of broken pieces and also of the fish. 6:44Those who
ate the loaves were* five thousand men.
6:45Immediately he made his disciples
get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while
he himself sent the multitude away. 6:46After he
had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
6:47When evening had come, the boat
was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 6:48Seeing them distressed in rowing,
for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he
came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them, 6:49but they, when they saw him
walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; 6:50for they all saw him, and were
troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be
afraid." 6:51He got into the boat with them;
and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and
marveled; 6:52for they hadn't understood about
the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
6:53When they had crossed over, they
came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. 6:54When they
had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him, 6:55and ran around that whole region,
and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard
he was. 6:56Wherever he entered, into
villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the
marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his
garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
7:1Then the Pharisees, and some of
the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. 7:2Now when they saw some of his
disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found
fault. 7:3(For the Pharisees, and all the
Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the
tradition of the elders. 7:4They don't eat when they come from
the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other
things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers,
bronze vessels, and couches.) 7:5The Pharisees and the scribes
asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition
of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
7:6He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is
written,
'This people honors me with their lips,
But their heart is far from me.
7:7But in vain
do they worship me,
Teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.'
7:8"For
you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of
men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such
things." 7:9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that
you may keep your tradition. 7:10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and,
'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
7:11But you
say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you
might have received from me is Corban, that is to say,
given to God;"' 7:12then you no
longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 7:13making void
the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many
things like this."
7:14He called all the multitude to
himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of
you, and understand. 7:15There is
nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but
the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
7:16If anyone
has ears to hear, let him hear!"
7:17When he had entered into a house
away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. 7:18He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you
perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,
7:19because it
doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine,
thus making all foods clean?" 7:20He said,
"That which proceeds out of the man, that
defiles the man. 7:21For from
within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries,
sexual sins, murders, thefts, 7:22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 7:23All these evil things come from within, and defile the
man."
7:24From there he arose, and went
away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and
didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice. 7:25For a woman, whose little
daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at
his feet. 7:26Now the woman was a Greek, a
Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of
her daughter. 7:27But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not
appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the
dogs."
7:28But she answered him, "Yes,
Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."
7:29He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out
of your daughter."
7:30She went away to her house, and
found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
7:31Again he departed from the
borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the
midst of the region of Decapolis. 7:32They
brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They
begged him to lay his hand on him. 7:33He took him
aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spat, and touched his tongue. 7:34Looking up
to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" 7:35Immediately
his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and
he spoke clearly. 7:36He commanded them that they
should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more
widely they proclaimed it. 7:37They were astonished beyond
measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf
hear, and the mute speak!"
8:1In those days, when there was a
very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his
disciples to himself, and said to them, 8:2"I have compassion on the multitude, because they
have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. 8:3If I send
them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of
them have come a long way."
8:4His disciples answered him,
"From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a
deserted place?"
8:5He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven."
8:6He commanded the multitude to sit
down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he
broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the
multitude. 8:7They had a few small fish. Having
blessed them, he said to serve these also. 8:8They ate,
and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were
left over. 8:9Those who had eaten were about
four thousand. Then he sent them away.
8:10Immediately he entered into the
boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha. 8:11The Pharisees came out and began
to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him. 8:12He sighed deeply in his spirit,
and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most assuredly I tell you, no sign
will be given to this generation."
8:13He left them, and again entering
into the boat, departed to the other side. 8:14They forgot
to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with
them. 8:15He charged them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and
the yeast of Herod."
8:16They reasoned with one another,
saying, "It's because we have no bread."
8:17Jesus, perceiving it, said to
them, "Why do you reason that it's because you
have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart
still hardened? 8:18Having
eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?
8:19When I
broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did you take up?"
They told him, "Twelve."
8:20"When
the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken
pieces did you take up?"
They told him, "Seven."
8:21He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"
8:22He came to Bethsaida. They
brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him. 8:23He took hold of the blind man by
the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his
eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
8:24He looked up, and said, "I
see men; for I see them like trees walking."
8:25Then again he laid his hands on
his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
8:26He sent him away to his house,
saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell
anyone in the village."
8:27Jesus went out, with his
disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his
disciples, "Who do men say that I
am?"
8:28They told him, "John the
Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."
8:29He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
8:30He charged them that they should
tell no one about him. 8:31He began to teach them that the
Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the
chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise
again. 8:32He spoke to them openly. Peter
took him, and began to rebuke him. 8:33But he,
turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the
things of God, but the things of men."
8:34He called the multitude to
himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 8:35For whoever
wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my
sake and the Gospel's will save it. 8:36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world,
and forfeit his life? 8:37For what
will a man give in exchange for his life? 8:38For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of
him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy
angels."
9:1He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing
here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come
with power."
9:2After six days Jesus took with him
Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately
by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them. 9:3His clothing became glistening,
exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten
them. 9:4Elijah and Moses appeared to them,
and they were talking with Jesus.
9:5Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi,
it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah." 9:6For he
didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
9:7A cloud came, overshadowing them,
and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to
him."
9:8Suddenly looking around, they saw
no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
9:9As they were coming down from the
mountain, he charged them that they should tell no one what things they
had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 9:10They kept this saying to
themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
9:11They asked him, saying, "Why
do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
9:12He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things.
How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things
and be despised? 9:13But I tell
you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they
wanted to, even as it is written about him."
9:14Coming to the disciples, he saw a
great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them. 9:15Immediately all the multitude,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him. 9:16He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"
9:17One of the multitude answered,
"Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit; 9:18and wherever it seizes him, it
throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and
wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't
able."
9:19He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with
you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
9:20They brought him to him, and when
he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the
ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
9:21He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to
him?"
He said, "From childhood. 9:22Often it
has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if
you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."
9:23Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him
who believes."
9:24Immediately the father of the
child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
9:25When Jesus saw that a multitude
came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of
him, and never enter him again!"
9:26Having cried out, and convulsed
greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that
most of them said, "He is dead." 9:27But Jesus
took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
9:28When he had come into the house,
his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it
out?" 9:29He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer
and fasting."
9:30They went out from there, and
passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it. 9:31For he was teaching his
disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is
being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he
is killed, on the third day he will rise again."
9:32But they didn't understand the
saying, and were afraid to ask him.
9:33He came to Capernaum, and when he
was in the house he asked them, "What were you
arguing among yourselves on the way?"
9:34But they were silent, for they
had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.
9:35He sat down, and called the
twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants
to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all." 9:36He took a little child, and set
him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, 9:37"Whoever receives one such little child in my name,
receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent
me."
9:38John said to him, "Teacher,
we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and
we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us."
9:39But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a
mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me. 9:40For whoever
is not against us is on our side. 9:41For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my
name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no
way lose his reward. 9:42Whoever
will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would
be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung
around his neck. 9:43If your
hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into
life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, 9:44'where
their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 9:45If your
foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into
life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into
the fire that will never be quenched--9:46'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not
quenched.' 9:47If your eye
causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the
Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
the Gehenna of fire, 9:48'where
their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 9:49For
everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned
with salt. 9:50Salt is
good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season
it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
10:1He arose from there and came into
the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to
him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. 10:2Pharisees came to him testing
him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
10:3He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
10:4They said, "Moses allowed a
certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
10:5But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this
commandment. 10:6But from
the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. 10:7For this
cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
10:8and the two
will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
10:9What
therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
10:10In the house, his disciples
asked him again about the same matter. 10:11He said to
them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries
another, commits adultery against her. 10:12If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries
another, she commits adultery."
10:13They were bringing to him little
children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who
were bringing them. 10:14But when Jesus saw it, he was
moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't
forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 10:15Most
assuredly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a
little child, he will in no way enter into it." 10:16He took them in his arms, and
blessed them, laying his hands on them.
10:17As he was going out into the
way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher,
what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
10:18Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one--
God. 10:19You know
the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not
steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your
father and mother.'"
10:20He said to him, "Teacher, I
have observed all these things from my youth."
10:21Jesus looking at him loved him,
and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell
whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
10:22But his face fell at that
saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great
possessions. 10:23Jesus looked around, and said to
his disciples, "How difficult it is for those
who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!"
10:24The disciples were amazed at his
words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how
hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
10:25It is
easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than
for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
10:26They were exceedingly
astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?"
10:27Jesus, looking at them, said,
"With men it is impossible, but not with God,
for all things are possible with God."
10:28Peter began to tell him,
"Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."
10:29Jesus said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has
left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or land, for my sake, and for the Gospel's sake, 10:30but he
will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers,
sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to
come eternal life. 10:31But many
who are first will be last; and the last first."
10:32They were on the way, going up
to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed;
and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to
tell them the things that were going to happen to him. 10:33"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man
will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn
him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. 10:34They will
mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will
rise again."
10:35James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us
whatever we will ask."
10:36He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
10:37They said to him, "Grant to
us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in
your glory."
10:38But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to
drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with?"
10:39They said to him, "We are
able."
Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink
the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with; 10:40but to sit
at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it
has been prepared."
10:41When the ten heard it, they
began to be indignant towards James and John.
10:42Jesus summoned them, and said to
them, "You know that they who are recognized as
rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise
authority over them. 10:43But it
shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you
shall be your servant. 10:44Whoever of
you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
10:45For the
Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life
as a ransom for many."
10:46They came to Jericho. As he went
out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of
Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 10:47When he heard that it was Jesus
the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David,
have mercy on me!" 10:48Many rebuked him, that he should
be quiet, but he cried out much more, "You son of David, have mercy
on me!"
10:49Jesus stood still, and said,
"Call him."
They called the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is
calling you!"
10:50He, casting away his cloak,
sprang up, and came to Jesus.
10:51Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"
The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni, that I
may see again."
10:52Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you
well." Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus
in the way.
11:1When they drew near to Jerusalem,
to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he
sent two of his disciples, 11:2and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you.
Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on
which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him. 11:3If anyone
asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and
immediately he will send him back here."
11:4They went away, and found a young
donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
11:5Some of those who stood there
asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?" 11:6They said to them just as Jesus
had said, and they let them go.
11:7They brought the young donkey to
Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it. 11:8Many spread their garments on the
way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading
them on the road. 11:9Those who went in front, and
those who followed, cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the Lord! 11:10Blessed is the kingdom of our
father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the
highest!"
11:11Jesus entered into the temple in
Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening,
he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
11:12The next day, when they had come
out from Bethany, he was hungry. 11:13Seeing a
fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find
anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it
was not the season for figs. 11:14Jesus told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you
again!" and his disciples heard it.
11:15They came to Jerusalem, and
Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and
those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
money-changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves. 11:16He would not allow anyone to
carry a container through the temple. 11:17He taught,
saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house
will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made
it a den of robbers!"
11:18The chief priests and the
scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared
him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
11:19When evening came, he went out
of the city. 11:20As they passed by in the
morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. 11:21Peter, remembering, said to him,
"Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."
11:22Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. 11:23For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this
mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his
heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever
he says. 11:24Therefore
I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you
receive them, and you shall have them. 11:25Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything
against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive
you your transgressions. 11:26But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in
heaven forgive your transgressions."
11:27They came again to Jerusalem,
and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and the elders came to him, 11:28and they began saying to him,
"By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this
authority to do these things?"
11:29Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will
tell you by what authority I do these things. 11:30The
baptism of John -- was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."
11:31They reasoned with themselves,
saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did
you not believe him?' 11:32If we should say, 'From
men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a
prophet. 11:33They answered Jesus, "We
don't know."
Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you
by what authority I do these things."
12:1He began to speak to them in
parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a
hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out
to a farmer, and went into another country. 12:2When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get
from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 12:3They took
him, beat him, and sent him away empty. 12:4Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw
stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully
treated. 12:5Again he
sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and
killing some. 12:6Therefore
still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They
will respect my son.' 12:7But those
farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him,
and the inheritance will be ours.' 12:8They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the
vineyard. 12:9What
therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the
farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. 12:10Haven't
you even read this Scripture:
'The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the
corner.
12:11This was
from the Lord,
It is marvelous in our
eyes'?"
12:12They tried to seize him, but
they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable
against them. They left him, and went away. 12:13They sent
some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap
him with words. 12:14When they had come, they asked
him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to
anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 12:15Shall we
give, or shall we not give?"
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may
see it."
12:16They brought it.
He said to them, "Whose is this image and
inscription?"
They said to him, "Caesar's."
12:17Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and
to God the things that are God's."
They marveled greatly at him.
12:18There came to him Sadducees, who
say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying, 12:19"Teacher, Moses wrote to
us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no
children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring
for his brother.' 12:20There were seven brothers. The
first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. 12:21The second
took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; 12:22and the seven took her and left
no children. Last of all the woman also died. 12:23In the
resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the
seven had her as a wife."
12:24Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures, nor the power of God? 12:25For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 12:26But about
the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses,
about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' 12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are
therefore badly mistaken."
12:28One of the scribes came, and
heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well,
asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
12:29Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one: 12:30you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first
commandment. 12:31The second
is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no
other commandment greater than these."
12:32The scribe said to him,
"Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none
other but he, 12:33and to love him with all the
heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all
whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
12:34When Jesus saw that he answered
wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from
the Kingdom of God."
No one dared ask him any question after that. 12:35Jesus
responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is
it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 12:36For David
himself said in the Holy Spirit,
'The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
Until I make your enemies the
footstool of your feet.'
12:37Therefore
David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?"
The common people heard him gladly. 12:38In his
teaching he said to them, "Beware of the
scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the
marketplaces, 12:39and the
best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts: 12:40those who
devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will
receive greater condemnation."
12:41Jesus sat down opposite the
treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who
were rich cast in much. 12:42A poor widow came, and she cast
in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. 12:43He called
his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, this poor widow gave more
than all those who are giving into the treasury, 12:44for they
all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all
that she had to live on."
13:1As he went out of the temple, one
of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and
what kind of buildings!"
13:2Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be
left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."
13:3As he sat on the Mount of Olives
opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
13:4"Tell us, when will these
things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be
fulfilled?"
13:5Jesus, answering, began to tell
them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
13:6For many
will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and will lead
many astray.
13:7"When
you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must
happen, but the end is not yet. 13:8For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be
famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
13:9But watch
yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten
in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a
testimony to them. 13:10The Gospel
must first be preached to all the nations. 13:11When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be
anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever
will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy
Spirit.
13:12"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the
father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to
be put to death. 13:13You will
be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the
same will be saved. 13:14But when
you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains, 13:15and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter
in, to take anything out of his house. 13:16Let him who is in the field not return back to take his
cloak. 13:17But woe to
those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!
13:18Pray that
your flight won't be in the winter. 13:19For in those days there will be oppression, such as there
has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created
until now, and never will be. 13:20Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would
have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out,
he shortened the days. 13:21Then if
anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't
believe it. 13:22For there
will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and
wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
13:23But you
watch.
"Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
13:24But in
those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will
not give its light, 13:25the stars
will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will
be shaken. 13:26Then they
will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
13:27Then he
will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from
the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
13:28"Now
from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become
tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
13:29even so
you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near,
at the doors. 13:30Most
assuredly I say to you, this generation will not pass
away until all these things happen. 13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not
pass away. 13:32But of
that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the
Son, but only the Father. 13:33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the
time is.
13:34"It
is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and
given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also
commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 13:35Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the
house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster
crows, or in the morning; 13:36lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. 13:37What I
tell you, I tell all: Watch."
14:1It was now two days before the
feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and
the scribes sought how they might sieze him by deception, and kill him. 14:2For they said, "Not during
the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
14:3While he was at Bethany, in the
house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an
alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-- very costly. She broke the jar,
and poured it over his head. 14:4But there were some who were
indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been
wasted? 14:5For this might have been sold for
more than three hundred denarii, and given to the
poor." They grumbled against her.
14:6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has
done a good work for me. 14:7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you
want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me. 14:8She has
done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
14:9Most
assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel may be preached throughout the
whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a
memorial of her."
14:10Judas Iscariot, who was one of
the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to
them. 14:11They, when they heard it, were
glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently
deliver him. 14:12On the first day of unleavened
bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him,
"Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the
Passover?"
14:13He sent two of his disciples,
and said to them, "Go into the city, and there
you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, 14:14and
wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says,
"Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my
disciples?"' 14:15He will
himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us
there."
14:16His disciples went out, and came
into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared
the Passover.
14:17When it was evening he came with
the twelve. 14:18As they sat and were eating,
Jesus said, "Most assuredly I tell you, one of
you will betray me -- he who eats with me."
14:19They began to be sorrowful, and
to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?" And another said,
"Surely not I?"
14:20He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the
dish. 14:21For the
Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by
whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had
not been born."
14:22As they were eating, Jesus took
bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said,
"Take, eat. This is my body."
14:23He took the cup, and when he had
given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it. 14:24He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is
poured out for many. 14:25Most
assuredly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until
that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God." 14:26When they had sung a hymn, they
went out to the Mount of Olives.
14:27Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me
tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep
will be scattered.' 14:28However,
after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
14:29But Peter said to him,
"Although all will be offended, yet I will not."
14:30Jesus said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you, that you today, even this
night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three
times."
14:31But he spoke all the more,
"If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the
same thing.
14:32They came to a place which was
named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray." 14:33He took with him Peter, James,
and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 14:34He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death.
Stay here, and watch."
14:35He went forward a little, and
fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might
pass away from him. 14:36He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please
remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you
desire."
14:37He came and found them sleeping,
and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping?
Couldn't you watch one hour? 14:38Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
14:39Again he went away, and prayed,
saying the same words. 14:40Again he returned, and found
them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what
to answer him. 14:41He came the third time, and said
to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It
is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the
hands of sinners. 14:42Arise, let
us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
14:43Immediately, while he was still
speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came--and with him a multitude with
swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. 14:44Now he who betrayed him had
given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize
him, and lead him away safely." 14:45When he
had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!"
and kissed him. 14:46They laid their hands on him,
and seized him. 14:47But a certain one of those who
stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and
cut off his ear.
14:48Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords
and clubs to seize me? 14:49I was
daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this
is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
14:50They all left him, and fled. 14:51A certain young man followed
him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The
young men grabbed him, 14:52but he left the linen cloth, and
fled from them naked. 14:53They led Jesus away to the high
priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together
with him.
14:54Peter had followed him from a
distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting
with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire. 14:55Now the chief priests and the
whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and
found none. 14:56For many gave false testimony
against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other. 14:57Some stood up, and gave false
testimony against him, saying, 14:58"We
heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in
three days I will build another made without hands.'" 14:59Even so, their testimony did not
agree.
14:60The high priest stood up in the
midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these
testify against you?" 14:61But he stayed quiet, and
answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
14:62Jesus said, "I AM. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the
right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
14:63The high priest tore his
clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses? 14:64You have heard the blasphemy!
What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death. 14:65Some began to spit on him, and
to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him,
"Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their
hands.
14:66As Peter was in the courtyard
below, one of the maids of the high priest came, 14:67and seeing
Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also
with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
14:68But he denied it, saying,
"I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went
out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
14:69The maid saw him, and began
again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them." 14:70But he again denied it. After a
little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are
one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it." 14:71But he began to curse, and to
swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!" 14:72The rooster crowed the second
time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me
three times." When he thought about that, he wept.
15:1Immediately in the morning the
chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a
consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up
to Pilate. 15:2Pilate asked him, "Are you
the King of the Jews?"
He answered, "So you say."
15:3The chief priests accused him of
many things. 15:4Pilate again asked him,
"Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against
you!"
15:5But Jesus made no further answer,
so that Pilate marveled.
15:6Now at the feast he used to
release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him. 15:7There was one called Barabbas,
bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection
had committed murder. 15:8The multitude, crying aloud,
began to ask him to do as he always did for them. 15:9Pilate
answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of
the Jews?" 15:10For he perceived that for envy
the chief priests had delivered him up. 15:11But the
chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to
them instead. 15:12Pilate again asked them,
"What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the
Jews?"
15:13They cried out again,
"Crucify him!"
15:14Pilate said to them, "Why,
what evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
15:15Pilate, wishing to please the
multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had
flogged him, to be crucified. 15:16The soldiers led him away within
the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole
cohort. 15:17They clothed him with purple,
and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 15:18They began
to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 15:19They
struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did
homage to him. 15:20When they had mocked him, they
took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him
out to crucify him. 15:21They compelled one passing by,
coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and
Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. 15:22They brought him to the place
called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a
skull." 15:23They offered him wine mixed with
myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.
15:24Crucifying him, they parted his
garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. 15:25It was the third
hour, and they crucified him. 15:26The
superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF
THE JEWS." 15:27With him they crucified two
robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. 15:28The Scripture was fulfilled,
which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."
15:29Those who passed by blasphemed
him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the
temple, and build it in three days, 15:30save
yourself, and come down from the cross!"
15:31Likewise, also the chief priests
mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He
can't save himself. 15:32Let the Christ, the King of
Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
15:33When the sixth
hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 15:34At the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?"
15:35Some of those who stood by, when
they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."
15:36One ran, and filling a sponge
full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying,
"Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
15:37Jesus cried out with a loud
voice, and gave up the spirit. 15:38The veil
of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 15:39When the centurion, who stood by
opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he
said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
15:40There were also women watching
from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 15:41who, when
he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who
came up with him to Jerusalem.
15:42When evening had now come,
because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
15:43Joseph of Arimathaea, a
prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of
God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. 15:44Pilate marveled if he were
already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had
been dead long. 15:45When he found out from the
centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 15:46He bought
a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid
him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against
the door of the tomb. 15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary, the
mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
16:1When the Sabbath was past, Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that
they might come and anoint him. 16:2Very early
on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had
risen. 16:3They were saying among
themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb
for us?" 16:4for it was very big. Looking up,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
16:5Entering into the tomb, they saw
a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they
were amazed. 16:6He said to them, "Don't be
amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has
risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him! 16:7But go, tell his disciples and
Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he
said to you.'"
16:8They went out,* and fled from the tomb, for
trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone;
for they were afraid. 16:9Now when he had risen early on
the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom
he had cast out seven demons. 16:10She went and told those who had
been with him, as they mourned and wept. 16:11When they
heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. 16:12After these things he was
revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into
the country. 16:13They went away and told it to
the rest. They didn't believe them, either.
16:14Afterward he was revealed to the
eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had
seen him after he had risen. 16:15He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the
whole creation. 16:16He who
believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be
condemned. 16:17These
signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out
demons; they will speak with new languages; 16:18they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and
they will recover."
16:19So then the Lord Jesus, after he
had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right
hand of God. 16:20They went out, and preached
everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the
signs that followed. Amen.
Notes:
[1] back to 1:4
To baptize means to immerse in (or soak and wash with) water (or fire).
This baptizm is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an
inward spiritual cleansing and commitment.
[2] back to 1:8 The Greek word (en) translated here as
"in" could also be translated as "with" in some
contexts.
[3] back to 3:32 TR
omits "your sisters"
[4] back to 4:4 TR adds "of the air"
[5] back to 4:21 Literally, a modion, a dry
measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres)
[6] back to 6:33 TR reads "The
multitudes" instead of "They"
[7] back to 6:37 200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages
for an agricultural laborer.
[8] back to 6:44 TR adds "about"
[9] back to 6:50 Literally, "I
AM!"
[10] back to 7:11
Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
[11] back to 8:12 The word translated
"generation" here (genea) could also be translated
"people," "race," or "family."
[12] back to 9:43 Gehenna is a word for
Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown
crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This
place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah
abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage
heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were
thrown there and burned.
[13] back
to 10:25 or, the
[14] back to
10:51 Rhabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great
teacher."
[15] back to
11:1 TR reads "Bethphage" instead of
"Bethsphage"
[16] back
to 12:42 Literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small
brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper
assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily
wages.
[17] back to 12:42 A
quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one
day's wages for an agricultural laborer.
[18] back to 13:6 Literally, "I AM!"
[19] back to 13:30 The word translated
"generation" (genea) could also be translated "race,"
"family," or "people."
[20] back to 14:5 300 denarii was about a years wages for an
agricultural laborer.
[21] back to
15:25 9:00 A. M.
[22] back to
15:32 TR omits "him"
[23] back to 15:33 or, noon
[24] back to 15:33 3:00 PM
[25] back to 16:8 TR adds "quickly"
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