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Chapter
1. The preaching of John the Baptist. Christ is
baptized by him. He calls his disciples and works many miracles.
Chapter
2. Christ heals the sick of the palsy. He calls
Matthew and excuses his disciples.
Chapter
3. Christ heals the withered hand. He chooses the
twelve. He confutes the blasphemy of the Pharisees.
Chapter
4. The parable of the sower. Christ stills the tempest
at sea.
Chapter
5. Christ casts out a legion of devils: he heals the
issue of blood, and raises the daughter of Jairus to life.
Chapter
6. Christ teaches at Nazareth: he sends forth the
twelve apostles: he feeds five thousand with five loaves; and walks
upon the sea.
Chapter
7. Christ rebukes the Pharisees. He heals the daughter
of the woman of Chanaan; and the man that was deaf and dumb.
Chapter
8. Christ feeds four thousand. He gives sight to a
blind man. He foretells his passion.
Chapter
9. Christ is transfigured. He casts out the dumb
spirit. He teaches humility and to avoid scandal.
Chapter
10. Marriage is not to be dissolved. The danger of
riches. The ambition of the sons of Zebedee. A blind man is restored to
his sight.
Chapter
11. Christ enters into Jerusalem upon an ass. He
curses the barren fig tree and drives the buyers and sellers out of the
temple.
Chapter
12. The parable of the vineyard and husbandmen.
Caesar's right to tribute. The Sadducees are confuted. The first
commandment. The widow's mite.
Chapter
13. Christ foretells the destruction of the temple and
the signs that shall forerun the day of judgment.
Chapter
14. The first part of the history of the passion of
Christ.
Chapter
15. The continuation of the history of the passion.
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By Mons. Dr. Juan Straubinger
Mark,
surnamed John, was the son of
that Mary in whose house the Lord's
Disciples used to meet (Acts
12:12). It is quite probable that the same house also
served as the setting for other Sacred Events such as the last Passover
Meal and Pentecost.
With his cousin Barnabas, Mark accompanied Paul in his first Apostolic
Journey as far as the city of Perga in Pamphylia (Acts 13:13). Later
on,
somewhere between the years 61-63 A.D., we find him again with Paul
during his captivity in Rome.
Peter calls Mark "my son" (1Peter 5:13), which leads us to believe that
he was
baptized by Peter himself. The earliest tradition unanimously confirms
that in Rome Mark transmitted to others what his spiritual father
(Peter) taught him, thus, writing in the years 50-60 A.D. his Gospel; a
Gospel which would be more accurately called the Gospel of ' Peter and
Recorded by Mark'.
The purpose that the second Evangelist tried to fulfill was to
demonstrate that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that everything in
nature - even demons - are subjected to Him. Therefore, he makes a
point of reporting about the miracles as well as the exorcisms
performed by Jesus.
The Gospel of Mark, the briefest of the four Gospels, presents in
synthesis and in his own style, many of the same events that appear in
the other Gospels as well as reports events which are missing from
them. This allows a better and deeper understanding of the other
Gospels.
Mark died in Alexandria - the seat of the Patriarchate which he headed.
The city of Venice claim him as its Patron and his body is venerated in
its cathedral.
(*) A translation from
the
Straubinger Spanish Bible. Not a part of the World English Bible.
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MARK
1
The
preaching of John the Baptist. Christ is baptized by him. He calls his
disciples and works many miracles.
1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God. 2 As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, (*) I send my
messenger
before your face, who will prepare your way before you: (✡) 3 the voice
of one
crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his
paths straight!’ ” (✡)
4 John came baptizing (†)
in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for
forgiveness of sins. 5 All 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.
6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather
belt around his
waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. 7 He 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. 8 I baptized you in (‡)
water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.” 9 In those days,
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the
Jordan. 10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens
parting and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
11 A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved
Son, in whom I am
well pleased.” 12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the
wilderness. 13 He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by
Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came
into Galilee,
preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom, 15 and saying, “The time is
fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the
Good News.”
16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon
and Andrew, the
brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
17 Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers
for men.” 18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. 19
Going 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. 20
Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the
boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
21 They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the
Sabbath day he
entered into the synagogue and taught. 22 They were astonished at his
teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the
scribes. 23 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an
unclean spirit, and he cried out, 24 saying, “Ha! What do we have to do
with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who
you are: the Holy One of God!” 25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet,
and come out of him!”
26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying
with a loud voice,
came out of him. 27 They 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!” 28 The report
of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee
and its surrounding area. 29 Immediately, when they had come out of the
synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and
John. 30 Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and
immediately they told him about her.
31 He came and took her by the hand and raised her
up. The fever left her immediately, (§)
and she served them. 32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought
to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by demons. 33 All
the city was gathered together at the door. 34 He 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. 35 Early in the morning,
while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a
deserted place, and prayed there.
36 Simon and those who were with him searched for
him. 37 They found
him and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 He said to them,
“Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also,
because I came out for this reason.” 39 He went into their synagogues
throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons. 40 A leper
came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If
you want to, you can make me clean.”
41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his
hand, and touched
him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.” 42 When he had said
this, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean.
43 He strictly warned him and immediately sent him out, 44 and said to
him, “See that 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.” 45 But 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. People came
to him from everywhere.
(*) 1:2 “Behold”, from
“ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is
often used as an interjection.
(✡) 1:2 Malachi 3:1
(✡) 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
(†) 1:4 or, immersing
(‡) 1:8 The Greek word (en)
translated here as “in” could also be translated as “with” in some
contexts.
(§) 1:31 NU omits “immediately”.
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MARK
2
Christ
heals the sick of the palsy. He calls Matthew and excuses his disciples.
1 When he entered again into Capernaum after some
days, it was heard that he was at home. 2 Immediately many were
gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the
door; and he spoke the word to them. 3 Four people came, carrying a
paralytic to him. 4 When 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. 5 Jesus, seeing their
faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there
and reasoning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak blasphemies
like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 Immediately Jesus,
perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said
to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts? 9 Which is
easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say,
‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?’ 10 But that you may know that
the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —he said to the
paralytic—
11 “I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to
your house.” 12 He 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!” 13 He went out again by the
seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them. 14 As he
passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office.
He said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him. 15 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.
16 The 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?” 17 When 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.” 18 John’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?” 19 Jesus 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. 20 But the days will come when
the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in
that day.
21 No 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. 22 No 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.” 23 He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain
fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of
grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which
is not lawful on the Sabbath day?” 25 He said to them, “Did you never
read what David did when he had need and was hungry — he, and those who
were with him?
26 How he entered into God’s house at the time of
Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful
to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with
him?” 27 He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for
the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
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MARK
3
Christ heals the
withered hand. He chooses the twelve. He confutes the blasphemy of the
Pharisees.
1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was
a man there whose hand was withered. 2 They watched him, whether he
would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 3 He
said to the man whose hand was withered, “Stand up.” 4 He 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. 5 When 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.
6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired
with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 7 Jesus
withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed
him from Galilee, from Judea, 8 from 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. 9 He spoke to his
disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd,
so that they wouldn’t press on him. 10 For he had healed many, so that
as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell
down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!” 12 He sternly
warned them that they should not make him known. 13 He went up into the
mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to
him. 14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he
might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to heal
sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16 Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James
the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called
Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder); 18 Andrew; Philip;
Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus;
Simon the Zealot; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he
came into a house. 20 The multitude came together again, so that they
could not so much as eat bread.
21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize
him; for they said, “He is insane.” 22 The scribes who came down from
Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons
he casts out the demons.” 23 He summoned them and said to them in
parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided
against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided
against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is
divided, he can’t stand, but has an end. 27 But no one can enter into
the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong
man; then he will plunder his house. 28 “Most certainly I tell you, all
sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their
blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; 29 but whoever may blaspheme
against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to
eternal condemnation.” (*)
30 — because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing
outside, they sent to him, calling him. 32 A multitude was sitting
around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and
your sisters (†)
are outside looking for you.” 33 He answered them, “Who are my mother
and my brothers?” 34 Looking around at those who sat around him, he
said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will
of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
(*) 3:29 NU reads,
guilty of an eternal sin.
(†) 3:32 TR omits “your sisters”
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MARK
4
The
parable of the sower. Christ stills the tempest at sea.
1 Again 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. 2 He
taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching, 3
“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seed
fell by the road, and the birds (*) came and devoured it. 5 Others fell
on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it
sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and
because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Others fell among the
thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 Others fell into the good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and
increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one
hundred times as much.” 9 He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him
hear.” 10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve
asked him about the parables.
11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of
God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in
parables, 12 that ‘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.’ ” (✡) 13 He said to them,
“Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the
parables? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 The ones by the road are the
ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately
Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
16 These in the same way are those who are sown on
the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately
receive it with joy. 17 They have no root in themselves, but are
short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word,
immediately they stumble. 18 Others are those who are sown among the
thorns. These are those who have heard the word, 19 and 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. 20 Those
which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept
it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one
hundred times.”
21 He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put
under a basket (†) or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand? 22 For
there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither
was anything made secret but that it should come to light. 23 If any
man has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 He 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. 25 For whoever has, to
him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has
will be taken away from him.”
26 He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should
cast seed on the earth, 27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and
the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how. 28 For
the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then
the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately
he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” 30 He said, “How
will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
31 It’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, 32 yet 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.” 33 With many such parables he spoke
the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 34 Without a parable he
didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained
everything. 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them,
“Let’s go over to the other side.”
36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them,
even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him. 37 A
big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that
the boat was already filled. 38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on
the cushion; and they woke him up and asked him, “Teacher, don’t you
care that we are dying?” 39 He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to
the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no
faith?”
41 They were greatly afraid and said to one another,
“Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
(*) 4:4 TR adds “of the
air”
(✡) 4:12 Isaiah 6:9-10
(†) 4:21 literally, a modion, a
dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 liters)
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MARK
5
Christ
casts out a legion of devils: he heals the issue of blood, and raises
the daughter of Jairus to life.
1 They came to the other side of the sea, into the
country of the Gadarenes. 2 When he had come out of the boat,
immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs. 3 He
lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with
chains, 4 because 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 Always, night and day,
in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting
himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down
to him, 7 and 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.” 8 For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you
unclean spirit!” 9 He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him,
“My name is Legion, for we are many.” 10 He begged him much that he
would not send them away out of the country.
11 Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of
pigs feeding. 12 All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the
pigs, that we may enter into them.” 13 At 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. 14 Those who fed the pigs fled, and told
it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was
that had happened. 15 They 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.
16 Those who saw it declared to them what happened
to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs. 17 They began
to beg him to depart from their region. 18 As he was entering into the
boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be
with him. 19 He 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.” 20 He went his way, and began to
proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and
everyone marveled.
21 When 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. 22 Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name,
came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and 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.” 24 He
went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed
upon him on all sides. 25 A certain woman who had a discharge of blood
for twelve years,
26 and had suffered many things by many physicians,
and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew
worse, 27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him
in the crowd and touched his clothes. 28 For she said, “If I just touch
his clothes, I will be made well.” 29 Immediately the flow of her blood
was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her
affliction. 30 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power
had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who
touched my clothes?”
31 His disciples said to him, “You see the multitude
pressing against you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ” 32 He looked
around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing
and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down
before him, and told him all the truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter,
your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your
disease.” 35 While he was still speaking, people came from the
synagogue ruler’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the
Teacher any more?”
36 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken,
immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only
believe.” 37 He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and
John the brother of James. 38 He came to the synagogue ruler’s house,
and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing. 39 When he had
entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The
child is not dead, but is asleep.” 40 They ridiculed him. But he,
having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and
those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
41 Taking the child by the hand, he said to her,
“Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get
up!” 42 Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve
years old. They were amazed with great amazement. 43 He strictly
ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something
should be given to her to eat.
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MARK
6
Christ
teaches at Nazareth: he sends forth the twelve apostles: he feeds five
thousand with five loaves; and walks upon the sea.
1 He went out from there. He came into his own
country, and his disciples followed him. 2 When 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? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and
brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with
us?” So they were offended at him. 4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is
not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own
relatives, and in his own house.” 5 He could do no mighty work there,
except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.
6 He marveled because of their unbelief. He went
around the villages teaching. 7 He called to himself the twelve, and
began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the
unclean spirits. 8 He commanded them that they should take nothing for
their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in
their purse, 9 but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics. 10 He
said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you
depart from there.
11 Whoever 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!” 12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They
cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick and
healed them. 14 King 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.” 15 But others said, “He is Elijah.”
Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is
John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.” 17 For 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. 18
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your
brother’s wife.” 19 Herodias set herself against him and desired to
kill him, but she couldn’t, 20 for 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.
21 Then a convenient day came when Herod on his
birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief
men of Galilee. 22 When 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.”
23 He swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to
half of my kingdom.” 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What
shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.” 25 She came in
immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give
me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake
of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her. 27
Immediately 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, 28 and
brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the
young lady gave it to her mother. 29 When his disciples heard this,
they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb. 30 The apostles
gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things,
whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
31 He said to them, “Come away into a deserted
place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they
had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 They went away in the boat to a
deserted place by themselves. 33 They (*) 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. 34 Jesus 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. 35 When it
was late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, “This place is
deserted, and it is late in the day.
36 Send them away, that they may go into the
surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread, for they
have nothing to eat.” 37 But 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?” 38 He said to them, “How many loaves do you
have? Go see.” When they knew, they said, “Five, and two fish.” 39 He
commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green
grass. 40 They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
41 He 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. 42 They all ate and were filled. 43 They took up twelve
baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish. 44 Those who ate
the loaves were (‡)
five thousand men. 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the
boat and go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself
sent the multitude away.
46 After he had taken leave of them, he went up the
mountain to pray. 47 When evening had come, the boat was in the middle
of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 48 Seeing 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, 49 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed
that it was a ghost, and cried out; 50 for 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.”
51 He got into the boat with them; and the wind
ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled; 52
for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were
hardened. 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at
Gennesaret and moored to the shore. 54 When they had come out of the
boat, immediately the people recognized him, 55 and ran around that
whole region, and began to bring those who were sick on their mats to
where they heard he was.
56 Wherever he entered —into villages, or into
cities, or into the country— they laid the sick in the marketplaces and
begged him that they might just touch the fringe (*) of his garment;
and as
many as touched him were made well.
(*) 6:33 TR reads “The
multitudes” instead of “They”
(†) 6:37 200 denarii was about
7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural laborer.
(‡) 6:44 TR adds “about”
(✡) 6:48 See Job 9:8
(§) 6:50 or, “I AM!”
(*) 6:56 or, tassel
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Christ rebukes the
Pharisees. He heals the daughter of the woman of Chanaan; and the man
that was deaf and dumb.
1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered
together to him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some
of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands,
they found fault. 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. 4 They 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.) 5 The 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?”
6 He 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 They worship me in vain, teaching as
doctrines the commandments of men.’ (✡) 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.” 9 He
said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you
may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your
mother;’ (✡) and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be
put to death.’ (✡)
11 But 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, 12 “then you no longer allow him to
do anything for his father or his mother, 13 making void the word of
God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things
like this.” 14 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand. 15 There 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.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!” (†) 17
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples
asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, “Are you also without
understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from
outside can’t defile him, 19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but
into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?” (‡)
20 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 22
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy,
pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and
defile the man.” 24 From 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. 25 For a woman whose little
daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down
at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by
race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 But 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.”
28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table
eat the children’s crumbs.” 29 He said to her, “For this saying, go
your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” 30 She went away to
her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the
demon gone out.
31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and
Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region
of Decapolis. 32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an
impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 He
took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into
his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue. 34 Looking up to heaven,
he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” 35
Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was
released, and he spoke clearly.
36 He commanded them that they should tell no one,
but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed
it. 37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all
things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
(✡) 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
(✡) 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
(✡) 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
(*) 7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
(†) 7:16 NU omits verse 16.
(‡) 7:19 NU ends Jesus’ direct quote and question after “latrine”,
ending the verse with “Thus he declared all foods clean.
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Christ
feeds four thousand. He gives sight to a blind man. He foretells his
passion.
1 In 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, 2 “I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to
eat. 3 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on
the way, for some of them have come a long way.” 4 His disciples
answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread
here in a deserted place?” 5 He asked them, “How many loaves do you
have?” They said, “Seven.”
6 He 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. 7 They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he
said to serve these also. 8 They ate and were filled. They took up
seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over. 9 Those who had
eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away. 10 Immediately
he entered into the boat with his disciples and came into the region of
Dalmanutha.
11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him,
seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing him. 12 He sighed
deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation (*) seek a
sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this
generation.” 13 He left them, and again entering into the boat,
departed to the other side. 14 They forgot to take bread; and they
didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 15 He warned
them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the
yeast of Herod.”
16 They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s
because we have no bread.” 17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why
do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive
yet or understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, don’t
you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember? 19 When I
broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.” 20 “When the
seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken
pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
21 He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?” 22 He
came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to
touch him. 23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought
him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his
hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. 24 He looked up, and
said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.” 25 Then again he
laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and
saw everyone clearly.
26 He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t
enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.” 27 Jesus 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?” 28 They told
him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others, one of the
prophets.” 29 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter
answered, “You are the Christ.” 30 He commanded them that they should
tell no one about him.
31 He 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. 32 He
spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him. 33 But
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.” 34 He 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. 35 For whoever
wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for
my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole
world and forfeit his life? 37 For what will a man give in exchange for
his life? 38 For 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 his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
(*) 8:12 The word translated “generation” here (genea) could
also be translated “people”, “race”, or “family”.
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Christ
is transfigured. He casts out the dumb spirit. He teaches humility and
to avoid scandal.
1 He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there
are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see
God’s Kingdom come with power.” 2 After 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. 3 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like
snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4 Elijah and Moses
appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 Peter 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.”
6 For he didn’t know what to say, for they were very
afraid. 7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the
cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” 8 Suddenly looking
around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only. 9 As
they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they
should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of
Man had risen from the dead. 10 They kept this saying to themselves,
questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.
11 They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say
that Elijah must come first?” 12 He 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? 13 But 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.” 14 Coming to the
disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes
questioning them. 15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him,
were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him.
16 He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
17 One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son,
who has a mute spirit; 18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him
down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I
asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.” 19 He
answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.” 20 They 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.
21 He asked his father, “How long has it been since
this has been happening to him?” He said, “From childhood. 22 Often 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.” 23 Jesus
said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who
believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears,
“I believe. Help my unbelief!” 25 When 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!”
26 After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it
came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of
them said, “He is dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised
him up; and he arose. 28 When he had come into the house, his disciples
asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 29 He said to them,
“This kind can come out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.” 30 They
went out from there and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone
to know it,
31 for 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.” 32 But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid
to ask him. 33 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he
asked them, “What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?” 34 But
they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way
about who was the greatest. 35 He 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.”
36 He took a little child and set him in the middle
of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, 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.” 38 John 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.” 39 But
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. 40 For whoever
is not against us is on our side.
41 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink
in my name because you are Christ’s, most certainly I tell you, he will
in no way lose his reward. 42 “Whoever will cause one of these little
ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he
were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck. 43 If
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, 44 ‘where their worm doesn’t
die, and the fire is not quenched.’ (✡)(†) 45 If 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 —
46 ‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is
not quenched.’ (§) 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out.
It is better for you to enter into God’s Kingdom with one eye, rather
than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna (*) of fire, 48 ‘where
their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’ (✡) 49 For
everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned
with salt. 50 Salt 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.”
(*) 9:43 or, Hell
(✡) 9:44 Isaiah 66:24
(†) 9:44 NU omits verse 44.
(‡) 9:45 or, Hell
(§) 9:46 NU omits verse 46.
(*) 9:47 or, Hell
(✡) 9:48 Isaiah 66:24
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10
Marriage
is not to be dissolved. The danger of riches. The ambition of the sons
of Zebedee. A blind man is restored to his sight.
1 He 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. 2 Pharisees came to him
testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife?” 3 He answered, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They said, “Moses
allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.” 5
But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this
commandment.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made
them male and female. (✡) 7 For this cause a man will leave his father
and mother, and will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one
flesh, (✡) so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What
therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” 10 In the
house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and
marries another commits adultery against her. 12 If a woman herself
divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” 13
They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them,
but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. 14 But 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 God’s Kingdom
belongs to such as these. 15 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will
not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter
into it.”
16 He took them in his arms and blessed them,
laying his hands on them. 17 As 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?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you
call me good? No one is good except one — God. 19 You 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.’ ” (✡) 20 He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed
all these things from my youth.”
21 Jesus 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.” 22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away
sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. 23 Jesus looked
around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who
have riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!” 24 The disciples were amazed
at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for
those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom! 25 It is easier
for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter
into God’s Kingdom.”
26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him,
“Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it
is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”
28 Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed
you.” 29 Jesus said, “Most certainly 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 sake of the Good News,
30 but 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.
31 But many who are first will be last, and the
last first.” 32 They 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. 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. 34 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and
kill him. On the third day he will rise again.” 35 James and John, the
sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do
for us whatever we will ask.”
36 He said to them, “What do you want me to do for
you?” 37 They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your
right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.” 38 But 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?” 39 They 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; 40 but to sit at my right
hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been
prepared.”
41 When the ten heard it, they began to be
indignant toward James and John. 42 Jesus summoned them and said to
them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations
lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
43 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great
among you shall be your servant. 44 Whoever of you wants to become
first among you shall be bondservant of all. 45 For the Son of Man also
came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom
for many.”
46 They 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. 47 When he heard
that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus,
you son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many rebuked him, that he
should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have
mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him.” They called
the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!” 50
He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
51 Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for
you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, (*) that I may see again.”
52 Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way.
(✡) 10:6 Genesis 1:27
(✡) 10:8 Genesis 2:24
(✡) 10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
(*) 10:51 Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great
teacher.”
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11
Christ
enters into Jerusalem upon an ass. He curses the barren fig tree and
drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple.
1 When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage
(*) and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2
and 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. 3 If anyone asks you,
‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he
will send him back here.” 4 They went away, and found a young donkey
tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him. 5
Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying
the young donkey?”
6 They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they
let them go. 7 They brought the young donkey to Jesus and threw their
garments on it, and Jesus sat on it. 8 Many spread their garments on
the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees and
spreading them on the road. 9 Those who went in front and those who
followed cried out, “Hosanna! (†) Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord! (✡) 10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is
coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
11 Jesus 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. 12 The next day, when they had come out
from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 Seeing 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. 14 Jesus told it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” and
his disciples heard it. 15 They 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 money changers’ tables and the
seats of those who sold the doves.
16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container
through the temple. 17 He 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!” (✡) 18 The 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. 19 When
evening came, he went out of the city. 20 As they passed by in the
morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
21 Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look!
The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.” 22 Jesus answered
them, “Have faith in God. 23 For most certainly 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. 24 Therefore I tell you, all things
whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and
you shall have them. 25 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you
have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven,
may also forgive you your transgressions.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your
Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.” (‡) 27 They came again
to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests,
the scribes, and the elders came to him, 28 and they began saying to
him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this
authority to do these things?” 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 The baptism of John — was it from heaven, or from men?
Answer me.”
31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we
should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe
him?’ 32 If we should say, ‘From men’ ” — they feared the people, for
all
held John to really be a prophet. 33 They answered Jesus, “We don’t
know.” Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I
do these things.”
(*) 11:1 TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”
(†) 11:9 “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
(✡) 11:9 Psalm 118:25-26
(✡) 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
(✡) 11:17 Jeremiah 7:11
(‡) 11:26 NU omits verse 26.
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12
The
parable of the vineyard and husbandmen. Caesar's right to tribute. The
Sadducees are confuted. The first commandment. The widow's mite.
1 He began to speak to them in parables. “A man
planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine
press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another
country. 2 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get
from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 They took
him, beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 Again, he sent another
servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head,
and sent him away shamefully treated. 5 Again he sent another, and they
killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some.
6 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he
sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those
farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him,
and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 They took him, killed him, and
cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What therefore will the lord of the
vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the
vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone
which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.
11 This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our
eyes’?” (✡) 12 They 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. 13 They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians
to him, that they might trap him with words. 14 When 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? 15 Shall 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.”
16 They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this
image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.” 17 Jesus 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. 18 Some
Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him. They
asked him, saying, 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.’
20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no
offspring.
21 The second took her, and died, leaving no
children behind him. The third likewise; 22 and the seven took her and
left no children. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the
resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the
seven had her as a wife.” 24 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because
you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25
For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given
in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
26 But 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’? (✡) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You
are therefore badly mistaken.” 28 One of the scribes came and heard
them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well,
asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” 29 Jesus
answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord
is one. 30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ (✡)
This is the first commandment.
31 The second is like this: ‘You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.’ (✡) There is no other commandment greater than
these.” 32 The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well
that he is one, and there is none other but he; 33 and to love him with
all the heart, with all the understanding, 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.” 34 When Jesus saw that
he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s
Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that. 35 Jesus
responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say
that the Christ is the son of David?
36 For 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.” ’ (✡) 37 Therefore David himself calls him
Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly. 38
In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to
walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, 39 and to
get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts, 40
those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers.
These will receive greater condemnation.”
41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and saw how
the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in
much. 42 A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, (*)
which equal a quadrans coin. (†) 43 He called his disciples to himself
and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more
than all those who are giving into the treasury, 44 for they all gave
out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she
had to live on.”
(✡) 12:11 Psalm 118:22-23
(✡) 12:26 Exodus 3:6
(✡) 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5
(✡) 12:31 Leviticus 19:18
(✡) 12:36 Psalm 110:1
(*) 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.
(†) 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.
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13
Christ foretells
the destruction of the temple and the signs that shall forerun the day
of judgment.
1 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples
said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of
buildings!” 2 Jesus 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.” 3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple,
Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when
will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about
to be fulfilled?” 5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful
that no one leads you astray.
6 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’
(*) and will lead many astray. 7 “When you hear of wars and rumors of
wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
8 For 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. 9 “But 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. 10 The Good News must first be preached
to all the nations.
11 When 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. 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 You will be hated by all men for my name’s
sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. 14 “But 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, 15 and let him who is on
the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his
house.
16 Let him who is in the field not return back to
take his cloak. 17 But woe to those who are with child and to those who
nurse babies in those days! 18 Pray that your flight won’t be in the
winter. 19 For 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. 20 Unless 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.
21 Then if anyone tells you, Look, here is the
Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it. 22
For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and
wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
23 But you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand. 24
But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the
moon will not give its light, 25 the stars will be falling from the
sky, and the powers that are 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 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. 28 “Now from the fig tree,
learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender and produces
its leaves, you know that the summer is near; 29 even so you also, when
you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the
doors. 30 Most certainly I say to you, this generation (†) will not
pass away until all these things happen.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will not pass away. 32 “But of that day or that hour no one knows — not
even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Watch,
keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is. 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. 35 Watch 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;
36 lest, coming suddenly, he might find you
sleeping. 37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch!”
(*) 13:6 or, “I AM!”
(✡) 13:14 Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11
(✡) 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
(†) 13:30 The word translated “generation” (genea) could also be
translated “race”, “family”, or “people”.
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14
The
first part of the history of the passion of Christ.
1 It was now two days before the Passover and the
Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought
how they might seize him by deception and kill him. 2 For they said,
“Not during the feast, because there might 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 having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure
nard — very costly. She broke the jar and poured it over his head. 4
But
there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has
this ointment been wasted? 5 For this might have been sold for more
than three hundred denarii (*) and given to the poor.” So they
grumbled against her.
6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you
trouble her? She has done a good work for me. 7 For you always have the
poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you
will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could. She has
anointed my body beforehand for the burying. 9 Most certainly I tell
you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole
world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a
memorial of her.” 10 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went
away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.
11 They, when they heard it, were glad, and
promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver
him. 12 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the
Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and
prepare that you may eat the Passover?” 13 He sent two of his disciples
and said to them, “Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher
of water will meet you. Follow him, 14 and 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?” ’ 15 He will himself
show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us
there.”
16 His disciples went out, and came into the city,
and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the
Passover. 17 When it was evening he came with the twelve. 18 As they
sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you
will betray me — he who eats with me.” 19 They began to be sorrowful,
and
to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not
I?” 20 He answered them, “It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me
in the dish.
21 For the Son of Man goes 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.” 22 As they were
eating, Jesus took bread, and whenhehadblessed it, hebrokeitandgaveto
them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.” 23 He took the cup, and
when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it. 24 He
said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured
out for many. 25 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the
fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in God’s Kingdom.”
26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the
Mount of Olives. 27 Jesus 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.’ (✡) 28 However, after I am
raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.” 29 But Peter said to
him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.” 30 Jesus said to
him, “Most certainly I tell you that you today, even this night, before
the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
31 But he spoke all the more, “If I must die with
you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing. 32 They came
to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Sit
here while I pray.” 33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and
began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 34 He said to them, “My
soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.” 35
He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it
were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
36 He said, “Abba, (†) Father, all things are
possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I
desire, but what you desire.” 37 He came and found them sleeping, and
said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?
38 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 Again he went away and
prayed, saying the same words. 40 Again he returned and found them
sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they didn’t know what to
answer him.
41 He 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. 42 Arise! Let’s
get going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.” 43 Immediately, 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. 44 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign,
saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away
safely.” 45 When he had come, immediately he came to him and said,
“Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him.
46 They laid their hands on him and seized him. 47
But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the
servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48 Jesus answered
them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to
seize me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you
didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be
fulfilled.” 50 They all left him, and fled.
51 A certain young man followed him, having a linen
cloth thrown around himself over his naked body. The young men grabbed
him, 52 but he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. 53 They
led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders,
and the scribes came together with him. 54 Peter 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. 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses
against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
56 For many gave false testimony against him, and
their testimony didn’t agree with each other. 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 made without hands.’ ” 59 Even so, their testimony didn’t
agree. 60 The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus,
“Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”
61 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again
the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed?” 62 Jesus 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.” 63 The
high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need have we of
witnesses? 64 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They
all condemned him to be worthy of death. 65 Some 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.
66 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the
maids of the high priest came, 67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she
looked at him and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!” 68
But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are
saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed. 69 The maid
saw him and began again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of
them.” 70 But 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.”
71 But he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t
know this man of whom you speak!” 72 The rooster crowed the second
time. Peter remembered the words that Jesus said to him, “Before the
rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought
about that, he wept.
(*) 14:5 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an
agricultural laborer.
(✡) 14:27 Zechariah 13:7
(†) 14:36 Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or
“Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.
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15
The
continuation of the history of the passion.
1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with
the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound
Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 2 Pilate asked
him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.” 3 The
chief priests accused him of many things. 4 Pilate again asked him,
“Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!” 5
But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one
prisoner, whomever they asked of him. 7 There was one called Barabbas,
bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had
committed murder. 8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do
as he always did for them. 9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want
me to release to you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he perceived that
for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude,
that he should release Barabbas to them instead. 12 Pilate again asked
them,
“What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?” 13
They cried out again, “Crucify him!” 14 Pilate said to them, “Why, what
evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!” 15
Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and
handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
16 The soldiers led him away within the court,
which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. 17
They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put
it on him. 18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19
They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their
knees, did homage to him. 20 When they had mocked him, they took the
purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out
to crucify him.
21 They 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. 22 They brought him to the place
called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”
23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take
it. 24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting
lots on them, what each should take. 25 It was the third hour (*) when
they crucified him.
26 The superscription of his accusation was written
over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” 27 With him they crucified two
robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left. 28 The Scripture
was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.” (†) 29
Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying,
“Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 save
yourself, and come down from the cross!”
31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among
themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save
himself. 32 Let 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 also insulted him. 33 When the sixth hour (§) had come, there
was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. (*) 34 At 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?” (✡) 35 Some of those who stood by, when they
heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
36 One 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.” 37 Jesus cried out
with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 38 The veil of the temple
was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 39 When 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!” 40 There 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;
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and
served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. 42
When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is,
the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent
council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He
boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was
surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the
centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. 45 When he found
out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46 He 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. 47 Mary
Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
(*) 15:25 9:00 a.m.
(†) 15:28 NU omits verse 28.
(‡) 15:32 TR omits “him”
(§) 15:33 or, noon
(*) 15:33 3:00 p.m.
(✡) 15:34 Psalm 22:1
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Christ's
resurrection and ascension.
1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might
come and anoint him. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, they
came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 They were saying among
themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for
us?” 4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was
rolled back. 5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on
the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
6 He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus,
the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See
the place where they laid him! 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to
you.’ ” 8 They went out, (*) and fled from the tomb, for trembling and
astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they
were afraid. (†) 9 (‡) Now 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. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as
they mourned and wept.
11 When they heard that he was alive and had been
seen by her, they disbelieved. 12 After these things he was revealed in
another form to two of them as they walked, on their way into the
country. 13 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe
them, either. 14 Afterward 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. 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and
preach the Good News to the whole creation.
16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved;
but he who disbelieves will be condemned. 17 These signs will accompany
those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will
speak with new languages; 18 they 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.” 19 So then the Lord, (§)
after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down
at the right hand of God. 20 They went out and preached everywhere, the
Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that
followed. Amen.
(*) 16:8 TR adds “quickly”
(†) 16:8 One isolated manuscript omits verses 9-20 but adds this “short
ending of Mark” to the end of verse 8: They told all that had been
commanded them briefly to those around Peter. After that, Jesus himself
sent them out, from east to west, with the sacred and imperishable
proclamation of eternal salvation.
(‡) 16:9 NU includes the text of verses 9-20, but mentions in a
footnote that a few manuscripts omitted it. The translators of the
World English Bible regard Mark 16:9-20 as reliable based on an
overwhelming majority of textual evidence, including not only the
authoritative Greek Majority Text New Testament, but also the TR and
many of the manuscripts cited in the NU text.
(§) 16:19 NU adds “Jesus”
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Nestle-Aland/UBS critical text of the Greek New Testament, which is
used as a basis for some other Bible translations.
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