The Good News According to Mark

1:1 The beginning of the good news of Yẽshua the Mẽssiah, the Sõn of the Almĩghty. v2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way; v3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of Yãhweh, Make His paths straight.’” v4 John the Immerser appeared in the wilderness announcing an immersion of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. v5 And all the country of Judah was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. v6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey. v7 And he was proclaiming, 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. v8 “I immersed you with water; but He will immerse you with the Holy Spĩrit.” v9 And it came about in those days that Yẽshua came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan. v10 And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spĩrit like a dove descending upon Him; v11 and a voice came out of the heavens: “Thou art My beloved Sõn, in Thee I am well-pleased.” v12 And immediately the Spĩrit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness. v13 And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the messengers were ministering to Him. v14 And after John was imprisoned, Yẽshua came into Galilee, announcing the good news of the Almĩghty, v15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of the Almĩghty is at hand; repent and trust in the good news.” v16 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. v17 And Yẽshua said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” v18 And they immediately left the nets and followed Him. v19 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. v20 And immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him. v21 And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the congregation and began to teach. v22 And they were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. v23 And just then there was in their congregation a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, v24 saying, “What do we have to do with You, Yẽshua of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are— the Holy One of the Almĩghty!” v25 And Yẽshua rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” v26 And throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice, and came out of him. v27 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.” v28 And immediately the news about Him went out everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee. v29 And immediately after they had come out of the congregation, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. v30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they spoke to Him about her. v31 And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them. v32 And when it became later, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed. v33 And the whole city had gathered at the door. v34 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. v35 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. v36 And Simon and his companions hunted for Him; v37 and they found Him, and said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” v38 And He said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, in order that I may proclaim there also; for that is what I came out for.” v39 And He went into their congregations throughout all Galilee, proclaiming and casting out the demons. v40 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.” v41 And moved with compassion, He stretched out His hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” v42 And immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. v43 And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away, v44 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.” v45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news about, to such an extent that Yẽshua could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.

 

Mark Chapter v2

 

2:1 And when He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. v2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. v3 And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. v4 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. v5 And Yẽshua seeing their commitment said to the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” v6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, v7 “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but the Almĩghty alone?” v8 And immediately Yẽshua, 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? v9 “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your pallet and walk’? v10 “But in order that you may know that the Sõn of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins “— He said to the paralytic— v11 “I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home.” v12 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 the Almĩghty, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.” v13 And He went out again by the seashore; and all the multitude were coming to Him, and He was teaching them. v14 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. v15 And it came about that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax-gatherers and sinners were dining with Yẽshua and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. v16 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?” v17 And hearing this, Yẽshua 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.” v18 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?” v19 And Yẽshua 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. v20 “But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. v21 “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. v22 “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 *renewed wineskins.” v23 And it came about that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbaths, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. v24 And the Pharisees were saying to Him, “See here, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?” v25 And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and became hungry, he and his companions: v26 how he entered the house of the Almĩghty 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?” v27 And He was saying to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. v28 “Consequently, the Sõn of Man is Lõrd even of the Sabbath.”

 

Mark Chapter v3

 

3:1 And He entered again into a congregation; and a man was there with a withered hand. v2 And they were watching Him, to see if He would heal him, on the Sabbaths, in order that they might accuse Him. v3 And He said to the man with the withered hand, “Rise and come forward!” v4 And He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. v5 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. v6 And the Pharisees went out and immediately began taking counsel with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. v7 And Yẽshua withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judah, v8 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. v9 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; v10 for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed about Him in order to touch Him. v11 And whenever the unclean spirits beheld Him, they would fall down before Him and cry out, saying, “You are the Sõn of the Almĩghty!” v12 And He earnestly warned them not to make Him known. v13 And He went up to the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. v14 And He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them out to proclaim, v15 and to have authority to cast out the demons. v16 And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), v17 and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sõns of Thunder “); v18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot; v19 and Judah Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. v20 And He came home, and the multitude gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. v21 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.” v22 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.” v23 And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? v24 “And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. v25 “And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. v26 “And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished! v27 “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. v28 “Amæn, I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; v29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spĩrit has no forgiveness to the age, but is guilty of an age-enduring sin “30 because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” v31 And His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him, and called Him. v32 And a multitude was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” v33 And answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” v34 And looking about on those who were sitting around Him, He said, “Behold, My mother and My brothers! v35 “For whoever does the will of the Almĩghty, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

 

Mark Chapter v4

 

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. v2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, v3 “Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; v4 and it came about that as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. v5 “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. v6 “And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. v7 “And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. v8 “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.” v9 And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” v10 And as soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. v11 And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of the Almĩghty; but those who are outside get everything in parables, v12 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.” v13 And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables? v14 “The sower sows the word. v15 “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. v16 “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; v17 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. v18 “And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, v19 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. v20 “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.” v21 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? v22 “For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it should come to light. v23 “If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” v24 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. v25 “For whoever has, to him shall more be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.” v26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of the Almĩghty is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; v27 and goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts up and grows— how, he himself does not know. v28 “The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. v29 “But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” v30 And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of the Almĩghty, or by what parable shall we present it? v31It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, v32 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.” v33 And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them as they were able to hear it; v34 and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples. v35 And on that day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” v36 And leaving the multitude, they took Him along with them, just as He was, in the boat; and other boats were with Him. v37 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. v38 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?” v39 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. v40 And He said to them, “Why are you so timid? How is it that you have no firmness?” v41 And they became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

 

Mark Chapter v5

 

5:1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. v2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, v3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; v4 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. v5 And constantly night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and gashing himself with stones. v6 And seeing Yẽshua from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; v7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What do I have to do with You, Yẽshua, Sõn of the Almĩghty, the Most High? I implore You by the Almĩghty, do not torment me!” v8 For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” v9 And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” v10 And he began to entreat Him earnestly not to send them out of the country. v11 Now there was a big herd of swine feeding there on the mountain. v12 And the demons entreated Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.” v13 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. v14 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. v15 And they came to Yẽshua 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. v16 And those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine. v17 And they began to entreat Him to depart from their region. v18 And as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was entreating Him that he might accompany Him. v19 And He did not let him, but He said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things Yãhweh has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” v20 And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Yẽshua had done for him; and everyone marveled. v21 And when Yẽshua had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered about Him; and He stayed by the seashore. v22 And one of the congregation officials named Jairus came up, and upon seeing Him, fell at His feet, v23 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.” v24 And He went off with him; and a great multitude was following Him and pressing in on Him. v25 And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, v26 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, v27 after hearing about Yẽshua, came up in the crowd behind Him, and touched His cloak. v28 For she thought, “If I just touch His garments, I shall get well.” v29 And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. v30 And immediately Yẽshua, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?” v31 And His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’” v32 And He looked around to see the woman who had done this. v33 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. v34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your commitment has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” v35 While He was still speaking, they came from the house of the congregation official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?” v36 But Yẽshua, overhearing what was being spoken, said to the congregation official, “Do not be afraid any longer, only trust.” v37 And He allowed no one to follow with Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. v38 And they came to the house of the congregation official; and He beheld a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing. v39 And entering in, He said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.” v40 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. v41 And taking the child by the hand, He said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”). v42 And immediately the girl rose and began to walk; for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded. v43 And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this; and He said that something should be given her to eat.

 

Mark Chapter v6

 

6:1 And He went out from there, and He came into His home town; and His disciples followed Him. v2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the congregation; 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? v3 “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Miriam, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judah, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him. v4 And Yẽshua said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his home town and among his own relatives and in his own household.” v5 And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands upon a few sick people and healed them. v6 And He wondered at their unfaithfulness. And He was going around the villages teaching. v7 And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs; and He was giving them authority over the unclean spirits; v8 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; v9 but to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not put on two tunics.” v10 And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town. v11 “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.” v12 And they went out and announced that men should repent. v13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them. v14 And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “ John the Immerser has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.” v15 But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.v16 But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “ John, whom I beheaded, has risen!” v17 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. v18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” v19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so; v20 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. v21 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; v22 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.” v23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom.” v24 And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Immerser.” v25 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 Immerser on a platter.” v26 And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her. v27 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, v28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. v29 And when his disciples heard about this, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb. v30 And the emissaries gathered together with Yẽshua; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. v31 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.) v32 And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves. v33 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. v34 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. v35 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; v36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” v37 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?” v38 And He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they said, “Five and two fish.” v39 And He commanded them all to recline by groups on the green grass. v40 And they reclined in companies of hundreds and of fifties. v41 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. v42 And they all ate and were satisfied. v43 And they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. v44 And there were five thousand men who ate the loaves. v45 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. v46 And after bidding them farewell, He departed to the mountain to pray. v47 And when it was evening, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and He was alone on the land. v48 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. v49 But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; v50 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.” v51 And He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were greatly astonished, v52 for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened. v53 And when they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. v54 And when they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, v55 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. v56 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.

 

Mark Chapter v7

 

7:1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, v2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. v3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders; v4 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.) v5 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?” v6 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. v7 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ v8 “Neglecting the commandment of the Almĩghty, you hold to the tradition of men.” v9 He was also saying to them, “You nicely set aside the commandment of the Almĩghty in order to keep your tradition. v10 “For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death’; v11 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 the Almĩghty),’ v12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother; v13 thus invalidating the word of the Almĩghty by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.” v14 And after He called the multitude to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: v15 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. v16 “If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.v17 And when leaving the multitude, He had entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable. v18 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; v19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated  *cleaning all foods.  v20 And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. v21 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, v22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. v23 “All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.” v24 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. v25 But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately came and fell at His feet. v26 Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. v27 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.” v28 But she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lõrd, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.” v29 And He said to her, “Because of this answer go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” v30 And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having departed. v31 And again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis. v32 And they brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they entreated Him to lay His hand upon him. v33 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; v34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!” v35 And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly. v36 And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. v37 And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.”

 

Mark Chapter v8

 

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, v2 “I feel compassion for the multitude because they have remained with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat; v3 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.” v4 And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough to satisfy these men with bread here in a desolate place?” v5 And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” v6 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. v7 They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well. v8 And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. v9 And about four thousand were there; and He sent them away. v10 And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples, and came to the district of Dalmanutha. v11 And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him. v12 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.” v13 And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side. v14 And they had forgotten to take bread; and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. v15 And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” v16 And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. v17 And Yẽshua, 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? v18 “Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, v19 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.” v20 “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.” v21 And He was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?” v22 And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Him, and entreated Him to touch him. v23 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?” v24 And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I am seeing them like trees, walking about.” v25 Then again He laid His hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. v26 And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.” v27 And Yẽshua 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?” v28 And they told Him, saying, “ John the Immerser; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” v29 And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said to Him, “Thou art the Mẽssiah.” v30 And He warned them to tell no one about Him. v31 And He began to teach them that the Sõn 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. v32 And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. v33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on the Almĩghty’s interests, but man’s.” v34 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. v35 “For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake and the good news’ shall save it. v36 “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? v37 “For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? v38 “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Sõn of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Fãther with the holy messengers.”

 

Mark Chapter v9

 

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 the Almĩghty after it has come with power.” v2 And six days later, Yẽshua took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up to a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; v3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. v4 And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Yẽshua. v5 And Peter answered and said to Yẽshua, “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.” v6 For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. v7 Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Sõn, listen to Him!” v8 And all at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Yẽshua alone. v9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Sõn of Man should rise from the dead. v10 And they seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead might mean. v11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” v12 And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Sõn of Man that He should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? v13 “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.” v14 And when they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. v15 And immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed, and began running up to greet Him. v16 And He asked them, “What are you discussing with them?” v17 And one of the crowd answered Him, “Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; v18 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. v19 And He answered them and said, “O unfaithful generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!” v20 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. v21 And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. v22 “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!” v23 And Yẽshua said to him, “‘If You can!’ All things are possible to him who commits.” v24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and began saying, “I do commit; help my unfaithfulness.” v25 And when Yẽshua 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.” v26 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!” v27 But Yẽshua took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. v28 And when He had come into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” v29 And He said to them, “This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer.” v30 And from there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He was unwilling for anyone to know about it. v31 For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Sõn 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 *after three days.” v32 But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him. v33 And they came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” v34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. v35 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.” v36 And taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, v37 “Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.” v38 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.” v39 But Yẽshua 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. v40 “For he who is not against us is for us. v41 “For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Mẽssiah, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. v42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones who commit to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. v43 “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, v44 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. v45 “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, v46 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. v47 “And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of the Almĩghty with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell, v48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. v49 “For everyone will be salted with fire. v50 “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.”

 

Mark Chapter v10

 

10:1 And rising up, He went from there to the region of Judah, and beyond the Jordan; and crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them. v2 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. v3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” v4 And they said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” v5 But Yẽshua said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. v6 “But from the beginning of creation, the Almĩghty made them male and female. v7 “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, v8 and the two shall become one flesh; consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh. v9 “What therefore the Almĩghty has joined together, let no man separate.” v10 And in the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. v11 And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; v12 and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.” v13 And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them. v14 But when Yẽshua saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of the Almĩghty belongs to such as these. v15 “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of the Almĩghty like a child shall not enter it at all.” v16 And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands upon them. v17 And as He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and began asking Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit age-enduring life?” v18 And Yẽshua said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except the Almĩghty alone. v19 “You know the commandments, ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” v20 And he said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up.” v21 And looking at him, Yẽshua felt a love for him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” v22 But at these words his face fell, and he went away grieved, for he was one who owned much property. v23 And Yẽshua, looking around, said to His disciples, “How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of the Almĩghty!” v24 And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Yẽshua answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of the Almĩghty! v25 “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of the Almĩghty.” v26 And they were even more astonished and said to Him, “Then who can be saved?” v27 Looking upon them, Yẽshua said, “With men it is impossible, but not with the Almĩghty; for all things are possible with the Almĩghty.” v28 Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.” v29 Yẽshua said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the good news’ sake, v30 but that he shall receive a hundred times as much now in the present season, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, age-enduring life. v31 “But many who are first, will be last; and the last, first.” v32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Yẽshua was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, v33 saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Sõn of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, and will deliver Him to the Peoples. v34 “And they will mock Him and spit upon Him, and scourge Him, and kill Him, and *after three days He will rise again.” v35 And James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Him, saying to Him, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.” v36 And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” v37 And they said to Him, “Grant that we may sit in Your glory, one on Your right, and one on Your left.” v38 But Yẽshua said to them, “You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed?” v39 And they said to Him, “We are able.” And Yẽshua said to them, “The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed. v40 “But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” v41 And hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant with James and John. v42 And calling them to Himself, Yẽshua said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Peoples lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. v43 “But it is not so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; v44 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. v45 “For even the Sõn of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” v46 And they came to Jericho. And as He was going out from Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. v47 And when he heard that it was Yẽshua the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “ Yẽshua, Sõn of David, have mercy on me!” v48 And many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Sõn of David, have mercy on me!” v49 And Yẽshua stopped and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage, arise! He is calling for you.” v50 And casting aside his cloak, he jumped up, and came to Yẽshua. v51 And answering him, Yẽshua said, “What do you want Me to do for you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!” v52 And Yẽshua said to him, “Go your way; your determination has made you well.” And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.

 

Mark Chapter v11

 

11:1 And as they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, v2 and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. v3 “And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ you say, ‘ Yãhweh has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.” v4 And they went away and found a colt tied at the door outside in the street; and they untied it. v5 And some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?” v6 And they spoke to them just as Yẽshua had told them, and they gave them permission. v7 And they brought the colt to Yẽshua and put their garments on it; and He sat upon it. v8 And many spread their garments in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. v9 And those who went before, and those who followed after, were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of Yãhweh; v10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!” v11 And He entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking all around, He departed for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late. v12 And on the next day, when they had departed from Bethany, He became hungry. v13 And seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. v14 And He answered and said to it, “May no one eat fruit from you unto the age!” And His disciples were listening. v15 And they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to cast out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who were selling doves; v16 and He would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple. v17 And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the Peoples ‘? But you have made it a robbers’ den.” v18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for all the multitude was astonished at His teaching. v19 And whenever evening came, they would go out of the city. v20 And as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. v21 And being reminded, Peter said to Him, “Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which You cursed has withered.” v22 And Yẽshua answered saying to them, “Have steadfast-trust in the Almĩghty. v23 “Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but trusts that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. v24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, trust that you have received them, and they shall be granted you. v25 “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Fãther also who is in heaven may forgive you your transgressions. v26 “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Fãther who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.v27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and scribes, and elders came to Him, v28 and began saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?” v29 And Yẽshua said to them, “I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. v30 “Was the immersion of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me.” v31 And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not trust him?’ v32 “But shall we say, ‘From men ‘?”— they were afraid of the multitude, for all considered John to have been a prophet indeed. v33 And answering Yẽshua, they said, “We do not know.” And Yẽshua said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

 

Mark Chapter v12

 

12:1 And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. v2 “And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. v3 “And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. v4 “And again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. v5 “And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some, and killing others. v6 “He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ v7 “But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ v8 “And they took him, and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. v9 “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. v10 “Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; v11 This came about from Yãhweh, And it is marvelous in our eyes ‘?” v12 And they were seeking to seize Him; and yet they feared the multitude; for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him, and went away. v13 And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him, in order to trap Him in a statement. v14 And they came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of the Almĩghty in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? v15 “Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.” v16 And they brought one. And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” v17 And Yẽshua said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to the Almĩghty the things that are the Almĩghty’s.” And they were amazed at Him. v18 And some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him, and began questioning Him, saying, v19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, and leaves behind a wife, and leaves no child, his brother should take the wife, and raise up offspring to his brother. v20 “There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died, leaving no offspring. v21 “And the second one took her, and died, leaving behind no offspring; and the third likewise; v22 and so all seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman died also. v23 “In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife.” v24 Yẽshua said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures, or the power of the Almĩghty? v25 “For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like messengers in heaven. v26 “But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the scroll of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how the Almĩghty spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the Almĩghty One of Abraham, and the Almĩghty One of Isaac, and the Almĩghty One of Jacob ‘? v27 “He is not אֱלֹהִים (the Almĩghty) of the dead, אִלָּא (unless) also of the living; you are greatly mistaken.” v28 And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” v29 Yẽshua answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Yisra’æl! Yãhweh is our Almĩghty, Yãhweh only is; v30 and you shall love Yãhweh your Almĩghty with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ v31 “The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” v32 And the scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher, You have truly stated that He is One; and there is no one else besides Him; v33 and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” v34 And when Yẽshua saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of the Almĩghty.” And after that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions. v35 And Yẽshua answering began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Mẽssiah is the son of David? v36 David himself said in the Holy Spĩrit, ‘ Yãhweh said to my LORD, “Sit at My right hand, Until I put Thine enemies beneath Thy feet.’” v37 David himself calls Him ‘Lõrd’; and so in what sense is He his son?” And the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him. v38 And in His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, v39 and chief seats in the congregations, and places of honor at banquets, v40 who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.” v41 And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the multitude were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. v42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent. v43 And calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; v44 for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”

 

Mark Chapter v13

 

13:1 And as He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” v2 And Yẽshua said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another which will not be torn down.” v3 And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately, v4 “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?” v5 And Yẽshua began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. v6 “Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and will mislead many. v7 “And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. v8 “For nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. v9 “But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the congregations, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them. v10 “And the good news must first be announced to all the Peoples. v11 “And when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spĩrit. v12 “And brother will deliver brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. v13 “And you will be hated by all on account of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. v14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judah flee to the mountains. v15 “And let him who is on the housetop not go down, or enter in, to get anything out of his house; v16 and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his cloak. v17 “But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babes in those days! v18 “But pray that it may not happen in the winter. v19 “For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which the Almĩghty created, until now, and never shall. v20 “And unless Yãhweh had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect whom He chose, He shortened the days. v21 “And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Mẽssiah’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not trust him; v22 for false Mẽssiahs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order, if possible, to lead the elect astray. v23 “But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance. v24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, v25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. v26 “And then they will see the Sõn of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. v27 “And then He will send forth the messengers, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth, to the farthest end of heaven. v28 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. v29 “Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door. v30 “Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. v31 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. v32 “But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the messengers in heaven, nor the Sõn, but the Fãther alone. v33 “Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is. v34It is like a man, away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. v35 “Therefore, be on the alert— for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, at cockcrowing, or in the morning— v36 lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. v37 “And what I say to you I say to all, ‘Be on the alert!’”

 

Mark Chapter v14

 

14:1 Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread was after two days; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth, and kill Him; v2 for they were saying, “Not during the festival, lest there be a riot of the people.” v3 And while He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. v4 But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? v5 “For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her. v6 But Yẽshua said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me. v7 “For the poor you always have with you, and whenever you wish, you can do them good; but you do not always have Me. v8 “She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. v9 “And amæn, I say to you, wherever the good news is announced in the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of in memory of her.” v10 And Judah Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests, in order to betray Him to them. v11 And they were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time. v12 Now concerning the first day of Unleavened Bread, (when they sacrificed the passover), His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and fix a place for You to eat the Passover?” v13 And He sent two of His disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him; v14 and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’ v15 “And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; and fix the place for us there.” v16 And the disciples went out, and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they arranged a place for the Passover. v17 And when it was later He came with the twelve. v18 And as they were reclining at the table and eating, Yẽshua said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me— one who is eating with Me.” v19 They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?” v20 And He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl. v21 “For the Sõn of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Sõn of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.” v22 And while they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it; and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this represents My body.” v23 And when He had taken a cup, and given thanks, He gave it to them; and they all drank from it. v24 And He said to them, “This represents My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. v25 “Amæn, I say to you, I shall by no means drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of the Almĩghty.” v26 And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. v27 And Yẽshua said to them, “You will all fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’ v28 “But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.” v29 But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away, yet I will not.” v30 And Yẽshua said to him, “Amæn, I say to you, that you yourself this very night, before a cock crows twice, shall three times deny Me.” v31 But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing, too. v32 And they came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.” v33 And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. v34 And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.” v35 And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground, and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by. v36 And He was saying, “Abba! Fãther! All things are possible for Thee; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what Thou wilt.” v37 And He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? v38 “Keep watching and praying, that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” v39 And again He went away and prayed, saying the same words. v40 And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him. v41 And He came the third time, and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Sõn of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. v42 “Arise, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!” v43 And immediately while He was still speaking, Judah, one of the twelve, came up, accompanied by a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. v44 Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I shall kiss, He is the one; seize Him, and lead Him away under guard.” v45 And after coming, he immediately went to Him, saying, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him. v46 And they laid hands on Him, and seized Him. v47 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear. v48 And Yẽshua answered and said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as against a robber? v49 “Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has happened that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.” v50 And they all left Him and fled. v51 And a certain young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him. v52 But he left the linen sheet behind, and escaped naked. v53 And they led Yẽshua away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes gathered together. v54 And Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire. v55 Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Yẽshua to put Him to death; and they were not finding any. v56 For many were giving false testimony against Him, and yet their testimony was not consistent. v57 And some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying, v58 “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and *after three days I will build another made without hands.’” v59 And not even in this respect was their testimony consistent. v60 And the high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Yẽshua, saying, “Do You make no answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?” v61 But He kept silent, and made no answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Mẽssiah, the Sõn of the Blessed One?” v62 And Yẽshua said, “I AM; and you shall see the Sõn of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” v63 And tearing his clothes, the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? v64 “You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. v65 And some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in the face. v66 And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came, v67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You, too, were with Yẽshua the Nazarene.” v68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch. v69 And the maid saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” v70 But again he was denying it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.” v71 But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about” v72 And immediately a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Yẽshua had made the remark to him, “Before a cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

 

Mark Chapter v15

 

15:1 And early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Yẽshua, they led Him away, and delivered Him up to Pilate. v2 And Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And answering He said to him, “It is as you say.” v3 And the chief priests began to accuse Him harshly. v4 And Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, “Do You make no answer? See how many charges they bring against You!” v5 But Yẽshua made no further answer; so that Pilate was amazed. v6 Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. v7 And the man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. v8 And the multitude went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. v9 And Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” v10 For he was aware that the chief priests had delivered Him up because of envy. v11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. v12 And answering again, Pilate was saying to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” v13 And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!” v14 But Pilate was saying to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” v15 And wishing to satisfy the multitude, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Yẽshua scourged, he delivered Him to be crucified. v16 And the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole cohort. v17 And they dressed Him up in purple, and after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; v18 and they began to acclaim Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” v19 And they kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting at Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him. v20 And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, and put His garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him. v21 And they pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross. v22 And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. v23 And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. v24 And they crucified Him, and divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. v25 And it was the *sixth hour when they crucified Him. v26 And the inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” v27 And they crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. v28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.” v29 And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it *after three days, v30 save Yourself, and come down from the cross!” v31 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself. v32 “Let this Mẽssiah, the King of Yisra’æl, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and affirm!” And those who were crucified with Him were casting the same insult at Him. v33 And when the sixth hour had come, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. v34 And at the ninth hour Yẽshua cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My Almĩghty, My Almĩghty, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” v35 And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Behold, He is calling for Elijah.” v36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” v37 And Yẽshua uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. v38 And the *veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. v39 And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Sõn of the Almĩghty!” v40 And there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Miriam Magdalene, and Miriam the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome. v41 And when He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and there were many other women who had come up with Him to Jerusalem. v42 And already, it became late, because it was a preparation, that is, toward a Sabbath, v43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of the Almĩghty; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Yẽshua. v44 And Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. v45 And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. v46 And Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. v47 And Miriam Magdalene and Miriam the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was laid.

 

Mark Chapter v16

 

16:1 And when the Sabbath was past, Miriam Magdalene, and Miriam the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. v2 And very early on the first of the sabbaths, they came to the tomb as rises the sun. v3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” v4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, although it was extremely large. v5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they were amazed. v6 And he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Yẽshua the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him. v7 “But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He said to you.’” v8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

*[9 Now after He had risen early on the first sabbath, He first appeared to Miriam Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. v10 She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping. v11 And when they heard that He was alive, and had been seen by her, they refused to affirm it. v12 And after that, He appeared in a different form to two of them, while they were walking along on their way to the country. v13 And they went away and reported it to the others, but they did not trust them either. v14 And afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unfaithfulness and hardness of heart, because they had not trusted those who had seen Him after He had risen. v15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and announce the good news to all creation. v16 “He who has committed and has been immersed shall be saved; but he who is unfaithful shall be condemned. v17 “And these signs will accompany those who have committed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new languages; v18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it shall not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” v19 So then, when Yãhweh Yẽshua had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of the Almĩghty. v20 And they went out and proclaimed everywhere, while Yãhweh worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed. And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Yẽshua Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]