Long Creek Church of Christ

MARK

MAR 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
MAR 1:2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way;
MAR 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,' Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.' "
MAR 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
MAR 1:5 And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
MAR 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.
MAR 1:7 And he was preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.
MAR 1:8 "I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
MAR 1:9 And it came about in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
MAR 1:10 And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;
MAR 1:11 and a voice came out of the heavens: "Thou art My beloved Son, in Thee I am well-pleased."
MAR 1:12 And immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.
MAR 1:13 And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.
MAR 1:14 And after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
MAR 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
MAR 1:16 And as He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
MAR 1:17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."
MAR 1:18 And they immediately left the nets and followed Him.
MAR 1:19 And going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
MAR 1:20 And immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.
MAR 1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach.
MAR 1:22 And they were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
MAR 1:23 And just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
MAR 1:24 saying, "What do we have to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are - - the Holy One of God!"
MAR 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
MAR 1:26 And throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him.
MAR 1:27 And they were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him."
MAR 1:28 And immediately the news about Him went out everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.
MAR 1:29 And immediately after they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
MAR 1:30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they spoke to Him about her.
MAR 1:31 And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them.
MAR 1:32 And when evening had come, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.
MAR 1:33 And the whole city had gathered at the door.
MAR 1:34 And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
MAR 1:35 And in the early morning, while it was still dark, He arose and went out and departed to a lonely place, and was praying there.
MAR 1:36 And Simon and his companions hunted for Him;
MAR 1:37 and they found Him, and said to Him, "Everyone is looking for You."
MAR 1:38 And He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, in order that I may preach there also; for that is what I came out for."
MAR 1:39 And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.
MAR 1:40 And a leper came to Him, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
MAR 1:41 And moved with compassion, He stretched out His hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."
MAR 1:42 And immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
MAR 1:43 And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away,
MAR 1:44 and He said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
MAR 1:45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news about, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

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Chapter 2

MAR 2:1 And when He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.
MAR 2:2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.
MAR 2:3 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.
MAR 2:4 And being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
MAR 2:5 And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."
MAR 2:6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
MAR 2:7 "Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?"
MAR 2:8 And immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, "Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
MAR 2:9 "Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven'; or to say, 'Arise, and take up your pallet and walk'?
MAR 2:10 "But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - - He said to the paralytic - -
MAR 2:11 "I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home."
MAR 2:12 And he rose and immediately took up the pallet and went out in the sight of all; so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."
MAR 2:13 And He went out again by the seashore; and all the multitude were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
MAR 2:14 And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he rose and followed Him.
MAR 2:15 And it came about that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax-gatherers and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.
MAR 2:16 And when the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they began saying to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?"
MAR 2:17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
MAR 2:18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"
MAR 2:19 And Jesus said to them, "While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom do not fast, do they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
MAR 2:20 "But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
MAR 2:21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.
MAR 2:22 "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins."
MAR 2:23 And it came about that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.
MAR 2:24 And the Pharisees were saying to Him, "See here, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"
MAR 2:25 And He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and became hungry, he and his companions:
MAR 2:26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he gave it also to those who were with him?"
MAR 2:27 And He was saying to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
MAR 2:28 "Consequently, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

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Chapter 3

MAR 3:1 And He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there with a withered hand.
MAR 3:2 And they were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they might accuse Him.
MAR 3:3 And He said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise and come forward!"
MAR 3:4 And He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent.
MAR 3:5 And after looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
MAR 3:6 And the Pharisees went out and immediately began taking counsel with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
MAR 3:7 And Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,
MAR 3:8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.
MAR 3:9 And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the multitude, in order that they might not crowd Him;
MAR 3:10 for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed about Him in order to touch Him.
MAR 3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits beheld Him, they would fall down before Him and cry out, saying, "You are the Son of God!"
MAR 3:12 And He earnestly warned them not to make Him known.
MAR 3:13 And He went up to the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.
MAR 3:14 And He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them out to preach,
MAR 3:15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.
MAR 3:16 And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
MAR 3:17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder");
MAR 3:18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
MAR 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
MAR 3:20 And He came home, and the multitude gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.
MAR 3:21 And when His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses."
MAR 3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons."
MAR 3:23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
MAR 3:24 "And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
MAR 3:25 "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
MAR 3:26 "And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished!
MAR 3:27 "But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
MAR 3:28 "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;
MAR 3:29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" - -
MAR 3:30 because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
MAR 3:31 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him.
MAR 3:32 And a multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You."
MAR 3:33 And answering them, He said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"
MAR 3:34 And looking about on those who were sitting around Him, He said, "Behold, My mother and My brothers!
MAR 3:35 "For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."

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Chapter 4

MAR 4:1 And He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very great multitude gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
MAR 4:2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
MAR 4:3 "Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
MAR 4:4 and it came about that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up.
MAR 4:5 "And other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.
MAR 4:6 "And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
MAR 4:7 "And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
MAR 4:8 "And other seeds fell into the good soil and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
MAR 4:9 And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
MAR 4:1 0 And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables.
MAR 4:11 And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but those who are outside get everything in parables,
MAR 4:12 in order that while seeing, they may see and not perceive; and while hearing, they may hear and not understand lest they return and be forgiven."
MAR 4:13 And He said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?
MAR 4:14 "The sower sows the word.
MAR 4:15 "And these are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
MAR 4:16 "And in a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;
MAR 4:17 and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
MAR 4:18 "And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
MAR 4:19 and the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
MAR 4:20 "And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
MAR 4:21 And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a peck-measure, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
MAR 4:22 "For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it should come to light.
MAR 4:23 "If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
MAR 4:24 And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given you besides.
MAR 4:25 "For whoever has, to him shall more be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."
MAR 4:26 And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;
MAR 4:27 and goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts up and grows - - how, he himself does not know.
MAR 4:28 "The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.
MAR 4:29 "But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
MAR 4:30 And He said, "How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?
MAR 4:31 "It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,
MAR 4:32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that the birds of the air can nest under its shade."
MAR 4:33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them as they were able to hear it;
MAR 4:34 and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.
MAR 4:35 And on that day, when evening had come, He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."
MAR 4:36 And leaving the multitude, they took Him along with them, just as He was, in the boat; and other boats were with Him.
MAR 4:37 And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up.
MAR 4:38 And He Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"
MAR 4:39 And being aroused, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.
MAR 4:40 And He said to them, "Why are you so timid? How is it that you have no faith?"
MAR 4:41 And they became very much afraid and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"

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Chapter 5

MAR 5:1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
MAR 5:2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,
MAR 5:3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;
MAR 5:4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
MAR 5:5 And constantly night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and gashing himself with stones.
MAR 5:6 And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;
MAR 5:7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What do I have to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!"
MAR 5:8 For He had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
MAR 5:9 And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many."
MAR 5:10 And he began to entreat Him earnestly not to send them out of the country.
MAR 5:11 Now there was a big herd of swine feeding there on the mountain.
MAR 5:12 And the demons entreated Him, saying, "Send us into the swine so that we may enter them."
MAR 5:13 And He gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.
MAR 5:14 And their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and out in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.
MAR 5:15 And they came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened.
MAR 5:16 And those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine.
MAR 5:17 And they began to entreat Him to depart from their region.
MAR 5:18 And as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was entreating Him that he might accompany Him.
MAR 5:19 And He did not let him, but He said to him, "Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you."
MAR 5:20 And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone marveled.
MAR 5:21 And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered about Him; and He stayed by the seashore.
MAR 5:22 And one of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up, and upon seeing Him, fell at His feet,
MAR 5:23 and entreated Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, that she may get well and live."
MAR 5:24 And He went off with him; and a great multitude was following Him and pressing in on Him.
MAR 5:25 And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,
MAR 5:26 and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse,
MAR 5:27 after hearing about Jesus, came up in the crowd behind Him, and touched His cloak.
MAR 5:28 For she thought, "If I just touch His garments, I shall get well."
MAR 5:29 And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
MAR 5:30 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My garments?"
MAR 5:31 And His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude pressing in on You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'"
MAR 5:32 And He looked around to see the woman who had done this.
MAR 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him, and told Him the whole truth.
MAR 5:34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your affliction."
MAR 5:35 While He was still speaking, they came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?"
MAR 5:36 But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid any longer, only believe."
MAR 5:37 And He allowed no one to follow with Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
MAR 5:38 And they came to the house of the synagogue official; and He beheld a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing.
MAR 5:39 And entering in, He said to them, "Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep."
MAR 5:40 And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He took along the child's father and mother and His own companions, and entered the room where the child was.
MAR 5:41 And taking the child by the hand, He said to her, "Talitha kum!" (which translated means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!").
MAR 5:42 And immediately the girl rose and began to walk; for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.
MAR 5:43 And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this; and He said that something should be given her to eat.

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Chapter 6

MAR 6:1 And He went out from there, and He came into His home town; and His disciples followed Him.
MAR 6:2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?
MAR 6:3 "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him.
MAR 6:4 And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his home town and among his own relatives and in his own household."
MAR 6:5 And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands upon a few sick people and healed them.
MAR 6:6 And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching.
MAR 6:7 And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs; and He was giving them authority over the unclean spirits;
MAR 6:8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belt;
MAR 6:9 but to wear sandals; and He added, "Do not put on two tunics."
MAR 6:10 And He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town.
MAR 6:11 "And any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake off the dust from the soles of your feet for a testimony against them."
MAR 6:12 And they went out and preached that men should repent.
MAR 6:13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.
MAR 6:14 And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."
MAR 6:15 But others were saying, "He is Elijah." And others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."
MAR 6:16 But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!"
MAR 6:17 For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
MAR 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
MAR 6:19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;
MAR 6:20 for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.
MAR 6:21 And a strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
MAR 6:22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."
MAR 6:23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom."
MAR 6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."
MAR 6:25 And immediately she came in haste before the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me right away the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
MAR 6:26 And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.
MAR 6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,
MAR 6:28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
MAR 6:29 And when his disciples heard about this, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.
MAR 6:30 And the apostles gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.
MAR 6:31 And He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while." (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)
MAR 6:32 And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves.
MAR 6:33 And the people saw them going, and many recognized them, and they ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.
MAR 6:34 And when He went ashore, He saw a great multitude, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
MAR 6:35 And when it was already quite late, His disciples came up to Him and began saying, "The place is desolate and it is already quite late;
MAR 6:36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
MAR 6:37 But He answered and said to them, "You give them something to eat!" And they said to Him, "Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread and give them something to eat?"
MAR 6:38 And He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they said, "Five and two fish."
MAR 6:39 And He commanded them all to recline by groups on the green grass.
MAR 6:40 And they reclined in companies of hundreds and of fifties.
MAR 6:41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.
MAR 6:42 And they all ate and were satisfied.
MAR 6:43 And they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.
MAR 6:44 And there were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
MAR 6:45 And immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the multitude away.
MAR 6:46 And after bidding them farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray.
MAR 6:47 And when it was evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He was alone on the land.
MAR 6:48 And seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night, He came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them.
MAR 6:49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
MAR 6:50 for they all saw Him and were frightened. But immediately He spoke with them and said to them, "Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid."
MAR 6:51 And He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were greatly astonished,
MAR 6:52 for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
MAR 6:53 And when they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
MAR 6:54 And when they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,
MAR 6:55 and ran about that whole country and began to carry about on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.
MAR 6:56 And wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and entreating Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

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Chapter 7

MAR 7:1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,
MAR 7:2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.
MAR 7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;
MAR 7:4 and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)
MAR 7:5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?"
MAR 7:6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
MAR 7:7 'But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'
MAR 7:8 "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."
MAR 7:9 He was also saying to them, "You nicely set aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.
MAR 7:10 "For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death';
MAR 7:11 but you say,' If a man says to his father or his mother, anything of mine you might have been helped by is Corban (that is to say, given to God),'
MAR 7:12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;
MAR 7:13 thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
MAR 7:14 And after He called the multitude to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
MAR 7:15 there is nothing outside the man which going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.
MAR 7:16 "If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
MAR 7:17 And when leaving the multitude, He had entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
MAR 7:18 And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him;
MAR 7:19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?"(Thus He declared all foods clean.)
MAR 7:20 And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
MAR 7:21 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
MAR 7:22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.
MAR 7:23 "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
MAR 7:24 And from there He arose and went away to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.
MAR 7:25 But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately came and fell at His feet.
MAR 7:26 Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
MAR 7:27 And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
MAR 7:28 But she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs."
MAR 7:29 And He said to her, "Because of this answer go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter."
MAR 7:30 And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having departed.
MAR 7:31 And again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.
MAR 7:32 And they brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they entreated Him to lay His hand upon him.
MAR 7:33 And He took him aside from the multitude by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;
MAR 7:34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
MAR 7:35 And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.
MAR 7:36 And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
MAR 7:37 And they were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."

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Chapter 8

MAR 8:1 In those days again, when there was a great multitude and they had nothing to eat, He called His disciples and said to them,
MAR 8:2 "I feel compassion for the multitude because they have remained with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat;
MAR 8:3 and if I send them away hungry to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a distance."
MAR 8:4 And His disciples answered Him, "Where will anyone be able to find enough to satisfy these men with bread here in a desolate place?"
MAR 8:5 And He was asking them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."
MAR 8:6 And He directed the multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the multitude.
MAR 8:7 They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.
MAR 8:8 And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.
MAR 8:9 And about four thousand were there; and He sent them away.
MAR 8:10 And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples, and came to the district of Dalmanutha.
MAR 8:11 And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.
MAR 8:12 And sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, "Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation."
MAR 8:13 And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.
MAR 8:14 And they had forgotten to take bread; and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
MAR 8:15 And He was giving orders to them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
MAR 8:16 And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
MAR 8:17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a hardened heart?
MAR 8:18 "Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember,
MAR 8:19 when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up? "They said to Him," Twelve."
MAR 8:20 "And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they said to Him, "Seven."
MAR 8:21 And He was saying to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
MAR 8:22 And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Him, and entreated Him to touch him.
MAR 8:23 And taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes, and laying His hands upon him, He asked him, "Do you see anything?"
MAR 8:24 And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I am seeing them like trees, walking about."
MAR 8:25 Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly.
MAR 8:26 And He sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village."
MAR 8:27 And Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say that I am?"
MAR 8:28 And they told Him, saying, "John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets."
MAR 8:29 And He continued by questioning them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to Him, "Thou art the Christ."
MAR 8:30 And He warned them to tell no one about Him.
MAR 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
MAR 8:32 And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
MAR 8:33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."
MAR 8:34 And He summoned the multitude with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
MAR 8:35 "For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it.
MAR 8:36 "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
MAR 8:37 "For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
MAR 8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

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Chapter 9

MAR 9:1 And He was saying to them, "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who shall not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power."
MAR 9:2 And six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up to a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;
MAR 9:3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly #663300, as no launderer on earth can #663300n them.
MAR 9:4 And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.
MAR 9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
MAR 9:6 For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified.
MAR 9:7 Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!"
MAR 9:8 And all at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.
MAR 9:9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead.
MAR 9:10 And they seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead might mean.
MAR 9:11 And they asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
MAR 9:12 And He said to them, "Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
MAR 9:13 "But I say to you, that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him."
MAR 9:14 And when they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.
MAR 9:15 And immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed, and began running up to greet Him.
MAR 9:16 And He asked them, "What are you discussing with them?"
MAR 9:17 And one of the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute;
MAR 9:18 and whenever it seizes him, it dashes him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and stiffens out. And I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it."
MAR 9:19 And He answered them and said, "O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!"
MAR 9:20 And they brought the boy to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit threw him into a convulsion, and falling to the ground, he began rolling about and foaming at the mouth.
MAR 9:21 And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.
MAR 9:22 "And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"
MAR 9:23 And Jesus said to him, "'If You can!' All things are possible to him who believes."
MAR 9:24 Immediately the boy's father cried out and began saying, "I do believe; help my unbelief."
MAR 9:25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again."
MAR 9:26 And after crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!"
MAR 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up.
MAR 9:28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"
MAR 9:29 And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer."
MAR 9:30 And from there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He was unwilling for anyone to know about it.
MAR 9:31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later."
MAR 9:32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
MAR 9:33 And they came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
MAR 9:34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.
MAR 9:35 And sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
MAR 9:36 And taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
MAR 9:37 "Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me."
MAR 9:38 John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to hinder him because he was not following us."
MAR 9:39 But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who shall perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
MAR 9:40 "For he who is not against us is for us.
MAR 9:41 "For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
MAR 9:42 "And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea.
MAR 9:43 "And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,
MAR 9:44 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
MAR 9:45 "And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than having your two feet, to be cast into hell,
MAR 9:46 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
MAR 9:47 "And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell,
MAR 9:48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
MAR 9:49 "For everyone will be salted with fire.
MAR 9:50 "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

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Chapter 10

MAR 10:1 And rising up, He went from there to the region of Judea, and beyond the Jordan; and crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.
MAR 10:2 And some Pharisees came up to Him, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.
MAR 10:3 And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?"
MAR 10:4 And they said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
MAR 10:5 But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
MAR 10:6 "But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
MAR 10:7 "For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother,
MAR 10:8 and the two shall become one flesh; consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh.
MAR 10:9 "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
MAR 10:10 And in the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.
MAR 10:11 And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
MAR 10:12 and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."
MAR 10:13 And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.
MAR 10:14 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them,