Modern Literal Version
[Mark 1]
{Harmony of the New Covenant}
{Lk 1:1-4 Introduction} {Jn 1:1-18 Jesus’ Deity} {Mt 1:1-17 & Lk 3:23b-28 Genealogy} {Lk 1:5-25 Jerusalem 6 BC} {Lk 1:26-38 Nazareth 5 BC} {Lk 1:39-80 Hill country of Judea, 5 BC} {Mt 1:18-25 Nazareth 5 BC} {Lk 2:1-20 Bethlehem 5 BC} {Lk 2:21-39a Temple at Jerusalem 4 BC} {Mt 2:1-12 Jerusalem & Bethlehem 4 BC} {Mt 2:13-18 Leaving for Egypt 4 BC} {Mt 2:19-23 & Lk 2:39b Egypt & Nazareth 4 BC} {Lk 2:40-52 Nazareth and Jerusalem 7 or 8 AD}
{Mk 1:1-8 & Mt 3:1-12 & Lk 3:1-18) Judea near Jordan River 25 or 26 AD}
1:1 The beginning of the good-news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2 As it has been written in the prophets, ‘Behold, I send my messenger in front of your face, who will prepare your way.’ {Mal 3:1} 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord; make* his paths straight. {Is. 40:3} 1:4 John came, immersing* in the wilderness and preaching the immersion* of repentance *for the forgiveness of sins. 1:5 And all the country of Judea and all those from Jerusalem went out to him, and all were immersed* by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair and had a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
1:7 And he preached, saying, There is one coming after me, he who is mightier than I. I am not sufficient to stoop and loose the strap of his shoes. 1:8 I indeed immersed* you* in water, but he will immerse* you* in the Holy Spirit.
{Mk 1:9-11 & Mt 3:13-17 Lk 3:21-23 Jordan east of Jericho, Spring 27 AD}
1:9 And it happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was immersed* by John in the Jordan. 1:10 And immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens being split-apart and the Spirit like a dove coming down upon him. 1:11 And a voice came out of the heavens, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted.
{Mk 1:12-13 & Mt 4:1-11 & Lk 4:1-13}
1:12 And immediately the Spirit cast him out into the wilderness. 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness for forty days being tempted by Satan and he was with the beasts and the messengers served him.
{Jn 1:19-34 Bethany beyond Jordan, Feb. 27 AD} {Jn 1:35-51 Bethany beyond Jordan, Spring 27 AD} {Jn 2:1-11 Cana in Galilee} {Jn 2:12 Capernaum} {Jn 2:13-25 Jerusalem April 9, 27 AD} {Jn 3:1-21} {Jn 3:22-36 Judea and Aenon.}
{Mk 1:14a & Mt 4:12 & Lk 3:19-20 & Jn 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee}{Jn 4:5-43 Jacob’s Well and at Sychar} {Lk 4:14a & Jn 4:44-45 Arrival in Galilee}
1:14 Now after John was given up,
{Mk 1:14b-15 & Mt 4:17 & Lk 4:14b-15}
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good-news of the kingdom of God, 1:15 and saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the good-news.
{Jn 4:46-54 Cana} {Lk 4:16-31} {Mt 4:13-16 Capernaum}
{Mk 1:16-20 & Mt 4:18-22 & Lk 5:1-11 Sea of Galilee near Capernaum.}
1:16 And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting a net in the sea; for* they were fishermen. 1:17 And Jesus said to them, Come-here after me and I will make* you* to become fishermen of men. 1:18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 1:19 And advancing a little from there, he saw James and John his brother, the sons of Zebedee, and they were in the ship mending the nets. 1:20 And immediately he called them. And they left their father Zebedee with the hired servants in the ship and went after him.
{Mk 1:21-28 & Lk 4:31-37 Capernaum}
1:21 And they travel into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue and taught. 1:22 And they were astounded at his teaching; for* he taught them like one having authority and not like the scribes.
1:23 And a man was in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 1:24 saying, Ah! What is it to us and to you, Jesus, the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you, I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
1:25 And Jesus rebuked it, saying, Hush and come out of him.
1:26 And the unclean spirit came out of him, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice. 1:27 And they were all amazed, so-that they debated among themselves, saying, What is this? What new teaching is this that he commands even the unclean spirits with authority and they obey* him.
1:28 And the report of him went out immediately around into all the region of Galilee.
{Mk 1:29-34 & Mt 8:14-17 & Lk 4:38-41 Capernaum}
1:29 And immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 1:30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying, fevered, and immediately they talk to him about her. 1:31 And having come near, he took-hold of her by the hand and lifts her up, and immediately the fever left her and she served them.
1:32 And when it became evening, when the sun set, they brought to him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed. 1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 1:34 And he healed many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many demons, and he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
{Mk 1:35-39 & Mt 4:23-25 & Lk 4:42-44 Preaching through Galilee}
1:35 And exceedingly early, having risen* up in the morning, while yet at night, he came out and went away into a desolate place and he prayed there. 1:36 And Simon and those who were with him pursued him; 1:37 and having found him, they say to him, All are seeking you.
1:38 And he says to them, We should go into the next towns, that* I might also preach there; for* I came *for this purpose. 1:39 And he was preaching and casting out demons in their synagogues in all of Galilee.
{Mk 1:40-45 & Mt 8:2-4 & Lk 5:12-16}
1:40 And a leper comes to him, pleading with him and kneeling down to him and saying to him, If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.
1:41 And Jesus, having compassion on him, stretched out his hand, touched him and says to him, I am willing. Be cleansed. 1:42 And having spoken, the leprosy immediately went away from him and he was cleansed. 1:43 And he scolded him and immediately sent him out, 1:44 and says to him, See that you do not say anything to anyone; but go show yourself to the priest and offer the things which Moses commanded concerning your cleansing *for a testimony to them. {Lev. 13:49, 14:2ff} 1:45 But he went out and began to preach it much and to broadcast the word, so-that {F} Jesus was no longer able to openly enter into the city, but was outside in desolate places and they came to him from everywhere.
{Footnotes: Please read the Preface. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the Appendix. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e. *for is different from for* is different from for. Mk 1:45- Greek: he.}
[Mark 2]
{Mk 2:1-12 & Mt 9:2-8 & Lk 5:17-26}
2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after a few days and it was heard that he was at his house. 2:2 And immediately many were gathered together, so-that it was no longer possible to make room, not even at the door and he spoke the word to them.
2:3 And they come, carrying to him a paralytic, lifted up by four men. 2:4 And when they could not draw near to him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where he was. And having dug out a hole in it, they lowered the pallet upon which the paralytic lay. 2:5 And seeing their faith, Jesus says to the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven you.
2:6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 2:7 Why is this man speaking blasphemies so? Who is able to forgive sins except one, our God?
2:8 And immediately Jesus, fully knowing in his spirit that they reason so with themselves, said to them, Why are you* reasoning these things in your* hearts? 2:9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Arise and lift up your pallet and walk? 2:10 But that* you* may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins (he says to the paralytic), 2:11 I say to you, Arise and lift up your pallet and go to your house.
2:12 And he immediately arose and having lifted up the pallet, went out before them all; so-that they were all astonished and glorified God, saying, We never* saw this happen so.
{Mk 2:13-14 & Mt 9:9 & Lk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum}
2:13 And he went forth again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him and he taught them. 2:14 And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office and he says to him, Follow me. And he stood up and followed him.
{Mk 2:15-22 & Mt 9:10-17 & Lk 5:29-39 Capernaum}
2:15 And it happened, while he was reclining at a meal in his house, many tax collectors and sinners also reclined with Jesus and his disciples; for* there were many and they followed him. 2:16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to his disciples, Why is it that he is eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?
2:17 And when Jesus heard it, he says to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill do. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
2:18 And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?
2:19 And Jesus said to them, The {F} sons of the bridal-party are not able to fast while the bridegroom is with them, are they? Inasmuch time as they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast. 2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom may be taken away from them and then they will fast in those days. 2:21 And no one sews a patch of unshrunk fabric upon an old garment; otherwise its fullness shrinks and lifts the new patch away from the old one and a worse split happens. 2:22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the wineskins and the wine is poured out and the wineskins will be destroyed, but they put new wine into new wineskins.
{Jn 5:1-47 Jerusalem probably the Passover} {Mk 2:23-28 & Mt 12:1-8 & Lk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee}
2:23 And it happened, that he was traveling on the Sabbath day through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make* their way plucking the tops. 2:24 And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why are they doing what is not legal on the Sabbath day?
2:25 And he said to them, Have you* never* read what David did, when he had need and was hungry? He and those who were with him? 2:26 How he entered into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high-priest and ate the showbread, which is not legal to eat, except for the priests and he also gave it to those who were with him? {1Sam. 21:6} 2:27 And he said to them, The Sabbath was made because of man and not man because of the Sabbath; 2:28 so-then the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
{Footnotes: Mk 2:19- That is: companions or guests.}
[Mark 3]
{Mk 3:1-6 & Mt 12:9-14 & Lk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee}
3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and a man having a dried up hand was there. 3:2 And they were observing him, if he will heal him on the Sabbath day; in order that they may accuse him. 3:3 And he says to the man having the dried up hand, You in the middle, arise. 3:4 And he says to them, Is it legal on the Sabbath day to do good or to do evil? To save a life or to kill? But they were silent. 3:5 And looking around at them with anger, being sorrowful at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 3:6 And the Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel against him with the Herodians, how they might destroy him.
{Mk 3:7-12 & Mt 12:15-21 Sea of Galilee}
3:7 And Jesus with his disciples departed to the sea and a great crowd followed him from Galilee and from Judea 3:8 and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and on the other side of the Jordan and those around Tyre and Sidon. This great crowd, having heard how-much he was doing, came to him. 3:9 And he spoke to his disciples, that* a small-boat should wait-on him because of the crowd, that* they might not press against him; 3:10 for* he had healed many; so-that as many as had disorders fell upon him in order that they might touch him. 3:11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they viewed him, fell down before him and cried, saying, You are the Son of God. 3:12 And he rebuked them much, that* they might not make* him apparent.
{Mk 3:13-19a & Lk 6:12-16 Near Capernaum}
3:13 And he goes up into the mountain and calls to him whom he wished, and they went to him. 3:14 And he made* the appointment of the twelve, that* they might be with him and that* he might send them forth to preach, 3:15 and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons. 3:16 And to Simon he placed the name Peter; 3:17 and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and those, he added to them the names Boanerges, which is, Sons of Thunder; 3:18 and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Canaanite, 3:19 and Judas Iscariot, who also gave him up to the Jews.
{Mt 5:1 & Lk 6:17-20} {Mt 5:2-12 & Lk 6:20-26} {Mt 5:13-16} {Mt 5:17-48 & Lk 6:27-36} {Mt 6:1-34} {Mt 7:1-6 & Lk 6:37-42} {Mt 7:7-11} {Mt 7:12 & Lk 6:31} {Mt 7:13-23 & Lk 6:43-45} {Mt 7:24-29 & Lk 6:46-49} {Mt 8:1, 5-13 & Lk 7:1-10 Capernaum} {Lk 7:11-17 At Nain in Galilee} {Mt 11:2-30 & Lk 7:18-35 Galilee} {Lk 7:36-50 Galilee} {Lk 8:1-3 Journeying in Galilee}
{Mk 3:19b-30 & Mt 12:22-37}
And they come into their house. 3:20 And a crowd comes together again, so-that they could not so much as eat bread. 3:21 And when his friends heard it, they went out to take-hold of him; for* they said, He is crazy.
3:22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, He is casting out the demons by the ruler of the demons.
3:23 And having called them, he spoke to them in parables: How is Satan able to cast out Satan? 3:24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand. 3:25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house is not be able to stand. 3:26 And if Satan has stood up against himself and has been divided, he is not able to stand, but has come to an end. 3:27 But no one having entered into the house of the strong man is able to plunder his goods, if he does not first bind the strong man, and then he may plunder his house. 3:28 Assuredly I say to you*, All their sins and blasphemes will be forgiven to the sons of men; as many things as they may blaspheme. 3:29 But whoever blasphemies at the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness forever, but is liable to an eternal judgment. 3:30 (Because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’)
{Mt 12:38-45}
{Mk 3:31-35 & Mt 12:46-50 & Lk 8:19-21}
3:31 Then* his brethren and his mother come and standing outside, they sent to him, summoning him. 3:32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brethren are outside seeking you.
3:33 And he answered them and saying, Who is my mother or my brethren? 3:34 And having looked around in a circle at those who sat around him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 3:35 For* whoever does the will of God, this one is my brother and sister and mother.
[Mark 4]
{Mk 4:1-25 & Mt 13:1-23 & Lk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee}
4:1 And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so-that having stepped onto the ship, he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were next to the sea upon the land.
4:2 And he taught them many things in parables and said to them in his teaching, 4:3 Listen: behold, the sower went forth to sow, 4:4 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road and the birds came and devoured it. 4:5 And other seed fell upon the rocky areas, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it rises up, because it had no depth of earth; 4:6 and when the sun had risen, it was scorched, and it dried up because it had no root. 4:7 And other seed fell among the thorns and the thorns shot up and choked it and it gave no fruit. 4:8 And other seed fell into the good soil and gave fruit, shooting up and growing, and gave forth, by thirty times and by sixty times and by a hundred times as much. 4:9 And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
4:10 And when he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked about the parable. 4:11 And he said to them, You* have been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things are in parables; 4:12 that* seeing, they may see and yet may not know, and hearing, they may hear and yet may not understand; lest they should turn again and their sins might be forgiven them.
4:13 And he says to them, Do you* not know this parable? And how will you* know all the parables? 4:14 The sower is sowing the word. 4:15 And these are those by the road, where the word is sown, and whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in their hearts.
4:16 And likewise these are those who are sown upon the rocky areas, who, whenever they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy; 4:17 and they have no root in themselves, but is temporary. Thereafter, when affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately they are offended.
4:18 And these are those who are sown among the thorns; these are those who hear the word, 4:19 and the anxieties of this world and the deception of riches and the lusts about all the rest of the worldly things going into their hearts, are choking the word and it becomes unfruitful.
4:20 And these are those who were sown upon the good soil; who hear the word and accept it and bear-fruit, one thirty times and one sixty times and one a hundred times.
4:21 And he said to them, Do you come with a lamp that* it may be placed under a peck container or under the bed? No, you bring it that* it may be placed upon the lamp-stand. 4:22 For* if it is not apparent, nothing is hidden, nor has anything secret happened, but that* it might not be made apparent. 4:23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
4:24 And he said to them, Beware what you* are hearing; with what measure you* measure, it will be measured to you*, and to you* who hear, more will be added. 4:25 For* whoever has, to him will be given and he who does not have, then what he has will be taken from him.
{Mk 4:26-29}
4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man cast seed upon the earth; 4:27 and he should sleep and should arise night and day and the seed may sprout and should lengthen, he does not know how. 4:28 For* the earth is bearing-fruit by herself; first the blade, thereafter the tops, then the full grain in the tops. 4:29 But whenever the fruit is giving way, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is standing ready.
{Mt 13:24-30}
{Mk 4:30-34 & Mt 13:31-35}
4:30 And he said, To what may be similar to the kingdom of God? Or in what parable may we put it in comparison? 4:31 It is as a kernel of a mustard-seed, which, whenever it is sown upon the earth, though it is little less than all the seeds that are upon the earth, 4:32 yet whenever it has been sown, it shoots up and becomes greater than all the herbs and produces great branches; so-that the birds of the heaven are able to nest under its shadow.
4:33 And he spoke the word to them with many such parables, as they were able to hear it; 4:34 and he did not speak to them without a parable; but privately he interpreted all things to his disciples.
{Mt 13:36-53}
{Mk 4:35-41 & Mt:8:18-27 & Lk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee}
4:35 And in that day, when it became evening, he says to them, We should go over to the other side. 4:36 And leaving the crowd, they take him with them, as he was in the ship. But also other small-boats were with him. 4:37 And there comes a great gale of wind and the waves cast water into the ship, so-that the ship now is filling with water. 4:38 And he himself was upon the stern, sleeping upon the cushion and they arouse him from his sleep and say to him, Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?
4:39 And he was aroused and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Be silent. Hush. And the wind paused and there became a great calm. 4:40 And he said to them, Why are you* so cowardly? How do you* not have faith?
4:41 And they feared with a great fear and said to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea are obeying* him?
[Mark 5]
{Mk 5:1-21 & Mt 8:28-34 & Lk 8:26-40 Gergesa}
5:1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 5:2 And when he came out of the ship, immediately a man met him out of the tombs with an unclean spirit, 5:3 who had his dwelling in the tombs and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains. 5:4 Because of that, he had been bound often with shackles and chains and the chains had been torn to shreds by him and the shackles crushed and no one was strong-enough to tame him. 5:5 And he was always, night and day, in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
5:6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him; 5:7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you, Son of the Highest God? I am imploring you by God, do not torment me.
5:8 For* he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit. 5:9 And he asked him, What is your name?
And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, because we are many. 5:10 And he pleaded with him much that* he might not send them away outside the country. 5:11 Now a great herd of swine was feeding there before the mountain. 5:12 And all the demons pleaded with him, saying, Send us into the swine, that* we may enter into them. 5:13 And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine and the herd rushed down the cliff into the sea. Now they were about two thousand, and they were drowned in the sea.
5:14 And those feeding the swine fled and reported it to the city and to the rural area. And they came out to see what it was that had happened. 5:15 And they come to Jesus and view him who was demon-possessed, sitting and he had his garments on and was sensible, (he who had the legion), and they were afraid. 5:16 And those who saw it described to them how it happened to him who was demon-possessed and about the swine. 5:17 And they began to plead with him to go away from their borders.
5:18 And as he stepped into the ship, he who had been demon-possessed pleaded with him that* he might be with him. 5:19 But Jesus did not allow him, but says to him, Go to your house, to your friends and report to them how-much the Lord did for you and how he had mercy on you. 5:20 And he traveled and began to preach in Decapolis how-much Jesus had done for him and all marveled.
5:21 And when Jesus had ferried over again in the ship to the other side, a great crowd was gathered to him, and he was by the sea.
{Mk 5:22-43 & Mt 9:18-26 & Lk 8:41-56 Capernaum}
5:22 And behold one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, comes and seeing him, he falls at his feet; 5:23 and pleaded with him much, saying, My preteen daughter is in her final moments. I pray that* you come and may lay your hands on her, *that she may be cured and will live. 5:24 And he went with him.
And a great crowd followed him and they pressed against him. 5:25 And a certain woman, who had a flowing of blood for twelve years, 5:26 and had suffered many things by many physicians and had spent all that she had and was profited nothing, but rather having come to be worse. 5:27 Having heard about Jesus, she came in the crowd behind and touched his garment. 5:28 For* she said, Even if I touch but his garments, I will be cured. 5:29 And immediately the spring of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed from the disorder. 5:30 And immediately Jesus, fully knowing in himself that the power had gone forth from him and having turned around in the crowd, said, Who touched my garments?
5:31 And his disciples said to him, You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ 5:32 And he looked around to see her who had done this thing. 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and spoke all the truth to him.
5:34 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in peace and be healthy from your disorder.
5:35 While he still spoke, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead. Why are you still bothering the Teacher?
5:36 But Jesus immediately hearing the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not fear, only believe. 5:37 And he allowed no one to follow him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 5:38 And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and he views an uproar, many weeping and wailing. 5:39 And when he had entered in, he says to them, Why are you* in an uproar and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping. 5:40 And they laughed at him. But having put them all out, he takes the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him and he goes into where the child was lying. 5:41 And taking-hold of the child by the hand, he says to her, Talitha kumi; which is, after being translated, Girl, I say to you, Arise. 5:42 And immediately the girl rose* up and walked; for* she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 5:43 And he ordered them much that* no one should know this and he said that something should be given to her to eat.
[Mark 6]
{Mt 9:27-34 Probably Capernaum}
{Mk 6:1-6a & Mt 13:54-58 Nazareth}
6:1 And he went out from there, and he came into his homeland, and his disciples follow him. 6:2 And when it became the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing him were astounded, saying, From where did this man receive these things? And what is the wisdom that is given to this man? And how are such miracles happening through his hands? 6:3 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Jude and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended by him.
6:4 But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his homeland and among his own relatives and in his own house. 6:5 And he was not able to do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands upon a few who were sick and healed them. 6:6 And he marveled because of their unbelief.
{Mk 6:6b-13 & Mt 9:35-10:42 & Lk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee}
And he went around the villages in a circle, teaching.
6:7 And he calls to him the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits; 6:8 and he commanded them that* they should take nothing *for the journey, except only a staff; no knapsack, no bread, no brass coins in the belt; 6:9 but only tie on sandals, also do not clothe yourselves with two tunics. 6:10 And he said to them, Wherever you* enter into a house, abide there until you* should go from there. 6:11 And as many as may not accept you*, nor may not hear you*, as you* go out from there, shake-off the dust which is underneath your* feet *for a testimony to them. Assuredly, I say to you*, It will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. 6:12 And they, the twelve, went out and preached that* they all should repent. 6:13 And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.
{Mk 6:14-29 & Mt 14:1-12 & Lk 9:7-9}
6:14 And King Herod heard of this; for* his name had become apparent and he said, John the Immerser* has arisen from the dead and because of this these powers are working in him.
6:15 Others said, It is Elijah.
And others said, It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.
6:16 But Herod, when he heard of it, said, John, whom I beheaded, it is he, he has arisen from the dead.
6:17 For* Herod himself had sent forth and took-hold of John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her. 6:18 For* John said to Herod, ‘It is not legal for you to have your brother's wife.’ 6:19 And Herodias held it against him. And she was willing to kill him and was not able; 6:20 for* Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man and protected him. And when he heard him, did many things and gladly heard him again.
6:21 And when it became an opportune day, Herod, along with his birthday, made* a supper to his great-men and the commanders and the foremost ones of Galilee; 6:22 and the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced and she pleased Herod and those who reclined at the meal with him. And the king said to the girl, Ask me whatever you wish and I will give it to you. 6:23 And he swore to her, Whatever you might ask me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.
6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask for?
And she said, The head of John the Immerser*.
6:25 And she came in promptly to the king and with haste asked, saying, I wish that* you might give me immediately the head of John the Immerser* upon a platter.
6:26 And the king became very sorrowful but because of his oaths and those who reclined at the meal with him, he did not wish to reject her. 6:27 And immediately the king sent forth an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. 6:28 And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. 6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and lifted up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
{Mk 6:30-32 & Mt 14:13 & Lk 9:10 & Jn 6:1 East shore of Galilee}
6:30 And the apostles are gathered together with Jesus, and they reported to him all things, both how-much they had done and how-much they had taught. 6:31 And he said to them, You* yourselves come-here privately into a desolate place and rest a little. For* there were many coming and going and they had not had even an opportunity to eat. 6:32 And they went away into a desolate place by ship privately.
{Mk 6:33-44 & Mt 14:13-21 & Lk 9:11-17 & Jn 6:2-14}
6:33 And the crowds saw them going and many recognized him and they ran together there on foot from all the cities and went before them and came together to him. 6:34 And Jesus came forth and saw a great crowd and he had compassion upon them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd and he began to teach them many things.
6:35 And since it was already becoming a late hour, his disciples came to him and say, The place is a desolate and already it is a late hour; 6:36 dismiss them, that* they may go into the rural area and surrounding villages and may buy bread for themselves, for* they might not have anything to eat.
6:37 But answering, he said to them, You* give them something to eat.
And they say to him, Should we go away and buy two hundred denarius' worth of loaves and might give them that to eat?
6:38 And he says to them, How many loaves do you* have? Go and see.
And when they knew, they said, Five and two fish. 6:39 And he commanded them all to recline by groups; all the groups upon the pale-green grass. 6:40 And they leaned-back in rows of a hundred apiece and rows of fifty apiece. 6:41 And he took the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke the loaves, and he gave them to his disciples that* they might place the bread before them, and he divided the two fish among them all. 6:42 And they all ate and were well fed. 6:43 And they took up twelve baskets of broken pieces, and also pieces of the fish. 6:44 And those who ate the loaves were about five thousand men.
{Mk 6:45-56 & Mt 14:22-36 & Jn 6:15-21}
6:45 And immediately he urged his disciples to step onto the ship and to precede him to the other side to Bethsaida, until he should dismiss the crowd. 6:46 And after he had bid farewell to them, he went away into the mountain to pray.
6:47 And when it became evening, the ship was in the middle of the sea and he was alone upon the land. 6:48 And he saw them tormented by the rowing, for* the wind was adverse to them and he comes to them about the fourth watch of the night, walking upon the sea, and he wished to have passed by them. 6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they thought it to be an apparition and cried out; 6:50 for* they all saw him and were disturbed. But immediately he spoke with them and says to them, Have courage. It is I. Do not be afraid. 6:51 And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind paused and they were exceedingly, unusually, astonished in themselves and marveled! 6:52 For* they did not understand what happened with the loaves, for* their heart was hardened. 6:53 And when they had ferried over to the land of Gennesaret and anchored, 6:54 and coming out of the ship, immediately the people recognized him.
6:55 They ran around that whole region and began to carry around those who were ill upon their pallets, wherever they heard he was. 6:56 And wherever he traveled, if into villages or cities or the rural area, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and pleaded with him that* if-only they might touch the hem of his garment and as many as would touch him were cured.
{Jn 6:22-71 Synagogue in Capernaum}
[Mark 7]
{Mk 7:1-23 & Mt 15:1-20 & Jn 7:1 Galilee, probably Capernaum Spring 29 AD}
7:1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes were gathered together to see him, having come from Jerusalem, 7:2 and having seen some of his disciples eating their bread with common, that is, unwashed hands, they found-fault. 7:3 For* the Pharisees and all the Jews, if they do not wash their hands scrubbing with the fist, do not eat, holding-fast the tradition of the elders; 7:4 and when coming from the marketplace, they do not eat if they do not {F} bathe themselves first, and there are many other things which they take to holding-fast like, immersions* of cups and pint pitchers and brass kettles and cots. 7:5 Thereafter the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why are your disciples not walking according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?
7:6 But answering, he said to them, Isaiah did prophesy well concerning you* hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people are honoring me with their lips, but their heart is faraway from me. 7:7 But they are worshiping me with futility, teaching as their teachings– the commandments of men.’ {Is. 29:13} 7:8 For* you* leave the commandment of God and hold-fast the tradition of men, like immersions* of pint pitchers and cups and you* practice many other such similar things.
7:9 And he said to them, Full well, you* reject the commandment of God, that* you* may keep your* tradition. 7:10 For* Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ {Ex. 20:12 & Deut. 5:16} And, ‘He who is speaking evil of father or mother, let him be ended by the sentence of death.’ {Ex. 21:17 & Lev. 20:9} 7:11 But you* say, If a man says to his father or his mother, that with whatever you might have been profited from me is Corban, that is to say, A gift, 7:12 and so you* no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother. 7:13 You* are invalidating the word of God by your* tradition, which you* have been given and you* practice many such similar things.
7:14 And having called to him all the crowd again, he said to them, All of you* hear me and understand. 7:15 There is nothing outside the man, that going into him is able to desecrate him; but the things which go out from him, those are the things which defile the man. 7:16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
7:17 And when he had entered into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 7:18 And he says to them, So are you* also without understanding? Do you* not perceive, that whatever is outside, going into the man, is not able to desecrate him; 7:19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly and goes out into the sewer? (He said thus cleansing all foods.) 7:20 And he said, That which goes out from the man, desecrates the man. 7:21 For* evil reasonings come out from inside, out of the heart of men, such as: adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, 7:22 greedy acts, wickednesses, treachery, unbridled-lusts, an evil eye, blasphemy, haughtiness, foolishness. 7:23 All these evil things come out from inside and desecrate the man.
{Mk 7:24 & Mt 15:21}
7:24 And rising* up from there and he went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house and wished no one to know it, and he was not able to elude them.
{Mk 7:25-30 & Mt 15:22-28 Tyre and Sidon}
7:25 For* a woman having heard about him, whose preteen daughter had an unclean spirit, having come to him, fell down before his feet. 7:26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she requested him that* he might cast forth the demon out of her daughter. 7:27 But Jesus said to her, Allow the children first to be fed; for* it is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the puppies.
7:28 But she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for* even the puppies underneath the table eat of the children's crumbs.
7:29 And he said to her, Because of these words, go your way; the demon is gone from your daughter. 7:30 And she went away to her house and found the child laid upon the cot and the demon had gone.
{Mk 7:31 & Mt 15:29 Avoiding Herod’s territory}
7:31 And again having gone out from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, between the borders of Decapolis.
{Mk 7:32-37 & Mt 15:30-31 Magadan and Bethsaida Summer 29 AD}
7:32 And they bring to him one who was mute, who had a speech impediment, and they plead with him that* he might lay his hand upon him. 7:33 And having taken him away from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears and he spit and touched his tongue; 7:34 and looking up to heaven, he groaned and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 7:35 And immediately his ears were opened and the bond of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plainly. 7:36 And he ordered them that* they should tell no one; but as many things as he ordered them, rather, they did preach it even-more.
7:37 And they were abundantly astounded, saying, He has done all things well; he makes* even the deaf, to hear and the mute, to speak.
{Footnotes: Mk 7:4a- Greek.: immerse*; same Greek as 7:4b &. Mk 7:8.}
[Mark 8]
{Mk 8:1-8:9 & Mt 15:32-39}
8:1 The crowd was enormous in those days, and they do not have anything to eat. Jesus having called to him his disciples, says to them, 8:2 I have compassion upon the crowd, because they already remain with me for three days and do not have anything in which they might eat. 8:3 And if I dismiss them starving to their house, they will faint by the road; for* some of them have come from far away.
8:4 And his disciples answered him, From where shall one be able to feed these men with bread here in the wilderness?
8:5 And he asked them, How many loaves do you* have?
And they said, Seven.
8:6 And he commanded the crowd to lean-back upon the land and he took the seven loaves and having given-thanks, he broke them and gave to his disciples, that* they might place before them, and they placed them before the crowd. 8:7 And they had a few small-fish and having given thanks, he said to his disciples to also place these before them. 8:8 And they ate and were well fed and they took up an abundance of broken pieces– seven baskets. 8:9 And those who had eaten, were about four thousand and he dismissed them.
{Mk 8:10-26 & Mt 15:39-16:12 Near Caesarea Philippi Summer 29 AD}
8:10 And immediately he stepped into the ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
8:11 And the Pharisees came forth and began to debate with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, testing him. 8:12 And he groaned deeply in his spirit and says, Why is this generation seeking a sign? Assuredly I say to you*, There will be no sign given to this generation. 8:13 And he left them and again stepping onto a ship, went away to the other side.
8:14 And they forgot to take bread, and they did not have any bread except one loaf in the ship with them. 8:15 And he ordered them, saying, See that and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
8:16 And they reasoned with one another, saying, It is because we have no bread.
8:17 And Jesus knowing it says to them, Why do you* reason, because you* have no bread? Do you* still not perceive, nor understand? Do you* still have your* heart hardened? 8:18 Having eyes, do you* not see? Having ears, do you* not hear? And do you* not remember? 8:19 When I broke the five loaves *for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you* lift up?
They say to him, Twelve.
8:20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you* lift up?
And they said, Seven.
8:21 And he said to them, How do you* not yet understand?
8:22 And he comes to Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man and plead with him that* he might touch him. 8:23 And he grabbed of the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village, and when he had spit into his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Do you see anything?
8:24 And he having looked up, said, I see men, because I behold them like walking trees. 8:25 Thereafter he laid his hands upon his eyes again, and he made* him look up. And he was restored and saw all men distinctly.
8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither enter into the village, nor say anything to anyone in the village.
{Mk 8:27-30 & Mt 16:13-20 & Lk 9:18-21 Caesarea Philippi}
8:27 And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi and by the road he asked his disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?
8:28 And they answered, John the Immerser* and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
8:29 And he asked them, But who do you* say that I am?
And Peter answering, says to him, You are the Christ. 8:30 And he rebuked them that* they should speak to no one about him.
{Mk 8:31-9:1 & Mt 16:21-28 & Lk 9:22-27 Caesarea Philippi}
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 high-priests and the scribes and be killed and to rise* up after three days. 8:32 And he spoke the saying frankly. And Peter took him and began to rebuke him. 8:33 But he turning again and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Go behind me, adversary, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.
8:34 And he called to him the crowd with his disciples and said to them, Whoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and lift up his cross and follow me. 8:35 For* whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me and because of the good-news, he will save it. 8:36 For* what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and might forfeit his soul? 8:37 Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life? 8:38 For* whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him, whenever he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy messengers. [Mark 9] 9:1 And he said to them, Assuredly I say to you*, There are some of those standing here, who may never* taste of death, until they should see the kingdom of God come with power.
{Mk 9:2-13 & Mt 17:1-13 & Lk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi}
9:2 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter and James and John and brings them up alone into a high mountain privately and he was transformed in front of them; 9:3 and his garments became gleaming, exceedingly white like snow, such-as no launderer upon the earth is able to whiten. 9:4 And Elijah with Moses appeared to them and they were speaking with Jesus.
9:5 And Peter answering, says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here and we should make* three tabernacles; one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. 9:6 For* he did not know what he should say; for* they were fearful.
9:7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son. You* hear him. 9:8 And suddenly having looked around, they saw no one any more, but only Jesus with themselves.
9:9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that* they should describe to no one what they had seen, except whenever the Son of Man rises* up from the dead. 9:10 And they took-hold of the saying, debating together, What is the rising* up from the dead? 9:11 And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
9:12 And answering, he said to them, Elijah indeed comes first and restores all things and how is it written of the Son of Man, that* he may suffer many things and may be scorned? 9:13 But I say to you* that Elijah has come and they have also done to him as many things as they willed, just-as it has been written of him.
{Mk 9:14-29 & Mt 17:14-21 & Lk 9:37-43 Region of Caesarea Philippi}
9:14 And when he came back to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes debating with them. 9:15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were utterly amazed and running up to him, they greeted him. 9:16 And he asked them, What are you* debating with them?
9:17 And one out of the crowd answering, said, Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit; 9:18 and wherever it overtakes him, it rips at him and he foams and grinds his teeth and he is dried up and I spoke to your disciples that* they might cast it out, and yet they were not strong-enough.
9:19 And answering him, he says, O unbelieving generation, until when shall I be with you*? Until when shall I tolerate you*? Bring him to me. 9:20 And they brought him to him and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell upon the earth. He wallowed– foaming. 9:21 And he asked his father, How long a time has this been happening to him like this?
And he said, From childhood. 9:22 And often it has cast him both into fire and into waters, that* it might destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, help us and have compassion upon us.
9:23 And Jesus said to him, If you are able to believe. All things are possible to him who believes.
9:24 And immediately the father of the child cried out with tears and said, I believe; Lord, help my unbelief.
9:25 And when Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, I command you, mute and deaf spirit, come out of him and enter into him no longer.
9:26 And having cried out and convulsed him much, it came out and the boy became like one dead; so-that many said, He is dead.
9:27 But having taken-hold of him by the hand, Jesus lifts him, and he stood up. 9:28 And when he had entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we were not able to cast it out?
9:29 And he said to them, This type is not able to come out by anything, except in prayer and fasting.
{Mk 9:30-32 & Mt 17:22-23 & Lk 9:43-45 Return to Galilee}
9:30 And they went forth from there and traveled through Galilee, and he did not wish that* anyone should know it. 9:31 For* he taught his disciples and said to them, The Son of Man is to be given up into the hands of men and they will kill him, and having been killed, he will rise* up in the third day. 9:32 But they did not perceive the saying and were afraid to ask him.
{Mt 17:24-27 Capernaum Sept. 29 AD}
{Mk 9:33-50 & Mt 18:1-14 & Lk 9:46-50 Sept. 29 AD}
9:33 And he came to Capernaum and when he was in the house he asked them, What were you* reasoning among yourselves by the road? 9:34 But they were silent; for* they had reasoned with one another by the road, who was the greater. 9:35 And sitting down, he summoned the twelve, and he said to them, If anyone wishes to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all. 9:36 And he took a little child and stood him in the midst of them and embracing him, he said to them, 9:37 Whoever accepts one little child of such in my name, accepts me and whoever accepts me, does not accept me, but he who sent me.
9:38 And John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, who is not following us and we were forbidding him, because is not following us.
9:39 But Jesus said, Do not forbid him; for* there is no one who will do a miracle in my name and be able to speak evil of me quickly. 9:40 For* he who is not against you* is working on behalf of you*. 9:41 For* whoever gives you* a cup of water to drink in my name, because you* are of Christ, assuredly I say to you*, he may never* lose his reward. 9:42 And whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it is good for him rather if a mill’s stone encompassed his neck and he had been cast into the sea.
9:43 And if your hand offends you, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life crippled, rather than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, 9:44 where a maggot of them is not dead* and the fire is not quenched. 9:45 And if your foot offends you, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into hell, into the unquenchable fire, 9:46 where a maggot is not dead* and the fire is not quenched. 9:47 And if your eye offends you, cast it out. It is good for you to enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire, 9:48 where a maggot of them is not dying and the fire is not quenched. 9:49 For* everyone will be salted with fire and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. 9:50 The salt is good; but if the salt has become non-salty, with what shall you* season it? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace one with another.
[Mark 10]
{Mt 18:15-35} {Jn 7:2-9; Galilee, probably Capernaum} {Lk 9:51-56 & Jn 7:10; Samaria, Sept: 29 AD} {Lk 9:57-62} {Jn 7:11-10:1-21; Jerusalem, Oct. 29 AD} {Lk 10:1-24; Probably Judea, Oct: 29 AD} {Lk 10:25-37; Probably Judea} {Lk 10:38-42; Bethany, near Jerusalem} {Lk 11:1-13; Probably Judea} {Lk 11:14-13:9} {Lk 13:10-21; Probably Peraea} {Jn 10:22-42; Jerusalem and beyond Jordan.} {Lk 13:22-35; Peraea; Lk 14:1-24 Probably Peraea; Lk 14:25-17:10} {Jn 11:1-46; Peraea to Bethany, Jan. 30 AD; Jn 11:47-54; Jerusalem and Ephraim in Judea} {Lk 17:11-37; Borders of Samaria and Galilee; Lk 18:1-14}
{Mk 10:1-12 & Mt 19:1-12}
10:1 And rising* up from there and he goes into the borders of Judea through the other side of the Jordan and crowds travel together to him again, and as he was accustomed, he taught them again. 10:2 And there came to him Pharisees, they asked him, testing him, Is it legal for a man to divorce his wife?
10:3 And answering, he said to them, What did Moses command you*?
10:4 And they said, Moses permitted us to write a document of divorcement and to divorce her. {Deut. 24:1}
10:5 And Jesus answering, said to them, He wrote this commandment for you*, for your* hardness of heart. 10:6 But God made* them male and female from the beginning of the creation. 10:7 Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife; 10:8 and the two will become one flesh, so-that they are no more two, but one flesh. 10:9 Therefore what God has yoked together, do not let man separate.
10:10 And in the house, his disciples asked him again about the same thing. 10:11 And he says to them, Whoever divorces his wife and should marry another, is committing adultery against her; 10:12 and if a woman divorces her husband and should marry another, she is committing adultery.
{Mk 10:13-16 & Mt 19:13-15 & Lk 18:15-17 Peraea}
10:13 And they were bringing to him little children, that* he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those bringing them. 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, Allow the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them; for* of such is the kingdom of God. 10:15 Assuredly I say to you*, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a little child. He may never* enter into it. 10:16 And embracing them and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.
{Mk 10:17-31 & Mt 19:16-20:16 & Lk 18:18-30 Peraea}
10:17 And as he was going forth into the road, one ran up to him and knelt before him and asked him, Good Teacher, what should I do that* I may inherit eternal life?
10:18 And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? None is good except one, our God. 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not falsely-testify. Do not defraud. Honor your father and mother.’ {Ex. 20:12-16 & Deut. 5:16-20}
10:20 And answering, he said to him, Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.
10:21 And Jesus looking on him, loved* him and said to him, You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell as many things as you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come-here. Follow me, lifting up your cross. 10:22 But being dismal at the saying, he went away sorrowful; for* he had great properties.
10:23 And Jesus, having looked around, says to his disciples, How those who have wealth will hardly enter into the kingdom of God! 10:24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But answering again, Jesus says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who have confidence in wealth to enter into the kingdom of God! 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
10:26 And they were astounded even-more, saying to him, Then who is able to be saved?
10:27 But Jesus looking on them says, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for* all things are possible with God.
10:28 Peter began to say to him, Behold, we have left all and have followed you.
10:29 But Jesus answering, said, Assuredly I say to you*, There is no one who has left his house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, because of me and because of the good-news, 10:30 who may not receive a hundred times that now in this time, houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and eternal life in the world to come. 10:31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
{Mk 10:32-45 & Mt 20:17-28 & Lk 18:31-34; Peraea or Judea, near Jordan}
10:32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was leading them and they were amazed, and following, were afraid. And he took again the twelve and began to tell them the things which were about to befall him, 10:33 saying, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be given up to the high-priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and will give him to the Gentiles, 10:34 and they will mock him and will scourge him and will spit upon him and will kill him and he will rise* up in the third day.
10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, go before him, saying, Teacher, we wish that* whatever we ask of you, you might do it for us.
10:36 And he said to them, What do you* wish that I may do for you*?
10:37 And they said to him, Give to us that* we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.
10:38 But Jesus said to them, You* do not know what you* ask. Are you* able to drink the cup that I am drinking? And to be immersed* in the immersion* that I am immersed* in?
10:39 And they said to him, We are able.
And Jesus said to them, Indeed the cup that I am drinking, you* will drink, and with the immersion* that I am immersed* in, you* will be immersed*. 10:40 But to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it has been prepared. 10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant concerning James and John.
10:42 But having called them to him, Jesus says to them, You* know that those who seem to rule over the Gentiles are lording it over them, and their great ones are wielding authority over them. 10:43 But it will not be so among you*; but whoever wishes to become great among you*, will be your* servant; 10:44 and whoever wishes to become first among you*, will be bondservant of all. 10:45 For* the Son of Man also did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a redemption in exchange-for many.
{Mk 10:46-52 & Mt 20:29-34 & Lk 18:35-43; Jericho}
10:46 And they come to Jericho and as he traveled out from Jericho, with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was sitting and begging beside the road. 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, you, the son of David, have mercy on me. 10:48 And many rebuked him, that* he should be silent; but he cried out much more, You, the son of David, have mercy on me.
10:49 And Jesus stood still and asked for him to be summoned.
And they summon the blind man, saying to him, Have courage. Arise; he is summoning you. 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, having stood up, came to Jesus.
10:51 And answering, Jesus says to him, What do you wish that I might do for you?
And the blind man said to him, Rabboni, that* I may recover my sight.
10:52 And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has cured you. And immediately he recovered his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
[Mark 11]
{Lk 19:1-28; Jericho} {Jn 11:55-12:1, 9-11 Bethany March 31- April 1, 30 AD}
{Mk 11:1-11 & Mt 21:1-12, 14-17 & Lk 19:29-44 & Jn 12:12-19 Bethany to Jerusalem and back Sun. April 2, 30 AD The week of Jesus’ crucifixion.}
11:1 And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the Mountain of Olives, he sends two of his disciples, 11:2 and says to them, Go your* way into the village that is before you* and immediately as you* travel into it, you* will find a colt tied, upon which {F} no man has sat; loose it and lead it here. 11:3 And if anyone says to you*, Why are you* doing this? You* say, The Lord has need of him, and immediately he will send it here. 11:4 And they went away and found a colt tied at the door outside in the road, and they loose him.
11:5 And some of those who stood there said to them, What are you* doing, loosening the colt?
11:6 And they said to them just-as Jesus had commanded and they let them leave. 11:7 And they led the colt to Jesus and cast their garments upon it, and he sat upon it. 11:8 And many spread their garments upon the road, and others were cutting down foliage from the trees and were spreading them in the road. 11:9 And those who precede and those who followed him, cried out, saying, Hosanna; he who comes in the name of the Lord is blessed. 11:10 The kingdom that is coming in the name of the Lord is blessed, of our father David. Hosanna in the highest.
11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple, and having looked around on all things, already being the evening hour, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
{Mk 11:12-18 & Mt 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Lk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}
11:12 And on the next-day, when they had come out from Bethany, he hungered. 11:13 And seeing a fig tree from afar having leaves, he came to see if he might find anything in it and when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves; for* it was not the time of figs. 11:14 And Jesus answering, said to it, No one may eat fruit from you– no longer, forever. And his disciples heard it.
11:15 And they come to Jerusalem and Jesus entered into the temple and began to cast out those who are selling and buying in the temple and turned over the tables of the brokers and the chairs of those who are selling the doves; 11:16 and he did not allow that* anyone should carry goods through the temple. 11:17 And he taught, saying to them, Has it not been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you* have made* it a den of robbers.’ {Is. 56:7 and Jer. 7:11} 11:18 And the scribes and the high-priests heard it and sought how they might destroy him; but they feared him, because all the crowd was astounded at his teaching.
{Mk 11:19-26 & Mt 21:20-22 & Lk 21:37-38 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Tues.}
11:19 And when it became evening, he went forth outside the city. 11:20 And as they traveled by in the morning, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 11:21 And having remembered, Peter says to him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree is dried up which you cursed.
11:22 And answering, Jesus says to them, Have faith in God. 11:23 For* assuredly I say to you*, Whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, and should not doubt in his heart, but should believe that what he says happens; whatever he says will be to him. 11:24 Therefore I say to you*, All things, as many things as you* may ask for when you* pray, believe that you* receive them and you* will have them. 11:25 And whenever you* stand praying, if you* have anything against anyone, forgive them; that* your* Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you* your* trespasses. 11:26 But if you* do not forgive, neither will your* Father who is in the heavens forgive your* trespasses.
{Mk 11:27-33 & Mt 21:23-27 & Lk 20:1-8 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}
11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem and as he is walking in the temple, the high-priests and the scribes and the elders come to him; 11:28 and they say to him, By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority? That* you should do these things?
11:29 And Jesus answering, said to them, I will also ask you* one question and answer me and I will tell you* by what authority I am doing these things. 11:30 The immersion* of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me.
11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Then* why did you* not believe him? 11:32 But should we say, From men? (They feared the people. All held John to really be a prophet.)
11:33 And they answering, say to Jesus, We do not know.
And answering, Jesus says to them, Neither do I tell you* by what authority I am doing these things.
{Footnotes: Mk 11:2- Greek: no one of men.}
[Mark 12]
{Mt 21:28-32}{Mk 12:1-12 & Mt 21:33-46 & Lk 20:9-19}
12:1 And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it and shoveled a winepress in it and built a tower and rented it out to farmers and went abroad. 12:2 And at the harvest time, he sent a bondservant to the farmers, that* he might receive from the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers. 12:3 But they took him and whipped him and sent him away empty handed. 12:4 And again he sent another bondservant to them, and having stoned him, they bashed his head and sent him away, having dishonored him. 12:5 And again, he sent another, and they killed him and many others; whipping some and killing some. 12:6 Therefore he still had one, his beloved son; he also sent him last to them, saying, They will revere my son. 12:7 But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come-here. We should kill him and the inheritance will be ours. 12:8 And they took him and killed him and cast him forth outside the vineyard. 12:9 Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and will give the vineyard to others. 12:10 Have you* not even read this Scripture, ‘The stone which the builders rejected*, this has become the head of the corner; 12:11 this was from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes’? {Ps. 118:22f} 12:12 And they sought to take-hold of him, and yet they feared the crowd. They knew that he spoke the parable to them and they left him and went away.
{Mt 22:1-14} {Mk 12:13-17 & Mt 22:15-22 & Lk 20:20-26 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}
12:13 And they send to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, that* they might catch him in his words. 12:14 And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about one’s appearance. You do not look at the countenance of men, but teach the way of God by truth. Is it legal to give tribute to Caesar or not? 12:15 Should we give or should we not give?
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are you* testing me? Bring me a denarius, that* I may see it. 12:16 And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose face is this image and inscription?
And they said to him, Caesar's.
12:17 And Jesus answering, said to them, Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and give to God the things that are God's. And they marveled at him.
{Mk 12:18-27 & Mt 22:23-33 & Lk 20:27-39}
12:18 And the Sadducees come to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him, saying, 12:19 Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If anyone’s brother dies and if he leaves a wife behind him and if he leaves no child, that* his brother should take his wife and should raise up seed to his brother. {Deut. 25:5} 12:20 There were seven brethren and the first took a wife and dying left no seed; 12:21 and the second took her and died, and left no seed, and the third likewise*; 12:22 and the seven took her and left no seed. Last of all the woman also died. 12:23 In the resurrection, whenever they rise* up, whose wife will she be of them? For* the seven had her as their wife.
12:24 And Jesus answering, said to them, Are you* not being misled because of this, by not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? 12:25 For* whenever they will rise* up from the dead, they neither marry, nor are they betrothed; but are like messengers who are in the heavens. 12:26 But concerning the dead, that they do arise; have you* not read in the book of Moses, at the place concerning the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?’ {Ex. 3:6} 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore you* are much misled.
{Mk 12:28-34 & Mt 22:34-40 & Lk 20:40}
12:28 And one of the scribes came and heard them debating together and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
12:29 And Jesus answered, The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one;’ 12:30 and ‘You will love* the Lord your God from all your heart and from all your soul and from all your mind and from all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. {Deut. 6:4-6} 12:31 And the second is similar, ‘You will love* your neighbor like yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. {Lev. 19:18}
12:32 And the scribe said to him, Of a truth, Teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is no other except* he; 12:33 and to love* him from all the heart and from all the understanding and from all the soul and from all the strength and to love* his neighbor like himself, is more-than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered with great perception, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared to ask him any more.
{Mk 12:35-37 & Mt 22:41-46 & Lk 20:41-44}
12:35 And Jesus answering, said, while teaching in the temple, How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 12:36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, You sit at my right hand, until I should place your enemies under the footstool of your feet.’ {Ps. 110:1} 12:37 Therefore David himself calls him Lord, and is he his son? From where? And the great crowd heard him gladly.
{Mk 12:38-40 & Mt 23:1-39 & Lk 20:45-47 Courts of the Temple, Tues.}
12:38 And he said to them in his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk in long robes and to have greetings in the marketplaces, 12:39 and the foremost seats in the synagogues and foremost-places in the suppers. 12:40 They are those who devour widows' houses and are praying long prayers for a pretext; these will receive even-more condemnation.
{Mk 12:41-44 & Lk 21:1-4 In the Temple Treasury, Tues.}
12:41 And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and viewed how the crowd cast brass coins into the treasury and many who were rich were casting in much. 12:42 And a poor widow came and she cast in a two bronze coins, which is equal to a copper coin. 12:43 And he called his disciples to him and says to them, Assuredly I say to you*, This poor widow has cast in more-than all those who are casting in much into the treasury; 12:44 for* they all cast in out of what was abounding to them; but she cast in, out of her lack of all things, as many things as she had, her whole livelihood.
[Mark 13]
{Jn 12:20-50) In the Temple, Tues.}
{Mk 13:1-23 & Mt 24:1-28 & Lk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. It is best to read Luke 21 first. See also: Lk 19:41-44 & Lk 23:28-31.}
13:1 And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, behold, what sort of stones and what sort of buildings are here.
13:2 And Jesus answering, said to him, Do you see these great buildings? One stone may not be left upon another stone, which may not be torn-down.
13:3 And as he sat upon the Mountain of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 13:4 Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign whenever all these things are about to be accomplished?
13:5 And Jesus answering, began to say to them, Beware, do not let anyone mislead you*. 13:6 For* many will come in my name, saying, I am he, and may mislead many. 13:7 And whenever you* hear of wars and reports of wars, do not be alarmed; for* these things must happen; but the end is not yet. 13:8 For* nation will arise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there will be earthquakes in different places; there will be famines and disturbances. These things are the beginnings of travail. 13:9 But you* beware in yourselves, they will give you* up to councils, and you* will be whipped in synagogues and you* will be led before governors and kings, because of me, *for a testimony to them. 13:10 And the good-news must first be preached to all the nations. 13:11 But whenever they lead you* to judgment and are giving you* up, do not be anxious beforehand what you* should speak, nor meditate on an answer but whatever is given to you* in that hour, you* should speak that. It is not you* who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit. 13:12 And brother will give up brother to death and the father against his child, and children will stand up against parents and will put them to death. 13:13 And you* will be hated by all men because of my name; but he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved.
13:14 But whenever you* behold the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not to be (let him who is reading perceive), then let those who are in Judea escape to the mountains; 13:15 and let him who is upon the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house; 13:16 and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his garment. 13:17 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days! 13:18 And you* pray that* your* escape might not happen in the winter. 13:19 For* in those days will be affliction, such-as there has not happened from the beginning of the creation which God created until now and may never* happen again. 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the days. 13:21 And then if anyone says to you*, Behold, here is the Christ; or, Behold, there; do not believe it; 13:22 for* there will arise false Christs and false prophets and will give signs and wonders, to this end, if possible, that they may mislead even the chosen. 13:23 But you* beware. Behold, I have told you* all things beforehand.
{Mk 13:24-37 & Mt 24:29-51 & Lk 21:25-28 & 2Th 1:7-9 Second Coming}
13:24 But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her radiance, 13:25 and the stars will be falling from the heaven and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. 13:26 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 13:27 And then he will send forth his messengers and will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the tip of the earth to the tip of heaven.
{Mk 13:28-31 & Mt 24:32-35 & Lk 21:29-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70}
13:28 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: whenever her branch has already become tender and its leaves may have sprung forth, you* know that the summer is near; 13:29 so also you*, whenever you* behold these things happening, you* know that it is near, even at the doors. 13:30 Assuredly I say to you*, This generation may never* pass away, till all these things should happen. 13:31 Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words may never* pass away.
{Mk 13:32-37 & Mt 24:36-44 & Lk 21:34-36 Second Coming}
13:32 But no one knows concerning that day or hour, not even the messengers in heaven, neither the Son, except the Father only. 13:33 Beware, watch and pray; for* you* do not know when the time is. 13:34 It is like a man, going abroad, having left his house and given authority to his bondservants and his work to each one, and he commanded the doorkeeper that* he should watch. 13:35 Therefore you* watch; for* you* do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening or midnight or rooster's crowing or in the morning; 13:36 lest coming suddenly he may find you* sleeping. 13:37 And what I say to you*, I say to all, Watch!
[Mark 14]
{Mt 24:45-51 & Lk 21:37} {Mt 25:1-46 Mountain of Olives, Tues.}
{Mk 14:1-2 & Mt 26:1-5 & Lk 22:1-2 mountain Olives, Bethany, Jerusalem, Tues. Evening, Wed. for the Jews}
14:1 Now after two days it was the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread and the high-priests and the scribes sought how they might take-hold of him with treachery and might kill him; 14:2 but they said, Not at the feast, lest there will be an uproar of the people.
{Mk 14:3-9 & Mt 26:6-13}
14:3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at a meal, a woman came having an alabaster flask of costly undiluted perfume of nard and she crushed the alabaster flask and poured it over his head. 14:4 But there were some being indignant to themselves, and saying, *For what purpose is this waste of the perfume? 14:5 For* this perfume could have been sold for above three hundred denarius and given to the poor. And they scolded her.
14:6 But Jesus said, Allow her. Why do you* harass her? She has worked a good work *for me. 14:7 For* you* always have the poor with you* and whenever you* wish, you* are able to do them good; but you* do not always have me. 14:8 As she had, she did. She took upon herself beforehand to perfume my body *for its burying. 14:9 And assuredly I say to you*, Wherever this good-news is preached into the whole world, what also she has done will be spoken *for her memorial.
{Mk 14:10-11 & Mt 26:14-16 & Lk 22:3-6 & Jn 12:2-8}
14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the high-priests, that* he might give him up to them. 14:11 And having heard it, they rejoiced and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might give him up when convenient.
{Mk 14:12-17 & Mt 26:17-20 & Lk 22:7-18, 24-30 Bethany to Jerusalem Thurs. Evening}
14:12 And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples say to him, Where do you wish us to go that we should prepare that* you may eat the Passover?
14:13 And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, Go into the city and you* will meet a man bearing a pitcher of water there. Follow him; 14:14 and wherever he enters in, say to the householder, The Teacher says, Where is the guestroom, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? 14:15 And he will show you* a large furnished upper room, ready and prepare it ready for us there. 14:16 And his disciples went forth and came into the city and found like he had said to them and they made ready the Passover. 14:17 And when it became evening he comes with the twelve.
{Jn 13:1-20 Thurs. Evening}
{Mk 14:18-21, 27-31 & Mt 26:21-25, 31-35 & Lk 22:21-23, 31-38 & Jn 13:21-38}
14:18 And as they reclined and were eating, Jesus said, Assuredly I say to you*, One out of you* will give me up to the Jews, he who is eating with me.
14:19 And they began to be sorrowful and to say to him one by one, It is not me, is it? And another, It is not me, is it?
14:20 And answering, he said to them, It is one out of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish. 14:21 The Son of Man indeed is going, just-as it has been written concerning him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is given up! It would be good for him, if that man had not been born.
{Mk 14:22-25 & Mt 26:26-29 & Lk 22:19-20, 1Cor: 11:23-26}
14:22 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 14:23 And he took the cup and when he had given-thanks, he gave it to them and they all drank out of it. 14:24 And he said to them, This is my blood, that of the {F} new covenant*, which is poured out concerning many. 14:25 Assuredly I say to you*, I may never* drink anymore from the fruit of the vine, until that day whenever I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
{Jn 14-17 Thurs. Night, Friday to the Jews}
{Mk 14:26, 32-42 & Mt 26:30, 36-46 & Lk 22:39-46 & Jn 18:1 Garden between Stream of Kidron and Mountain of Olives, Late Thurs. night}
14:26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mountain of Olives. 14:27 And Jesus says to them, All of you* will be offended in me, in this night, because it has been written, ‘I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.’ {Zech. 13:7} 14:28 But after I arise, I will precede you* into Galilee.
14:29 But Peter said to him, And if all will be offended, but not I.
14:30 And Jesus says to him, Assuredly I say to you that today, even in this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.
14:31 But Peter spoke unusually, If I must die with you, I may never* deny you! And likewise* they also all were saying it. 14:32 And they come to a parcel of ground which was named Gethsemane and he says to his disciples, You* sit here, until I might pray. 14:33 And he takes with him Peter and James and John and began to be utterly amazed and disheartened. 14:34 And he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful, you* remain here and watch.
14:35 And he went forward a little and fell upon the earth and prayed that*, if it was possible, the hour might pass away from him. 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; carry this cup away from me; but not what I will, but what you will.
14:37 And he comes and finds them sleeping and says to Peter, Simon, do you sleep? Were you not strong-enough to watch one hour? 14:38 Watch and pray, that* you* may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed eager, but the flesh is weak.
14:39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
14:40 And having returned, he found them sleeping again, for* their eyes were heavy, and they did not know what they should answer him.
14:41 And he comes the third time and says to them, Henceforth sleep on and rest yourselves. It is time. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is given up into the hands of sinners. 14:42 Arise, we should be going. Behold, he who is giving me up has drawn near.
{Mk 14:43-52 & Mt 26:47-56 & Lk 22:47-53 & Jn 18:2-11 Gethsemane, Friday a few hours before dawn}
14:43 And immediately, while he still spoke, Judas, being one of the twelve, comes and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs from the high-priests and the scribes and the elders. 14:44 Now he who is gaving him up had given them a predefined gesture, saying, Whomever I kiss, that is he; take-hold of him and securely lead him away. 14:45 And having come to the place, he went immediately to him and says to him, Rabbi, Rabbi, and kissed him. 14:46 And they put hands upon him and took-hold of him.
14:47 But a certain one of those standing by, pulled his sword and struck the bondservant of the high-priest and took off his ear.
14:48 And Jesus answering, said to them, Have you* come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take me? 14:49 I was with you* daily teaching in the temple and you* did not take-hold of me; but this is done in order that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.
{Jn 18:12-14, 19-23 Friday before dawn}
14:50 And they all left him and fled. 14:51 And one, a certain young-man followed with him, having a linen cloth put around him, over his naked body and the young-men took-hold of him; 14:52 but he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.
{Mk 14:53 & Mt 26:57 & Lk 22:54a & Jn 18:24 Palace of Caiaphas, before dawn.}
14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high-priest and all the high-priests and the elders and the scribes come together with him there.
{Mk 14:54 & Mt 26:58 & Lk 22:54b-62 & Jn 18:15-18 Courtyard of High Priest’s residence, Friday about dawn}
14:54 And Peter had followed him from afar, to just inside, into the courtyard of the high-priest, and he was sitting with the attendants and warming himself in the light of the fire.
{Mk 14:55-65 & Mt 26:59-68 & Lk 22:63-65}
14:55 Now the high-priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus, *that* they might put him to death, and did not find it. 14:56 For* many falsely-testified against him and their testimonies were not equal. 14:57 And some stood up and falsely-testified against him, saying, 14:58 We heard him say, I will tear-down this temple, the one made* with hands, and in three days, I will build another not made* with hands. 14:59 And thus, their testimony was not equal either.
14:60 And the high-priest stood up in the midst of them and asked Jesus, saying, Are you answering nothing? What are these testifying against you? 14:61 But he was silent and answered nothing. Again the high-priest asked him and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Gracious* One?
14:62 And Jesus said, I am and you* will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven.
14:63 And the high-priest ripped his tunic and says, Why we still have need of witnesses? 14:64 You* have heard the blasphemy. How does it appear to you*? And they all condemned him to be liable for death. 14:65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to batter him and to say to him, Prophesy! And the attendants cast him away with slaps on the cheek.
{Mk 14:66-72 & Mt 26:69-75 & Lk 22:54-62 & Jn 18:25-27}
14:66 And Peter being below in the courtyard, there one of the maidservants of the high-priest comes; 14:67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked on him and says, You were also with Jesus, the Nazarene.
14:68 But he denied it, saying, I neither know him, nor even know what you are saying and he went outside to the forecourt, and the rooster crowed.
14:69 And the maidservant saw him and began again to say to those standing by, This one is out of them. 14:70 But he again denied it. And after a little while, those standing by said to Peter again, You truly are one of* them; for you are a Galilean and your speech is similar.
14:71 But he began to curse and swear, I do not know this man of whom you* speak. 14:72 And the rooster crowed the second time. And Peter was reminded the word that Jesus said to him, Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And having put his thoughts on it, he wept.
{Footnotes: Mk 14:24 See Appendix under Covenant.}
[Mark 15]
{Mk 15:1 & Mt 27:1-2 Lk 22:66-23:1 & Jn 18:28 Jerusalem early Friday morning}
15:1 And immediately in the morning, the high-priests with the elders and scribes and the whole ruling council made* a council together and bound Jesus and carried him away and gave him up to Pilate.
{Mt 27:3-10 & Acts 1:18-19 Friday morning and toward the future}
{Mk 15:2-5 & Mt 27:11-14 & Lk 23:2-5 & Jn 18:28-38 Jerusalem early Friday morning}
15:2 And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews?
And answering, he said to him, You speak correctly.
15:3 And the high-priests accused him of many things.
15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? Behold how many things they are testifying against you. 15:5 But Jesus no more answered anything; so-that Pilate marveled.
{Lk 23:6-12 Jerusalem early Friday morning}
{Mk 15:6-19 & Mt 27:15-30 & Jn 18:39-19:16 Friday, April 7, 30AD}
15:6 Now at the feast, he would release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked for. 15:7 And there was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow rioters, who in the riot had practiced murder. 15:8 And the crowd crying out, began to ask him to do like he did habitually for them. 15:9 And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you* wish that I might release to you* the King of the Jews? 15:10 For* he knew that because of envy the high-priests had given him up. 15:11 But the high-priests stirred up the crowd, that* he should rather release Barabbas to them. 15:12 And Pilate again answering said to them, Then* what do you* wish that I might do to him whom you* call the King of the Jews?
15:13 And they cried out again, Crucify him!
15:14 And Pilate said to them, For* what evil has he done?
But they cried out even-more, Crucify him. 15:15 And Pilate, willing to do what was sufficient for the crowd, released to them Barabbas and gave up Jesus, having scourged him, that* he might be crucified.
15:16 And the soldiers led him away, inside the courtyard, which is the palace, and they call together the whole cohort. 15:17 And they clothe him with purple and braided a thorny crown and they placed it around his head; 15:18 and they began to greet him, Hail, King of the Jews! 15:19 And they beat his head with a reed and spit on him and placing their knees down, worshiped him.
{Mk 15:20-23 & Mt 27:31-34 & Lk 23:26-33 & Jn 19:17 Road to the Cross, Friday morning}
15:20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped the purple off him and clothed him with his own garments. And they lead him out that* they should crucify him. 15:21 And they compel one, Simon from Cyrene, passing by, coming from the rural area, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that* he might lift up his cross. 15:22 And they bring him to the place called Golgotha, which is, after being translated, The place of a skull. 15:23 And they gave to him wine medicated with myrrh to drink; but he did not take it.
{Mk 15:24-32 & Mt 27:35-44 & Lk 23:33-43 & Jn 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Friday}
15:24 And having crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, who and what each might take. 15:25 And it was the third hour and they crucified him. 15:26 And the inscription of his accusation was written on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 15:27 And they crucify two robbers with him; one at his right and one at his left. 15:28 And the Scripture was fulfilled, which says ‘And he was counted with the lawless.’ {Is. 53:12} 15:29 And those who traveled by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, Ha! You who will tear-down the temple and build it in three days, 15:30 save yourself and come down from the cross.
15:31 And likewise the high-priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; but he is not able to save himself. 15:32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that* we may see and may believe in him. And those who were crucified together with him reproached him.
{Mk 15:34 & Mt 27:45 & Lk 23:44 about Noon.}
15:33 And when it became the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour.
{Mk 15:34-41 & Mt 27:46-56 & Lk 23:45-49 & Jn 19:28-30 about 5:00 PM}
15:34 And in the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, after being translated, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ {Ps. 22:1}
15:35 And some of those standing by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he is summoning Elijah. 15:36 And one having run and filled a sponge with vinegar, placed it around a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, Allow it, that we may see if Elijah comes to take him down.
15:37 And Jesus expired, leaving with a loud voice. 15:38 And the curtain of the temple was split-apart, into two pieces, from the top to the bottom. 15:39 And when the centurion, who was standing by, opposite from him, saw that thus he, having cried out, expired, said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 15:40 And there were also women viewing from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses and Salome; 15:41 who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him, and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
{Mk 15:42-47 & Mt 27:57-66 & Lk 23:50-56 & Jn 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}
15:42 And already becoming evening, since it was the Preparation, that is, the daytime before the Sabbath, 15:43 Joseph, a prominent counselor, came, who was from Arimathaea, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God, and being daring, he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 15:44 Now Pilate marveled if he had already died and calling to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been dead very-long. 15:45 And when he knew it from the centurion, he bestowed as a gift the body to Joseph. 15:46 And he bought a linen cloth and taking him down, coiled him in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses viewed where he was laid.
[Mark 16]
{Mk 16:1-8 & Mt 28:1-8 & Lk 24:1-8, 12 & Jn 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sunday}
16:1 And when the Sabbath had elapsed, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome, bought spices, that* they might come and might anoint him. 16:2 And exceedingly early in the morning on the first day of the week, they are coming upon the tomb when the sun had risen. 16:3 And they were saying among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us? 16:4 And looking up, they view that the stone has been rolled away; for* it was extremely great. 16:5 And entering into the tomb, they saw a young-man sitting at the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed.
16:6 And he says to them, Do not be utterly amazed. You* seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has arose. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him. 16:7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He precedes you* into Galilee. You* will see him there, like he said to you*. 16:8 And they went out and fled from the tomb. Now this held them in trembling and astonishment and they said nothing to anyone; for* they were afraid.
{Mk 16:9-11 & Mt 28:9-10 & Lk 24:9-11 & Jn 20:11-18}
16:9 Now when he had risen* in the morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 16:10 Having gone forth, she reported to those who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping. 16:11 And when they heard that he is alive and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.
{Mt 28:11-15 Sunday Morning}
{Mk 16:12-13 & Lk 24:13-35 & 1Cor: 15:5 Sunday Afternoon}
16:12 And after these things, he did appear in another form to two out of them as they were walking, going into the rural area. 16:13 And they went away and reported it to the rest, but they did not believe them.
{Mk 16:14 & Lk 24:36-43 & Jn 20:19-25 Sunday Evening}
16:14 And later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at a meal, and he reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had arisen.
{Jn 20:26-31 & 1Cor: 15:5 Sunday after resurrection} {Jn 21:1-25 Sea of Galilee} {Mt 28:16-17 & 1Cor: 15:6 Mountain in Galilee}
{Mk 16:15-18 & Mt 28:18-20 & Lk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}
16:15 And he said to them, You* go into all the world and preach the good-news to the whole creation. 16:16 He who believes and is immersed* will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
16:17 And these signs will follow those who believe: they will cast out demons in my name; they will speak in new languages; 16:18 they will lift up serpents and even if they drink anything deadly, it may never* harm them; they will lay hands upon the sick and they will be well.
{Lk 24:44-49 & Acts 1:3-8 & 1Cor: 15:7 Jerusalem}
{Mk 16:19-20 & Lk 24:50-53 & Acts 1:9-12 Olivet, between Jerusalem and Bethany}
16:19 Then* the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 16:20 And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working together with them and confirming the word through the signs that followed. Amen.
{If you have gone through the Harmony of the Gospels in Mark and wish to continue to read the New Covenant in chronological order start reading next in Acts 1.}
{Or read the New Testament the way it should have been arranged and is closer to chronological order: Mark, Matthew, John, Luke, Acts, James, 1&2 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1&2 Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Peter, Jude, Philemon, 1 Timothy, Titus, Hebrews, 2 Timothy, 1-3 John, Revelation. (A reading chart is in Appendix II.)}
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