For the 2006
Liturgical Year
Mark
Chapters
(Mark
1) The beginning of the good news of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in
the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my
messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your
way; 3 the voice of one crying out in the
wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make
his paths straight,'" 4 John the baptizer
appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of
sins. 5 And people from the whole Judean
countryside and all the people of Jerusalem
were going out to him, and were baptized by
him in the river Jordan, confessing their
sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel's
hair, with a leather belt around his waist,
and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 He
proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful
than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to
stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals.
8 I have baptized you with water; but he will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit." 9 In
those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee
and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And
just as he was coming up out of the water, he
saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit
descending like a dove on him. 11 And a voice
came from heaven, "You are my Son, the
Beloved; with you I am well pleased." 12
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into
the wilderness. 13 He was in the wilderness
forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with
the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to
Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15
and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and
believe in the good news." 16 As Jesus
passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon
and his brother Andrew casting a net into the
sea--for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus
said to them, "Follow me and I will make
you fish for people." 18 And immediately
they left their nets and followed him. 19 As
he went a little farther, he saw James son of
Zebedee and his brother John, who were in
their boat mending the nets. 20 Immediately he
called them; and they left their father
Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and
followed him. 21 They went to Capernaum; and
when the sabbath came, he entered the
synagogue and taught. 22 They were astounded
at his teaching, for he taught them as one
having authority, and not as the scribes. 23
Just then there was in their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit, 24 and he cried out,
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know
who you are, the Holy One of God." 25 But
Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent,
and come out of him!" 26 And the unclean
spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud
voice, came out of him. 27 They were all
amazed, and they kept on asking one another,
"What is this? A new teaching--with
authority! He commands even the unclean
spirits, and they obey him." 28 At once
his fame began to spread throughout the
surrounding region of Galilee. 29 As soon as
they left the synagogue, they entered the
house of Simon and Andrew, with James and
John. 30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was in bed
with a fever, and they told him about her at
once. 31 He came and took her by the hand and
lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and
she began to serve them. 32 That evening, at
sundown, they brought to him all who were sick
or possessed with demons. 33 And the whole
city was gathered around the door. 34 And he
cured many who were sick with various
diseases, and cast out many demons; and he
would not permit the demons to speak, because
they knew him. 35 In the morning, while it was
still very dark, he got up and went out to a
deserted place, and there he prayed. 36 And
Simon and his companions hunted for him. 37
When they found him, they said to him,
"Everyone is searching for you." 38
He answered, "Let us go on to the
neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the
message there also; for that is what I came
out to do." 39 And he went throughout
Galilee, proclaiming the message in their
synagogues and casting out demons. 40 A leper
came to him begging him, and kneeling he said
to him, "If you choose, you can make me
clean." 41 Moved with pity, Jesus
stretched out his hand and touched him, and
said to him, "I do choose. Be made
clean!" 42 Immediately the leprosy left
him, and he was made clean. 43 After sternly
warning him he sent him away at once, 44
saying to him, "See that you say nothing
to anyone; but go, show yourself to the
priest, and offer for your cleansing what
Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
45 But he went out and began to proclaim it
freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus
could no longer go into a town openly, but
stayed out in the country; and people came to
him from every quarter.
(Mark
2) When he returned to Capernaum after some
days, it was reported that he was at home. 2
So many gathered around that there was no
longer room for them, not even in front of the
door; and he was speaking the word to them. 3
Then some people came, bringing to him a
paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 And
when they could not bring him to Jesus because
of the crowd, they removed the roof above him;
and after having dug through it, they let down
the mat on which the paralytic lay. 5 When
Jesus saw their faith, he said to the
paralytic, "Son, your sins are
forgiven." 6 Now some of the scribes were
sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7
"Why does this fellow speak in this way?
It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God
alone?" 8 At once Jesus perceived in his
spirit that they were discussing these
questions among themselves; and he said to
them, "Why do you raise such questions in
your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the
paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to
say, 'Stand up and take your mat and walk'? 10
But so that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive
sins"--he said to the paralytic-- 11
"I say to you, stand up, take your mat
and go to your home." 12 And he stood up,
and immediately took the mat and went out
before all of them; so that they were all
amazed and glorified God, saying, "We
have never seen anything like this!" 13
Jesus went out again beside the sea; the whole
crowd gathered around him, and he taught them.
14 As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of
Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said
to him, "Follow me." And he got up
and followed him. 15 And as he sat at dinner
in Levi's house, many tax collectors and
sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his
disciples--for there were many who followed
him. 16 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw
that he was eating with sinners and tax
collectors, they said to his disciples,
"Why does he eat with tax collectors and
sinners?" 17 When Jesus heard this, he
said to them, "Those who are well have no
need of a physician, but those who are sick; I
have come to call not the righteous but
sinners." 18 Now John's disciples and the
Pharisees were fasting; and people came and
said to him, "Why do John's disciples and
the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your
disciples do not fast?" 19 Jesus said to
them, "The wedding guests cannot fast
while the bridegroom is with them, can they?
As long as they have the bridegroom with them,
they cannot fast. 20 The days will come when
the bridegroom is taken away from them, and
then they will fast on that day. 21 "No
one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old
cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from
it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is
made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old
wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the
skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the
skins; but one puts new wine into fresh
wineskins." 23 One sabbath he was going
through the grainfields; and as they made
their way his disciples began to pluck heads
of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him,
"Look, why are they doing what is not
lawful on the sabbath?" 25 And he said to
them, "Have you never read what David did
when he and his companions were hungry and in
need of food? 26 He entered the house of God,
when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the
bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful
for any but the priests to eat, and he gave
some to his companions." 27 Then he said
to them, "The sabbath was made for
humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath;
28 so the Son of Man is lord even of the
sabbath."
(Mark
3) Again he entered the synagogue, and a man
was there who had a withered hand. 2 They
watched him to see whether he would cure him
on the sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
3 And he said to the man who had the withered
hand, "Come forward." 4 Then he said
to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to
do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to
kill?" But they were silent. 5 He looked
around at them with anger; he was grieved at
their hardness of heart and said to the man,
"Stretch out your hand." He
stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6
The Pharisees went out and immediately
conspired with the Herodians against him, how
to destroy him. 7 Jesus departed with his
disciples to the sea, and a great multitude
from Galilee followed him; 8 hearing all that
he was doing, they came to him in great
numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond
the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and
Sidon. 9 He told his disciples to have a boat
ready for him because of the crowd, so that
they would not crush him; 10 for he had cured
many, so that all who had diseases pressed
upon him to touch him. 11 Whenever the unclean
spirits saw him, they fell down before him and
shouted, "You are the Son of God!"
12 But he sternly ordered them not to make him
known. 13 He went up the mountain and called
to him those whom he wanted, and they came to
him. 14 And he appointed twelve, whom he also
named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent
out to proclaim the message, 15 and to have
authority to cast out demons. 16 So he
appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave
the name Peter); 17 James son of Zebedee and
John the brother of James (to whom he gave the
name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18
and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and
Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus,
and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19 and
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Then he went
home; 20 and the crowd came together again, so
that they could not even eat. 21 When his
family heard it, they went out to restrain
him, for people were saying, "He has gone
out of his mind." 22 And the scribes who
came down from Jerusalem said, "He has
Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he
casts out demons." 23 And he called them
to him, and spoke to them in parables,
"How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a
kingdom is divided against itself, that
kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is
divided against itself, that house will not be
able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up
against himself and is divided, he cannot
stand, but his end has come. 27 But no one can
enter a strong man's house and plunder his
property without first tying up the strong
man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
28 "Truly I tell you, people will be
forgiven for their sins and whatever
blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never
have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal
sin"-- 30 for they had said, "He has
an unclean spirit." 31 Then his mother
and his brothers came; and standing outside,
they sent to him and called him. 32 A crowd
was sitting around him; and they said to him,
"Your mother and your brothers and
sisters are outside, asking for you." 33
And he replied, "Who are my mother and my
brothers?" 34 And looking at those who
sat around him, he said, "Here are my
mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the
will of God is my brother and sister and
mother."
(Mark
4) Again he began to teach beside the sea.
Such a very large crowd gathered around him
that he got into a boat on the sea and sat
there, while the whole crowd was beside the
sea on the land. 2 He began to teach them many
things in parables, and in his teaching he
said to them: 3 "Listen! A sower went out
to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on
the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5
Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did
not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly,
since it had no depth of soil. 6 And when the
sun rose, it was scorched; and since it had no
root, it withered away. 7 Other seed fell
among thorns, and the thorns grew up and
choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 Other
seed fell into good soil and brought forth
grain, growing up and increasing and yielding
thirty and sixty and a hundredfold." 9
And he said, "Let anyone with ears to
hear listen!" 10 When he was alone, those
who were around him along with the twelve
asked him about the parables. 11 And he said
to them, "To you has been given the
secret of the kingdom of God, but for those
outside, everything comes in parables; 12 in
order that 'they may indeed look, but not
perceive, and may indeed listen, but not
understand; so that they may not turn again
and be forgiven.'" 13 And he said to
them, "Do you not understand this
parable? Then how will you understand all the
parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These
are the ones on the path where the word is
sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes
and takes away the word that is sown in them.
16 And these are the ones sown on rocky
ground: when they hear the word, they
immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they
have no root, and endure only for a while;
then, when trouble or persecution arises on
account of the word, immediately they fall
away. 18 And others are those sown among the
thorns: these are the ones who hear the word,
19 but the cares of the world, and the lure of
wealth, and the desire for other things come
in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.
20 And these are the ones sown on the good
soil: they hear the word and accept it and
bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a
hundredfold." 21 He said to them,
"Is a lamp brought in to be put under the
bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on
the lampstand? 22 For there is nothing hidden,
except to be disclosed; nor is anything
secret, except to come to light. 23 Let anyone
with ears to hear listen!" 24 And he said
to them, "Pay attention to what you hear;
the measure you give will be the measure you
get, and still more will be given you. 25 For
to those who have, more will be given; and
from those who have nothing, even what they
have will be taken away." 26 He also
said, "The kingdom of God is as if
someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27
and would sleep and rise night and day, and
the seed would sprout and grow, he does not
know how. 28 The earth produces of itself,
first the stalk, then the head, then the full
grain in the head. 29 But when the grain is
ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle,
because the harvest has come." 30 He also
said, "With what can we compare the
kingdom of God, or what parable will we use
for it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which,
when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of
all the seeds on earth; 32 yet when it is sown
it grows up and becomes the greatest of all
shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that
the birds of the air can make nests in its
shade." 33 With many such parables he
spoke the word to them, as they were able to
hear it; 34 he did not speak to them except in
parables, but he explained everything in
private to his disciples. 35 On that day, when
evening had come, he said to them, "Let
us go across to the other side." 36 And
leaving the crowd behind, they took him with
them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats
were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and
the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat
was already being swamped. 38 But he was in
the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they
woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do
you not care that we are perishing?" 39
He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to
the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the
wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He
said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have
you still no faith?" 41 And they were
filled with great awe and said to one another,
"Who then is this, that even the wind and
the sea obey him?"
(Mark
5) They came to the other side of the sea, to
the country of the Gerasenes. 2 And when he
had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man
out of the tombs with an unclean spirit met
him. 3 He lived among the tombs; and no one
could restrain him any more, even with a
chain; 4 for he had often been restrained with
shackles and chains, but the chains he
wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in
pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue
him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on
the mountains he was always howling and
bruising himself with stones. 6 When he saw
Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down
before him; 7 and he shouted at the top of his
voice, "What have you to do with me,
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you
by God, do not torment me." 8 For he had
said to him, "Come out of the man, you
unclean spirit!" 9 Then Jesus asked him,
"What is your name?" He replied,
"My name is Legion; for we are
many." 10 He begged him earnestly not to
send them out of the country. 11 Now there on
the hillside a great herd of swine was
feeding; 12 and the unclean spirits begged
him, "Send us into the swine; let us
enter them." 13 So he gave them
permission. And the unclean spirits came out
and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering
about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank
into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. 14
The swineherds ran off and told it in the city
and in the country. Then people came to see
what it was that had happened. 15 They came to
Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there,
clothed and in his right mind, the very man
who had had the legion; and they were afraid.
16 Those who had seen what had happened to the
demoniac and to the swine reported it. 17 Then
they began to beg Jesus to leave their
neighborhood. 18 As he was getting into the
boat, the man who had been possessed by demons
begged him that he might be with him. 19 But
Jesus refused, and said to him, "Go home
to your friends, and tell them how much the
Lord has done for you, and what mercy he has
shown you." 20 And he went away and began
to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus
had done for him; and everyone was amazed. 21
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to
the other side, a great crowd gathered around
him; and he was by the sea. 22 Then one of the
leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came
and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23 and
begged him repeatedly, "My little
daughter is at the point of death. Come and
lay your hands on her, so that she may be made
well, and live." 24 So he went with him.
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in
on him. 25 Now there was a woman who had been
suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.
26 She had endured much under many physicians,
and had spent all that she had; and she was no
better, but rather grew worse. 27 She had
heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in
the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 for she
said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will
be made well." 29 Immediately her
hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body
that she was healed of her disease. 30
Immediately aware that power had gone forth
from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and
said, "Who touched my clothes?" 31
And his disciples said to him, "You see
the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say,
'Who touched me?'" 32 He looked all
around to see who had done it. 33 But the
woman, knowing what had happened to her, came
in fear and trembling, fell down before him,
and told him the whole truth. 34 He said to
her, "Daughter, your faith has made you
well; go in peace, and be healed of your
disease." 35 While he was still speaking,
some people came from the leader's house to
say, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble
the teacher any further?" 36 But
overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the
leader of the synagogue, "Do not fear,
only believe." 37 He allowed no one to
follow him except Peter, James, and John, the
brother of James. 38 When they came to the
house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a
commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
39 When he had entered, he said to them,
"Why do you make a commotion and weep?
The child is not dead but sleeping." 40
And they laughed at him. Then he put them all
outside, and took the child's father and
mother and those who were with him, and went
in where the child was. 41 He took her by the
hand and said to her, "Talitha cum,"
which means, "Little girl, get up!"
42 And immediately the girl got up and began
to walk about (she was twelve years of age).
At this they were overcome with amazement. 43
He strictly ordered them that no one should
know this, and told them to give her something
to eat.
(Mark
6) He left that place and came to his
hometown, and his disciples followed him. 2 On
the sabbath he began to teach in the
synagogue, and many who heard him were
astounded. They said, "Where did this man
get all this? What is this wisdom that has
been given to him? What deeds of power are
being done by his hands! 3 Is not this the
carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of
James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are
not his sisters here with us?" And they
took offense at him. 4 Then Jesus said to
them, "Prophets are not without honor,
except in their hometown, and among their own
kin, and in their own house." 5 And he
could do no deed of power there, except that
he laid his hands on a few sick people and
cured them. 6 And he was amazed at their
unbelief. Then he went about among the
villages teaching. 7 He called the twelve and
began to send them out two by two, and gave
them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He
ordered them to take nothing for their journey
except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in
their belts; 9 but to wear sandals and not to
put on two tunics. 10 He said to them,
"Wherever you enter a house, stay there
until you leave the place. 11 If any place
will not welcome you and they refuse to hear
you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is
on your feet as a testimony against
them." 12 So they went out and proclaimed
that all should repent. 13 They cast out many
demons, and anointed with oil many who were
sick and cured them. 14 King Herod heard of
it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some
were saying, "John the baptizer has been
raised from the dead; and for this reason
these powers are at work in him." 15 But
others said, "It is Elijah." And
others said, "It is a prophet, like one
of the prophets of old." 16 But when
Herod heard of it, he said, "John, whom I
beheaded, has been raised." 17 For Herod
himself had sent men who arrested John, bound
him, and put him in prison on account of
Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because
Herod had married her. 18 For John had been
telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you
to have your brother's wife." 19 And
Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted
to kill him. But she could not, 20 for Herod
feared John, knowing that he was a righteous
and holy man, and he protected him. When he
heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet
he liked to listen to him. 21 But an
opportunity came when Herod on his birthday
gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers
and for the leaders of Galilee. 22 When his
daughter Herodias came in and danced, she
pleased Herod and his guests; and the king
said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever
you wish, and I will give it." 23 And he
solemnly swore to her, "Whatever you ask
me, I will give you, even half of my
kingdom." 24 She went out and said to her
mother, "What should I ask for?" She
replied, "The head of John the baptizer."
25 Immediately she rushed back to the king and
requested, "I want you to give me at once
the head of John the Baptist on a
platter." 26 The king was deeply grieved;
yet out of regard for his oaths and for the
guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27
Immediately the king sent a soldier of the
guard with orders to bring John's head. He
went and beheaded him in the prison, 28
brought his head on a platter, and gave it to
the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.
29 When his disciples heard about it, they
came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.
30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and
told him all that they had done and taught. 31
He said to them, "Come away to a deserted
place all by yourselves and rest a
while." For many were coming and going,
and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And
they went away in the boat to a deserted place
by themselves. 33 Now many saw them going and
recognized them, and they hurried there on
foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of
them. 34 As he went ashore, he saw a great
crowd; and he had compassion for them, because
they were like sheep without a shepherd; and
he began to teach them many things. 35 When it
grew late, his disciples came to him and said,
"This is a deserted place, and the hour
is now very late; 36 send them away so that
they may go into the surrounding country and
villages and buy something for themselves to
eat." 37 But he answered them, "You
give them something to eat." They said to
him, "Are we to go and buy two hundred
denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to
eat?" 38 And he said to them, "How
many loaves have you? Go and see." When
they had found out, they said, "Five, and
two fish." 39 Then he ordered them to get
all the people to sit down in groups on the
green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of
hundreds and of fifties. 41 Taking the five
loaves and the two fish, he looked up to
heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and
gave them to his disciples to set before the
people; and he divided the two fish among them
all. 42 And all ate and were filled; 43 and
they took up twelve baskets full of broken
pieces and of the fish. 44 Those who had eaten
the loaves numbered five thousand men. 45
Immediately he made his disciples get into the
boat and go on ahead to the other side, to
Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46
After saying farewell to them, he went up on
the mountain to pray. 47 When evening came,
the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone
on the land. 48 When he saw that they were
straining at the oars against an adverse wind,
he came towards them early in the morning,
walking on the sea. He intended to pass them
by. 49 But when they saw him walking on the
sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried
out; 50 for they all saw him and were
terrified. But immediately he spoke to them
and said, "Take heart, it is I; do not be
afraid." 51 Then he got into the boat
with them and the wind ceased. And they were
utterly astounded, 52 for they did not
understand about the loaves, but their hearts
were hardened. 53 When they had crossed over,
they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the
boat. 54 When they got out of the boat, people
at once recognized him, 55 and rushed about
that whole region and began to bring the sick
on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And
wherever he went, into villages or cities or
farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces,
and begged him that they might touch even the
fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it
were healed.
(Mark
7) Now when the Pharisees and some of the
scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered
around him, 2 they noticed that some of his
disciples were eating with defiled hands, that
is, without washing them. 3 (For the
Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless
they thoroughly wash their hands, thus
observing the tradition of the elders; 4 and
they do not eat anything from the market
unless they wash it; and there are also many
other traditions that they observe, the
washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) 5
So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him,
"Why do your disciples not live according
to the tradition of the elders, but eat with
defiled hands?" 6 He said to them,
"Isaiah prophesied rightly about you
hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people
honors me with their lips, but their hearts
are far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching human precepts as doctrines.' 8 You
abandon the commandment of God and hold to
human tradition." 9 Then he said to them,
"You have a fine way of rejecting the
commandment of God in order to keep your
tradition! 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your
father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever speaks
evil of father or mother must surely die.' 11
But you say that if anyone tells father or
mother, 'Whatever support you might have had
from me is Corban' (that is, an offering to
God)-- 12 then you no longer permit doing
anything for a father or mother, 13 thus
making void the word of God through your
tradition that you have handed on. And you do
many things like this." 14 Then he called
the crowd again and said to them, "Listen
to me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is
nothing outside a person that by going in can
defile, but the things that come out are what
defile." 16 17 When he had left the crowd
and entered the house, his disciples asked him
about the parable. 18 He said to them,
"Then do you also fail to understand? Do
you not see that whatever goes into a person
from outside cannot defile, 19 since it
enters, not the heart but the stomach, and
goes out into the sewer?" (Thus he
declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said,
"It is what comes out of a person that
defiles. 21 For it is from within, from the
human heart, that evil intentions come:
fornication, theft, murder, 22 adultery,
avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness,
envy, slander, pride, folly. 23 All these evil
things come from within, and they defile a
person." 24 From there he set out and
went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a
house and did not want anyone to know he was
there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but
a woman whose little daughter had an unclean
spirit immediately heard about him, and she
came and bowed down at his feet. 26 Now the
woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin.
She begged him to cast the demon out of her
daughter. 27 He said to her, "Let the
children be fed first, for it is not fair to
take the children's food and throw it to the
dogs." 28 But she answered him,
"Sir, even the dogs under the table eat
the children's crumbs." 29 Then he said
to her, "For saying that, you may go--the
demon has left your daughter." 30 So she
went home, found the child lying on the bed,
and the demon gone. 31 Then he returned from
the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon
towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of
the Decapolis. 32 They brought to him a deaf
man who had an impediment in his speech; and
they begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 He
took him aside in private, away from the
crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and
he spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then
looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to
him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be
opened." 35 And immediately his ears were
opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke
plainly. 36 Then Jesus ordered them to tell no
one; but the more he ordered them, the more
zealously they proclaimed it. 37 They were
astounded beyond measure, saying, "He has
done everything well; he even makes the deaf
to hear and the mute to speak."
(Mark
8) In those days when there was again a great
crowd without anything to eat, he called his
disciples and said to them, 2 "I have
compassion for the crowd, because they have
been with me now for three days and have
nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away hungry
to their homes, they will faint on the
way--and some of them have come from a great
distance." 4 His disciples replied,
"How can one feed these people with bread
here in the desert?" 5 He asked them,
"How many loaves do you have?" They
said, "Seven." 6 Then he ordered the
crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took
the seven loaves, and after giving thanks he
broke them and gave them to his disciples to
distribute; and they distributed them to the
crowd. 7 They had also a few small fish; and
after blessing them, he ordered that these too
should be distributed. 8 They ate and were
filled; and they took up the broken pieces
left over, seven baskets full. 9 Now there
were about four thousand people. And he sent
them away. 10 And immediately he got into the
boat with his disciples and went to the
district of Dalmanutha. 11 The Pharisees came
and began to argue with him, asking him for a
sign from heaven, to test him. 12 And he
sighed deeply in his spirit and said,
"Why does this generation ask for a sign?
Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to
this generation." 13 And he left them,
and getting into the boat again, he went
across to the other side. 14 Now the disciples
had forgotten to bring any bread; and they had
only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he
cautioned them, saying, "Watch
out--beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and
the yeast of Herod." 16 They said to one
another, "It is because we have no
bread." 17 And becoming aware of it,
Jesus said to them, "Why are you talking
about having no bread? Do you still not
perceive or understand? Are your hearts
hardened? 18 Do you have eyes, and fail to
see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And
do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five
loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets
full of broken pieces did you collect?"
They said to him, "Twelve." 20
"And the seven for the four thousand, how
many baskets full of broken pieces did you
collect?" And they said to him,
"Seven." 21 Then he said to them,
"Do you not yet understand?" 22 They
came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind
man to him and begged him to touch him. 23 He
took the blind man by the hand and led him out
of the village; and when he had put saliva on
his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked
him, "Can you see anything?" 24 And
the man looked up and said, "I can see
people, but they look like trees,
walking." 25 Then Jesus laid his hands on
his eyes again; and he looked intently and his
sight was restored, and he saw everything
clearly. 26 Then he sent him away to his home,
saying, "Do not even go into the
village." 27 Jesus went on with his
disciples to the villages of Caesarea
Philippi; and on the way he asked his
disciples, "Who do people say that I
am?" 28 And they answered him, "John
the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still
others, one of the prophets." 29 He asked
them, "But who do you say that I
am?" Peter answered him, "You are
the Messiah." 30 And he sternly ordered
them not to tell anyone about him. 31 Then he
began to teach them that the Son of Man must
undergo great suffering, and be rejected by
the elders, the chief priests, and the
scribes, and be killed, and after three days
rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly.
And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke
him. 33 But turning and looking at his
disciples, he rebuked Peter and said,
"Get behind me, Satan! For you are
setting your mind not on divine things but on
human things." 34 He called the crowd
with his disciples, and said to them, "If
any want to become my followers, let them deny
themselves and take up their cross and follow
me. 35 For those who want to save their life
will lose it, and those who lose their life
for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel,
will save it. 36 For what will it profit them
to gain the whole world and forfeit their
life? 37 Indeed, what can they give in return
for their life? 38 Those who are ashamed of me
and of my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, of them the Son of Man will also
be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his
Father with the holy angels."
(Mark
9) And he said to them, "Truly I tell
you, there are some standing here who will not
taste death until they see that the kingdom of
God has come with power." 2 Six days
later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and
John, and led them up a high mountain apart,
by themselves. And he was transfigured before
them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling white,
such as no one on earth could bleach them. 4
And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses,
who were talking with Jesus. 5 Then Peter said
to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be
here; let us make three dwellings, one for
you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
6 He did not know what to say, for they were
terrified. 7 Then a cloud overshadowed them,
and from the cloud there came a voice,
"This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to
him!" 8 Suddenly when they looked around,
they saw no one with them any more, but only
Jesus. 9 As they were coming down the
mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about
what they had seen, until after the Son of Man
had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the
matter to themselves, questioning what this
rising from the dead could mean. 11 Then they
asked him, "Why do the scribes say that
Elijah must come first?" 12 He said to
them, "Elijah is indeed coming first to
restore all things. How then is it written
about the Son of Man, that he is to go through
many sufferings and be treated with contempt?
13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and
they did to him whatever they pleased, as it
is written about him." 14 When they came
to the disciples, they saw a great crowd
around them, and some scribes arguing with
them. 15 When the whole crowd saw him, they
were immediately overcome with awe, and they
ran forward to greet him. 16 He asked them,
"What are you arguing about with
them?" 17 Someone from the crowd answered
him, "Teacher, I brought you my son; he
has a spirit that makes him unable to speak;
18 and whenever it seizes him, it dashes him
down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and
becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to
cast it out, but they could not do so."
19 He answered them, "You faithless
generation, how much longer must I be among
you? How much longer must I put up with you?
Bring him to me." 20 And they brought the
boy to him. When the spirit saw him,
immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell
on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the
mouth. 21 Jesus asked the father, "How
long has this been happening to him?" And
he said, "From childhood. 22 It has often
cast him into the fire and into the water, to
destroy him; but if you are able to do
anything, have pity on us and help us."
23 Jesus said to him, "If you are
able!--All things can be done for the one who
believes." 24 Immediately the father of
the child cried out, "I believe; help my
unbelief!" 25 When Jesus saw that a crowd
came running together, he rebuked the unclean
spirit, saying to it, "You spirit that
keeps this boy from speaking and hearing, I
command you, come out of him, and never enter
him again!" 26 After crying out and
convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the
boy was like a corpse, so that most of them
said, "He is dead." 27 But Jesus
took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he
was able to stand. 28 When he had entered the
house, his disciples asked him privately,
"Why could we not cast it out?" 29
He said to them, "This kind can come out
only through prayer." 30 They went on
from there and passed through Galilee. He did
not want anyone to know it; 31 for he was
teaching his disciples, saying to them,
"The Son of Man is to be betrayed into
human hands, and they will kill him, and three
days after being killed, he will rise
again." 32 But they did not understand
what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
33 Then they came to Capernaum; and when he
was in the house he asked them, "What
were you arguing about on the way?" 34
But they were silent, for on the way they had
argued with one another who was the greatest.
35 He sat down, called the twelve, and said to
them, "Whoever wants to be first must be
last of all and servant of all." 36 Then
he took a little child and put it among them;
and taking it in his arms, he said to them, 37
"Whoever welcomes one such child in my
name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me
welcomes not me but the one who sent me."
38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw
someone casting out demons in your name, and
we tried to stop him, because he was not
following us." 39 But Jesus said,
"Do not stop him; for no one who does a
deed of power in my name will be able soon
afterward to speak evil of me. 40 Whoever is
not against us is for us. 41 For truly I tell
you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink
because you bear the name of Christ will by no
means lose the reward. 42 "If any of you
put a stumbling block before one of these
little ones who believe in me, it would be
better for you if a great millstone were hung
around your neck and you were thrown into the
sea. 43 If your hand causes you to stumble,
cut it off; it is better for you to enter life
maimed than to have two hands and to go to
hell, to the unquenchable fire. 44 45 And if
your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off;
it is better for you to enter life lame than
to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.
46 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble,
tear it out; it is better for you to enter the
kingdom of God with one eye than to have two
eyes and to be thrown into hell, 48 where
their worm never dies, and the fire is never
quenched. 49 "For everyone will be salted
with fire. 50 Salt is good; but if salt has
lost its saltiness, how can you season it?
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with
one another."
(Mark
10) He left that place and went to the region
of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds
again gathered around him; and, as was his
custom, he again taught them. 2 Some Pharisees
came, and to test him they asked, "Is it
lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3
He answered them, "What did Moses command
you?" 4 They said, "Moses allowed a
man to write a certificate of dismissal and to
divorce her." 5 But Jesus said to them,
"Because of your hardness of heart he
wrote this commandment for you. 6 But from the
beginning of creation, 'God made them male and
female.' 7 'For this reason a man shall leave
his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh.'
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9
Therefore what God has joined together, let no
one separate." 10 Then in the house the
disciples asked him again about this matter.
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his
wife and marries another commits adultery
against her; 12 and if she divorces her
husband and marries another, she commits
adultery." 13 People were bringing little
children to him in order that he might touch
them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them.
14 But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant
and said to them, "Let the little
children come to me; do not stop them; for it
is to such as these that the kingdom of God
belongs. 15 Truly I tell you, whoever does not
receive the kingdom of God as a little child
will never enter it." 16 And he took them
up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and
blessed them. 17 As he was setting out on a
journey, a man ran up and knelt before him,
and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I
do to inherit eternal life?" 18 Jesus
said to him, "Why do you call me good? No
one is good but God alone. 19 You know the
commandments: 'You shall not murder; You shall
not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You
shall not bear false witness; You shall not
defraud; Honor your father and mother.'"
20 He said to him, "Teacher, I have kept
all these since my youth." 21 Jesus,
looking at him, loved him and said, "You
lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and
give the money to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; then come, follow
me." 22 When he heard this, he was
shocked and went away grieving, for he had
many possessions. 23 Then Jesus looked around
and said to his disciples, "How hard it
will be for those who have wealth to enter the
kingdom of God!" 24 And the disciples
were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said
to them again, "Children, how hard it is
to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for someone who is rich to enter the
kingdom of God." 26 They were greatly
astounded and said to one another, "Then
who can be saved?" 27 Jesus looked at
them and said, "For mortals it is
impossible, but not for God; for God all
things are possible." 28 Peter began to
say to him, "Look, we have left
everything and followed you." 29 Jesus
said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one
who has left house or brothers or sisters or
mother or father or children or fields, for my
sake and for the sake of the good news, 30 who
will not receive a hundredfold now in this
age--houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and
children, and fields with persecutions--and in
the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who
are first will be last, and the last will be
first." 32 They were on the road, going
up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead
of them; they were amazed, and those who
followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside
again and began to tell them what was to
happen to him, 33 saying, "See, we are
going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will
be handed over to the chief priests and the
scribes, and they will condemn him to death;
then they will hand him over to the Gentiles;
34 they will mock him, and spit upon him, and
flog him, and kill him; and after three days
he will rise again." 35 James and John,
the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and
said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do
for us whatever we ask of you." 36 And he
said to them, "What is it you want me to
do for you?" 37 And they said to him,
"Grant us to sit, one at your right hand
and one at your left, in your glory." 38
But Jesus said to them, "You do not know
what you are asking. Are you able to drink the
cup that I drink, or be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?" 39 They
replied, "We are able." Then Jesus
said to them, "The cup that I drink you
will drink; and with the baptism with which I
am baptized, you will be baptized; 40 but to
sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine
to grant, but it is for those for whom it has
been prepared." 41 When the ten heard
this, they began to be angry with James and
John. 42 So Jesus called them and said to
them, "You know that among the Gentiles
those whom they recognize as their rulers lord
it over them, and their great ones are tyrants
over them. 43 But it is not so among you; but
whoever wishes to become great among you must
be your servant, 44 and whoever wishes to be
first among you must be slave of all. 45 For
the Son of Man came not to be served but to
serve, and to give his life a ransom for
many." 46 They came to Jericho. As he and
his disciples and a large crowd were leaving
Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind
beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When
he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he
began to shout out and say, "Jesus, Son
of David, have mercy on me!" 48 Many
sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried
out even more loudly, "Son of David, have
mercy on me!" 49 Jesus stood still and
said, "Call him here." And they
called the blind man, saying to him,
"Take heart; get up, he is calling
you." 50 So throwing off his cloak, he
sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 Then Jesus
said to him, "What do you want me to do
for you?" The blind man said to him,
"My teacher, let me see again." 52
Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has
made you well." Immediately he regained
his sight and followed him on the way.
(Mark
11) When they were approaching Jerusalem, at
Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of
Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and
said to them, "Go into the village ahead
of you, and immediately as you enter it, you
will find tied there a colt that has never
been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3 If
anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?'
just say this, 'The Lord needs it and will
send it back here immediately.'" 4 They
went away and found a colt tied near a door,
outside in the street. As they were untying
it, 5 some of the bystanders said to them,
"What are you doing, untying the
colt?" 6 They told them what Jesus had
said; and they allowed them to take it. 7 Then
they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their
cloaks on it; and he sat on it. 8 Many people
spread their cloaks on the road, and others
spread leafy branches that they had cut in the
fields. 9 Then those who went ahead and those
who followed were shouting, "Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of
the Lord! 10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of
our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest
heaven!" 11 Then he entered Jerusalem and
went into the temple; and when he had looked
around at everything, as it was already late,
he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 12 On
the following day, when they came from
Bethany, he was hungry. 13 Seeing in the
distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see
whether perhaps he would find anything on it.
When he came to it, he found nothing but
leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14
He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit
from you again." And his disciples heard
it. 15 Then they came to Jerusalem. And he
entered the temple and began to drive out
those who were selling and those who were
buying in the temple, and he overturned the
tables of the money changers and the seats of
those who sold doves; 16 and he would not
allow anyone to carry anything through the
temple. 17 He was teaching and saying,
"Is it not written, 'My house shall be
called a house of prayer for all the nations'?
But you have made it a den of robbers."
18 And when the chief priests and the scribes
heard it, they kept looking for a way to kill
him; for they were afraid of him, because the
whole crowd was spellbound by his teaching. 19
And when evening came, Jesus and his disciples
went out of the city. 20 In the morning as
they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered
away to its roots. 21 Then Peter remembered
and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig
tree that you cursed has withered." 22
Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
23 Truly I tell you, if you say to this
mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the
sea,' and if you do not doubt in your heart,
but believe that what you say will come to
pass, it will be done for you. 24 So I tell
you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe
that you have received it, and it will be
yours. 25 "Whenever you stand praying,
forgive, if you have anything against anyone;
so that your Father in heaven may also forgive
you your trespasses." 26 27 Again they
came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the
temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and
the elders came to him 28 and said, "By
what authority are you doing these things? Who
gave you this authority to do them?" 29
Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one
question; answer me, and I will tell you by
what authority I do these things. 30 Did the
baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of
human origin? Answer me." 31 They argued
with one another, "If we say, 'From
heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not
believe him?' 32 But shall we say, 'Of human
origin'?"--they were afraid of the crowd,
for all regarded John as truly a prophet. 33
So they answered Jesus, "We do not
know." And Jesus said to them,
"Neither will I tell you by what
authority I am doing these things."
(Mark
12) Then he began to speak to them in
parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put
a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine
press, and built a watchtower; then he leased
it to tenants and went to another country. 2
When the season came, he sent a slave to the
tenants to collect from them his share of the
produce of the vineyard. 3 But they seized
him, and beat him, and sent him away
empty-handed. 4 And again he sent another
slave to them; this one they beat over the
head and insulted. 5 Then he sent another, and
that one they killed. And so it was with many
others; some they beat, and others they
killed. 6 He had still one other, a beloved
son. Finally he sent him to them, saying,
'They will respect my son.' 7 But those
tenants said to one another, 'This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and the
inheritance will be ours.' 8 So they seized
him, killed him, and threw him out of the
vineyard. 9 What then will the owner of the
vineyard do? He will come and destroy the
tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10
Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone
that the builders rejected has become the
cornerstone; 11 this was the Lord's doing, and
it is amazing in our eyes'?" 12 When they
realized that he had told this parable against
them, they wanted to arrest him, but they
feared the crowd. So they left him and went
away. 13 Then they sent to him some Pharisees
and some Herodians to trap him in what he
said. 14 And they came and said to him,
"Teacher, we know that you are sincere,
and show deference to no one; for you do not
regard people with partiality, but teach the
way of God in accordance with truth. Is it
lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not? 15
Should we pay them, or should we not?"
But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them,
"Why are you putting me to the test?
Bring me a denarius and let me see it."
16 And they brought one. Then he said to them,
"Whose head is this, and whose
title?" They answered, "The
emperor's." 17 Jesus said to them,
"Give to the emperor the things that are
the emperor's, and to God the things that are
God's." And they were utterly amazed at
him. 18 Some Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection, came to him and asked him a
question, saying, 19 "Teacher, Moses
wrote for us that 'if a man's brother dies,
leaving a wife but no child, the man shall
marry the widow and raise up children for his
brother.' 20 There were seven brothers; the
first married and, when he died, left no
children; 21 and the second married her and
died, leaving no children; and the third
likewise; 22 none of the seven left children.
Last of all the woman herself died. 23 In the
resurrection whose wife will she be? For the
seven had married her." 24 Jesus said to
them, "Is not this the reason you are
wrong, that you know neither the scriptures
nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise
from the dead, they neither marry nor are
given in marriage, but are like angels in
heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised,
have you not read in the book of Moses, in the
story about the bush, how God said to him, 'I
am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob'? 27 He is God not of the
dead, but of the living; you are quite
wrong." 28 One of the scribes came near
and heard them disputing with one another, and
seeing that he answered them well, he asked
him, "Which commandment is the first of
all?" 29 Jesus answered, "The first
is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the
Lord is one; 30 you 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.' 31 The second is this, 'You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There
is no other commandment greater than
these." 32 Then the scribe said to him,
"You are right, Teacher; you have truly
said that 'he is one, and besides him there is
no other'; 33 and 'to love him with all the
heart, and with all the understanding, and
with all the strength,' and 'to love one's
neighbor as oneself,'--this is much more
important than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices." 34 When Jesus saw that he
answered wisely, he said to him, "You are
not far from the kingdom of God." After
that no one dared to ask him any question. 35
While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he
said, "How can the scribes say that the
Messiah is the son of David? 36 David himself,
by the Holy Spirit, declared, 'The Lord said
to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until
I put your enemies under your feet."' 37
David himself calls him Lord; so how can he be
his son?" And the large crowd was
listening to him with delight. 38 As he
taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes,
who like to walk around in long robes, and to
be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,
39 and to have the best seats in the
synagogues and places of honor at banquets! 40
They devour widows' houses and for the sake of
appearance say long prayers. They will receive
the greater condemnation." 41 He sat down
opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd
putting money into the treasury. Many rich
people put in large sums. 42 A poor widow came
and put in two small copper coins, which are
worth a penny. 43 Then he called his disciples
and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this
poor widow has put in more than all those who
are contributing to the treasury. 44 For all
of them have contributed out of their
abundance; but she out of her poverty has put
in everything she had, all she had to live
on."
(Mark
13) As he came out of the temple, one of his
disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher,
what large stones and what large
buildings!" 2 Then Jesus asked him,
"Do you see these great buildings? Not
one stone will be left here upon another; all
will be thrown down." 3 When he was
sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the
temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked
him privately, 4 "Tell us, when will this
be, and what will be the sign that all these
things are about to be accomplished?" 5
Then Jesus began to say to them, "Beware
that no one leads you astray. 6 Many will come
in my name and say, 'I am he!' and they will
lead many astray. 7 When you hear of wars and
rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must
take place, but the end is still to come. 8
For nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom; there will be
earthquakes in various places; there will be
famines. This is but the beginning of the
birth pangs. 9 "As for yourselves,
beware; for they will hand you over to
councils; and you will be beaten in
synagogues; and you will stand before
governors and kings because of me, as a
testimony to them. 10 And the good news must
first be proclaimed to all nations. 11 When
they bring you to trial and hand you over, do
not worry beforehand about what you are to
say; but say whatever is given you at that
time, for it is not you who speak, but the
Holy Spirit. 12 Brother will betray brother to
death, and a father his child, and children
will rise against parents and have them put to
death; 13 and you will be hated by all because
of my name. But the one who endures to the end
will be saved. 14 "But when you see the
desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not
to be (let the reader understand), then those
in Judea must flee to the mountains; 15 the
one on the housetop must not go down or enter
the house to take anything away; 16 the one in
the field must not turn back to get a coat. 17
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who
are nursing infants in those days! 18 Pray
that it may not be in winter. 19 For in those
days there will be suffering, such as has not
been from the beginning of the creation that
God created until now, no, and never will be.
20 And if the Lord had not cut short those
days, no one would be saved; but for the sake
of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short
those days. 21 And if anyone says to you at
that time, 'Look! Here is the Messiah!' or
'Look! There he is!'--do not believe it. 22
False messiahs and false prophets will appear
and produce signs and omens, to lead astray,
if possible, the elect. 23 But be alert; I
have already told you everything. 24 "But
in those days, after that suffering, the sun
will be darkened, and the moon will not give
its light, 25 and the stars will be falling
from heaven, and the powers in the heavens
will be shaken. 26 Then they will see 'the Son
of Man coming in clouds' with great power and
glory. 27 Then he will send out the angels,
and gather his elect from the four winds, from
the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
28 "From the fig tree learn its lesson:
as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts
forth its leaves, you know that summer is
near. 29 So also, when you see these things
taking place, you know that he is near, at the
very gates. 30 Truly I tell you, this
generation will not pass away until all these
things have taken place. 31 Heaven and earth
will pass away, but my words will not pass
away. 32 "But about that day or hour no
one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor
the Son, but only the Father. 33 Beware, keep
alert; for you do not know when the time will
come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey,
when he leaves home and puts his slaves in
charge, each with his work, and commands the
doorkeeper to be on the watch. 35 Therefore,
keep awake--for you do not know when the
master of the house will come, in the evening,
or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 36
or else he may find you asleep when he comes
suddenly. 37 And what I say to you I say to
all: Keep awake."
(Mark
14) It was two days before the Passover and
the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief
priests and the scribes were looking for a way
to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; 2 for
they said, "Not during the festival, or
there may be a riot among the people." 3
While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon
the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman
came with an alabaster jar of very costly
ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar
and poured the ointment on his head. 4 But
some were there who said to one another in
anger, "Why was the ointment wasted in
this way? 5 For this ointment could have been
sold for more than three hundred denarii, and
the money given to the poor." And they
scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, "Let her
alone; why do you trouble her? She has
performed a good service for me. 7 For you
always have the poor with you, and you can
show kindness to them whenever you wish; but
you will not always have me. 8 She has done
what she could; she has anointed my body
beforehand for its burial. 9 Truly I tell you,
wherever the good news is proclaimed in the
whole world, what she has done will be told in
remembrance of her." 10 Then Judas
Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to
the chief priests in order to betray him to
them. 11 When they heard it, they were greatly
pleased, and promised to give him money. So he
began to look for an opportunity to betray
him. 12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread,
when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his
disciples said to him, "Where do you want
us to go and make the preparations for you to
eat the Passover?" 13 So he sent two of
his disciples, saying to them, "Go into
the city, and a man carrying a jar of water
will meet you; follow him, 14 and wherever he
enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The
Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I
may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15 He
will show you a large room upstairs, furnished
and ready. Make preparations for us
there." 16 So the disciples set out and
went to the city, and found everything as he
had told them; and they prepared the Passover
meal. 17 When it was evening, he came with the
twelve. 18 And when they had taken their
places and were eating, Jesus said,
"Truly I tell you, one of you will betray
me, one who is eating with me." 19 They
began to be distressed and to say to him one
after another, "Surely, not I?" 20
He said to them, "It is one of the
twelve, one who is dipping bread into the bowl
with me. 21 For the Son of Man goes as it is
written of him, but woe to that one by whom
the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been
better for that one not to have been
born." 22 While they were eating, he took
a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he
broke it, gave it to them, and said,
"Take; this is my body." 23 Then he
took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it
to them, and all of them drank from it. 24 He
said to them, "This is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many. 25
Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of
the fruit of the vine until that day when I
drink it new in the kingdom of God." 26
When they had sung the hymn, they went out to
the Mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus said to
them, "You will all become deserters; for
it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.' 28 But after
I am raised up, I will go before you to
Galilee." 29 Peter said to him,
"Even though all become deserters, I will
not." 30 Jesus said to him, "Truly I
tell you, this day, this very night, before
the cock crows twice, you will deny me three
times." 31 But he said vehemently,
"Even though I must die with you, I will
not deny you." And all of them said the
same. 32 They went to a place called
Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples,
"Sit here while I pray." 33 He took
with him Peter and James and John, and began
to be distressed and agitated. 34 And said to
them, "I am deeply grieved, even to
death; remain here, and keep awake." 35
And going a little farther, he threw himself
on the ground and prayed that, if it were
possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 He
said, "Abba, Father, for you all things
are possible; remove this cup from me; yet,
not what I want, but what you want." 37
He came and found them sleeping; and he said
to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could
you not keep awake one hour? 38 Keep awake and
pray that you may not come into the time of
trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak." 39 And again he went away
and prayed, saying the same words. 40 And once
more he came and found them sleeping, for
their eyes were very heavy; and they did not
know what to say to him. 41 He came a third
time and said to them, "Are you still
sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The
hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into
the hands of sinners. 42 Get up, let us be
going. See, my betrayer is at hand." 43
Immediately, while he was still speaking,
Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; and with
him there was a crowd with swords and clubs,
from the chief priests, the scribes, and the
elders. 44 Now the betrayer had given them a
sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the
man; arrest him and lead him away under
guard." 45 So when he came, he went up to
him at once and said, "Rabbi!" and
kissed him. 46 Then they laid hands on him and
arrested him. 47 But one of those who stood
near drew his sword and struck the slave of
the high priest, cutting off his ear. 48 Then
Jesus said to them, "Have you come out
with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I
were a bandit? 49 Day after day I was with you
in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest
me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled."
50 All of them deserted him and fled. 51 A
certain young man was following him, wearing
nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of
him, 52 but he left the linen cloth and ran
off naked. 53 They took Jesus to the high
priest; and all the chief priests, the elders,
and the scribes were assembled. 54 Peter had
followed him at a distance, right into the
courtyard of the high priest; and he was
sitting with the guards, warming himself at
the fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the
whole council were looking for testimony
against Jesus to put him to death; but they
found none. 56 For many gave false testimony
against him, and their testimony did not
agree. 57 Some stood up and gave false
testimony against him, saying, 58 "We
heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple
that is made with hands, and in three days I
will build another, not made with
hands.'" 59 But even on this point their
testimony did not agree. 60 Then the high
priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,
"Have you no answer? What is it that they
testify against you?" 61 But he was
silent and did not answer. Again the high
priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah,
the Son of the Blessed One?" 62 Jesus
said, "I am; and 'you will see the Son of
Man seated at the right hand of the Power,'
and 'coming with the clouds of heaven.'"
63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and
said, "Why do we still need witnesses? 64
You have heard his blasphemy! What is your
decision?" All of them condemned him as
deserving death. 65 Some began to spit on him,
to blindfold him, and to strike him, saying to
him, "Prophesy!" The guards also
took him over and beat him. 66 While Peter was
below in the courtyard, one of the
servant-girls of the high priest came by. 67
When she saw Peter warming himself, she stared
at him and said, "You also were with
Jesus, the man from Nazareth." 68 But he
denied it, saying, "I do not know or
understand what you are talking about."
And he went out into the forecourt. Then the
cock crowed. 69 And the servant-girl, on
seeing him, began again to say to the
bystanders, "This man is one of
them." 70 But again he denied it. Then
after a little while the bystanders again said
to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them;
for you are a Galilean." 71 But he began
to curse, and he swore an oath, "I do not
know this man you are talking about." 72
At that moment the cock crowed for the second
time. Then Peter remembered that Jesus had
said to him, "Before the cock crows
twice, you will deny me three times." And
he broke down and wept.
(Mark
15) As soon as it was morning, the chief
priests held a consultation with the elders
and scribes and the whole council. They bound
Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to
Pilate. 2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the
King of the Jews?" He answered him,
"You say so." 3 Then the chief
priests accused him of many things. 4 Pilate
asked him again, "Have you no answer? See
how many charges they bring against you."
5 But Jesus made no further reply, so that
Pilate was amazed. 6 Now at the festival he
used to release a prisoner for them, anyone
for whom they asked. 7 Now a man called
Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had
committed murder during the insurrection. 8 So
the crowd came and began to ask Pilate to do
for them according to his custom. 9 Then he
answered them, "Do you want me to release
for you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he
realized that it was out of jealousy that the
chief priests had handed him over. 11 But the
chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him
release Barabbas for them instead. 12 Pilate
spoke to them again, "Then what do you
wish me to do with the man you call the King
of the Jews?" 13 They shouted back,
"Crucify him!" 14 Pilate asked them,
"Why, what evil has he done?" But
they shouted all the more, "Crucify
him!" 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy
the crowd, released Barabbas for them; and
after flogging Jesus, he handed him over to be
crucified. 16 Then the soldiers led him into
the courtyard of the palace (that is, the
governor's headquarters); and they called
together the whole cohort. 17 And they clothed
him in a purple cloak; and after twisting some
thorns into a crown, they put it on him. 18
And they began saluting him, "Hail, King
of the Jews!" 19 They struck his head
with a reed, spat upon him, and knelt down in
homage to him. 20 After mocking him, they
stripped him of the purple cloak and put his
own clothes on him. Then they led him out to
crucify him. 21 They compelled a passer-by,
who was coming in from the country, to carry
his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father
of Alexander and Rufus. 22 Then they brought
Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which
means the place of a skull). 23 And they
offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did
not take it. 24 And they crucified him, and
divided his clothes among them, casting lots
to decide what each should take. 25 It was
nine o'clock in the morning when they
crucified him. 26 The inscription of the
charge against him read, "The King of the
Jews." 27 And with him they crucified two
bandits, one on his right and one on his left.
28 29 Those who passed by derided him, shaking
their heads and saying, "Aha! You who
would destroy the temple and build it in three
days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the
cross!" 31 In the same way the chief
priests, along with the scribes, were also
mocking him among themselves and saying,
"He saved others; he cannot save himself.
32 Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come
down from the cross now, so that we may see
and believe." Those who were crucified
with him also taunted him. 33 When it was
noon, darkness came over the whole land until
three in the afternoon. 34 At three o'clock
Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi,
Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken
me?" 35 When some of the bystanders heard
it, they said, "Listen, he is calling for
Elijah." 36 And someone ran, filled a
sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and
gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait,
let us see whether Elijah will come to take
him down." 37 Then Jesus gave a loud cry
and breathed his last. 38 And the curtain of
the temple was torn in two, from top to
bottom. 39 Now when the centurion, who stood
facing him, saw that in this way he breathed
his last, he said, "Truly this man was
God's Son!" 40 There were also women
looking on from a distance; among them were
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James
the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41 These
used to follow him and provided for him when
he was in Galilee; and there were many other
women who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
42 When evening had come, and since it was the
day of Preparation, that is, the day before
the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a
respected member of the council, who was also
himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of
God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the
body of Jesus. 44 Then Pilate wondered if he
were already dead; and summoning the
centurion, he asked him whether he had been
dead for some time. 45 When he learned from
the centurion that he was dead, he granted the
body to Joseph. 46 Then Joseph bought a linen
cloth, and taking down the body, wrapped it in
the linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that
had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled
a stone against the door of the tomb. 47 Mary
Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw
where the body was laid.
(Mark
16) When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother of James, and Salome
bought spices, so that they might go and
anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day
of the week, when the sun had risen, they went
to the tomb. 3 They had been saying to one
another, "Who will roll away the stone
for us from the entrance to the tomb?" 4
When they looked up, they saw that the stone,
which was very large, had already been rolled
back. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a
young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on
the right side; and they were alarmed. 6 But
he said to them, "Do not be alarmed; you
are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.
Look, there is the place they laid him. 7 But
go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is
going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will
see him, just as he told you." 8 So they
went out and fled from the tomb, for terror
and amazement had seized them; and they said
nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. 9 Now
after he rose early on the first day of the
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She
went out and told those who had been with him,
while they were mourning and weeping. 11 But
when they heard that he was alive and had been
seen by her, they would not believe it. 12
After this he appeared in another form to two
of them, as they were walking into the
country. 13 And they went back and told the
rest, but they did not believe them. 14 Later
he appeared to the eleven themselves as they
were sitting at the table; and he upbraided
them for their lack of faith and stubbornness,
because they had not believed those who saw
him after he had risen. 15 And he said to
them, "Go into all the world and proclaim
the good news to the whole creation. 16 The
one who believes and is baptized will be
saved; but the one who does not believe will
be condemned. 17 And these signs will
accompany those who believe: by using my name
they will cast out demons; they will speak in
new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes in
their hands, and if they drink any deadly
thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay
their hands on the sick, and they will
recover." 19 So then the Lord Jesus,
after he had spoken to them, was taken up into
heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and proclaimed the good
news everywhere, while the Lord worked with
them and confirmed the message by the signs
that accompanied it.
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