Chapter 1
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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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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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" -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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,