Mark 12-16

English Standard Version

The Parable of the Tenants

12 ^(A)And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted ^(B)a vineyard ^(C)and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and ^(D)leased it to tenants and ^(E)went into another country. ²When the season came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. ³^(F)And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴^(G)Again ^(H)he sent to them another servant, and ^(I)they struck him on the head and ^(J)treated him shamefully. ⁵^(K)And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. ⁶He had still one other, ^(L)a beloved son. ^(M)Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷But those tenants said to one another, ^(N)‘This is the heir. Come, ^(O)let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸And they took him and killed him and ^(P)threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹What will the owner of the vineyard do? ^(Q)He will ^(R)come and destroy the tenants and ^(S)give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰^(T)Have you not read ^(U)this Scripture:

^(V)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;^[b]
¹¹this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

¹²And ^(W)they were seeking to arrest him ^(X)but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they ^(Y)left him and went away.

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹³^(Z)And they sent to him some of ^(AA)the Pharisees and some of ^(AB)the Herodians, to ^(AC)trap him in his talk. ¹⁴And they came and said to him, “Teacher, ^(AD)we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For ^(AE)you are not swayed by appearances,^[c] but truly teach ^(AF)the way of God. Is it lawful to pay ^(AG)taxes to ^(AH)Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” ¹⁵But, knowing ^(AI)their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why ^(AJ)put me to the test? Bring me ^(AK)a denarius^[d] and let me look at it.” ¹⁶And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar's.” ¹⁷Jesus said to them, ^(AL)“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him.

The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

¹⁸And ^(AM)Sadducees came to him, ^(AN)who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, ¹⁹“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(AO)if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man^[e] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁰There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring. ²¹And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. ²²And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. ²³In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”

²⁴Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because ^(AP)you know neither the Scriptures nor ^(AQ)the power of God? ²⁵For when they rise from the dead, they neither ^(AR)marry nor ^(AS)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ²⁶And as for the dead being raised, ^(AT)have you not read in ^(AU)the book of Moses, in ^(AV)the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ^(AW)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ²⁷He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”

The Great Commandment

²⁸^(AX)And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” ²⁹Jesus answered, “The most important is, ^(AY)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ^(AZ)the Lord is one. ³⁰And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ³¹^(BA)The second is this: ^(BB)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment ^(BC)greater than these.” ³²And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ^(BD)he is one, and ^(BE)there is no other besides him. ³³And to love him with all the heart and with all ^(BF)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ^(BG)is much more than all ^(BH)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^(BI)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

³⁵^(BJ)And as ^(BK)Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that ^(BL)the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶David himself, ^(BM)in the Holy Spirit, declared,

^(BN)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies ^(BO)under your feet.”’

³⁷David himself calls him Lord. So ^(BP)how is he his son?” And the great throng ^(BQ)heard him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

³⁸^(BR)And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces ³⁹and have the best seats in the synagogues and ^(BS)the places of honor at feasts, ⁴⁰^(BT)who devour widows' houses and ^(BU)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹^(BV)And he sat down opposite ^(BW)the treasury and watched the people ^(BX)putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. ⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two ^(BY)small copper coins, which make a penny.^[f] ⁴³And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^(BZ)this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. ⁴⁴For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ^(CA)poverty has put in everything she had, all ^(CB)she had to live on.”

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

13 ^(CC)And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” ²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? ^(CD)There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

³And as he sat on ^(CE)the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^(CF)Peter and James and John and ^(CG)Andrew asked him ^(CH)privately, ⁴“Tell us, ^(CI)when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” ⁵And Jesus began to say to them, ^(CJ)“See that no one leads you astray. ⁶^(CK)Many will come in my name, saying, ^(CL)‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. ⁷And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, ^(CM)do not be alarmed. This ^(CN)must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁸For ^(CO)nation will rise against nation, and ^(CP)kingdom against kingdom. There will be ^(CQ)earthquakes in various places; there will be ^(CR)famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

⁹^(CS)“But ^(CT)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten ^(CU)in synagogues, and you will stand before ^(CV)governors and ^(CW)kings for my sake, ^(CX)to bear witness before them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be proclaimed ^(CY)to all nations. ¹¹And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, ^(CZ)do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say ^(DA)whatever is given you in that hour, ^(DB)for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²^(DC)And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. ¹³^(DD)And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(DE)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

The Abomination of Desolation

¹⁴“But when you see ^(DF)the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (^(DG)let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵^(DH)Let the one who is on ^(DI)the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, ¹⁶and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. ¹⁷And ^(DJ)alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! ¹⁸Pray that it may not happen in winter. ¹⁹For in those days there will be ^(DK)such ^(DL)tribulation as has not been ^(DM)from the beginning of the creation that ^(DN)God created until now, and never will be. ²⁰And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for ^(DO)the sake of the elect, whom ^(DP)he chose, he shortened the days. ²¹And ^(DQ)then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. ²²^(DR)For false christs and false prophets will arise and ^(DS)perform signs and wonders, ^(DT)to lead astray, if possible, ^(DU)the elect. ²³But ^(DV)be on guard; ^(DW)I have told you all things beforehand.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴“But in those days, after ^(DX)that tribulation, ^(DY)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, ²⁵and ^(DZ)the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶And then they will see ^(EA)the Son of Man coming in clouds ^(EB)with great power and glory. ²⁷And then ^(EC)he will send out the angels and ^(ED)gather ^(EE)his elect from ^(EF)the four winds, from ^(EG)the ends of the earth ^(EH)to the ends of heaven.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, ^(EI)at the very gates. ³⁰^(EJ)Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ³¹^(EK)Heaven and earth will pass away, but ^(EL)my words will not pass away.

No One Knows That Day or Hour

³²“But concerning that day or that hour, ^(EM)no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, ^(EN)nor the Son, ^(EO)but only the Father. ³³^(EP)Be on guard, ^(EQ)keep awake.^[g] For you do not know when the time will come. ³⁴^(ER)It is like a man ^(ES)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants^[h] in charge, ^(ET)each with his work, and commands ^(EU)the doorkeeper to stay awake. ³⁵^(EV)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, ^(EW)in the evening, or ^(EX)at midnight, or ^(EY)when the rooster crows,^[i] or ^(EZ)in the morning— ³⁶lest ^(FA)he come suddenly and ^(FB)find you asleep. ³⁷And what I say to you I say to all: ^(FC)Stay awake.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

14 ^(FD)It was now two days before ^(FE)the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes ^(FF)were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, ²for they said, “Not during the feast, ^(FG)lest there be an uproar from the people.”

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

³^(FH)And while he was at ^(FI)Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,^[j] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. ⁴There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? ⁵For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii^[k] and ^(FJ)given to the poor.” And they ^(FK)scolded her. ⁶But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷For ^(FL)you always have the poor with you, and whenever ^(FM)you want, you can do good for them. But ^(FN)you will not always have me. ⁸^(FO)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand ^(FP)for burial. ⁹And truly, I say to you, wherever ^(FQ)the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told ^(FR)in memory of her.”

Judas to Betray Jesus

¹⁰^(FS)Then ^(FT)Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, ^(FU)went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. ¹¹And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to ^(FV)betray him.

The Passover with the Disciples

¹²^(FW)And on ^(FX)the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they ^(FY)sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” ¹³And he sent ^(FZ)two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, ¹⁴and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ^(GA)‘The Teacher says, Where is ^(GB)my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹⁵And he will show you ^(GC)a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” ¹⁶And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹⁷^(GD)And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. ¹⁸And as they were reclining at table and eating, ^(GE)Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, ^(GF)one who is eating with me.” ¹⁹They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” ²⁰He said to them, “It is ^(GG)one of the twelve, ^(GH)one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. ²¹For the Son of Man goes ^(GI)as it is written of him, but ^(GJ)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ^(GK)It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Institution of the Lord's Supper

²²^(GL)And as they were eating, he took bread, and after ^(GM)blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; ^(GN)this is my body.” ²³And he took a cup, and when he had ^(GO)given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. ²⁴And he said to them, ^(GP)“This is my ^(GQ)blood of the^[l] covenant, which is poured out for ^(GR)many. ²⁵Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

²⁶^(GS)And when they had sung a hymn, ^(GT)they went out to ^(GU)the Mount of Olives. ²⁷And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will ^(GV)strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ ²⁸But after I am raised up, ^(GW)I will go before you to Galilee.” ²⁹^(GX)Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” ³⁰And ^(GY)Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before ^(GZ)the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” ³¹But ^(HA)he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³²^(HB)And they went ^(HC)to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” ³³And he took with him ^(HD)Peter and James and John, and began ^(HE)to be greatly distressed and troubled. ³⁴And he said to them, ^(HF)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and ^(HG)watch.”^[m] ³⁵And going a little farther, he fell on the ground ^(HH)and prayed that, if it were possible, ^(HI)the hour might pass from him. ³⁶And he said, ^(HJ)“Abba, Father, ^(HK)all things are possible for you. Remove ^(HL)this cup from me. ^(HM)Yet not what I will, but what you will.” ³⁷And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? ³⁸^(HN)Watch and ^(HO)pray that you may not ^(HP)enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ³⁹And again he went away and prayed, ^(HQ)saying the same words. ⁴⁰And again he came and found them sleeping, for ^(HR)their eyes were very heavy, and ^(HS)they did not know what to answer him. ⁴¹And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? ^(HT)It is enough; ^(HU)the hour has come. ^(HV)The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

⁴³^(HW)And immediately, while he was still speaking, ^(HX)Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. ⁴⁴Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.” ⁴⁵And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, ^(HY)“Rabbi!” And he ^(HZ)kissed him. ⁴⁶And they laid hands on him and seized him. ⁴⁷But one of those who stood by drew his ^(IA)sword and struck the servant^[n] of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? ⁴⁹^(IB)Day after day I was with you in the temple ^(IC)teaching, and you did not seize me. But ^(ID)let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” ⁵⁰^(IE)And they all left him and fled.

A Young Man Flees

⁵¹And a young man followed him, with nothing but ^(IF)a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, ⁵²but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

Jesus Before the Council

⁵³^(IG)And ^(IH)they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. ⁵⁴^(II)And ^(IJ)Peter had followed him at a distance, ^(IK)right into ^(IL)the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with ^(IM)the guards and ^(IN)warming himself at the fire. ⁵⁵Now the chief priests and the whole council^[o] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. ⁵⁶^(IO)For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony ^(IP)did not agree. ⁵⁷And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, ⁵⁸^(IQ)“We heard him say, ^(IR)‘I will destroy this temple ^(IS)that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, ^(IT)not made with hands.’” ⁵⁹Yet even about this their testimony did not agree. ⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”^[p] ⁶¹But ^(IU)he remained silent and made no answer. ^(IV)Again the high priest asked him, “Are you ^(IW)the Christ, the Son of ^(IX)the Blessed?” ⁶²And Jesus said, “I am, and ^(IY)you will see the Son of Man ^(IZ)seated at the right hand of Power, and ^(JA)coming with the clouds of heaven.” ⁶³And the high priest ^(JB)tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? ⁶⁴You have heard ^(JC)his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they ^(JD)all condemned him as ^(JE)deserving death. ⁶⁵^(JF)And some began ^(JG)to spit on him and ^(JH)to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him ^(JI)with blows.

Peter Denies Jesus

⁶⁶^(JJ)And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, ⁶⁷and seeing Peter ^(JK)warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway^[q] and ^(JL)the rooster crowed.^[r] ⁶⁹And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” ⁷⁰But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.” ⁷¹But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” ⁷²And immediately the rooster crowed ^(JM)a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, ^(JN)“Before the rooster crows twice, you will ^(JO)deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.^[s]

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

15 ^(JP)And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^(JQ)held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^(JR)they bound Jesus and ^(JS)led him away and ^(JT)delivered him over to ^(JU)Pilate. ²^(JV)And Pilate asked him, ^(JW)“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^(JX)“You have said so.” ³And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴And Pilate again asked him, ^(JY)“Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” ⁵But Jesus ^(JZ)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

⁶^(KA)Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷And among the rebels in prison, who had ^(KB)committed murder ^(KC)in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰For he perceived that ^(KD)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹²And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with ^(KE)the man you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” ¹⁴And Pilate said to them, “Why? ^(KF)What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” ¹⁵So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(KG)scourged^[t] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

¹⁶^(KH)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(KI)the palace (that is, ^(KJ)the governor's headquarters),^[u] and they called together the whole ^(KK)battalion.^[v] ¹⁷And they clothed him in ^(KL)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him, ^(KM)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(KN)spitting on him and ^(KO)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰And when they had ^(KP)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(KQ)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(KR)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

²¹^(KS)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ²²^(KT)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³And they offered him wine mixed with ^(KU)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴And they crucified him and ^(KV)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵And ^(KW)it was the third hour^[w] when they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(KX)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷And with him they crucified two ^(KY)robbers, ^(KZ)one on his right and one on his left.^[x] ²⁹And ^(LA)those who passed by derided him, ^(LB)wagging their heads and saying, ^(LC)“Aha! ^(LD)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰save yourself, and come down from the cross!” ³¹So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(LE)“He saved others; ^(LF)he cannot save himself. ³²Let ^(LG)the Christ, ^(LH)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(LI)see and believe.” ^(LJ)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³And when the sixth hour^[y] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^[z] ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(LK)cried with a loud voice, ^(LL)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ³⁶And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(LM)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(LN)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷And Jesus ^(LO)uttered a loud cry and ^(LP)breathed his last. ³⁸And ^(LQ)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ³⁹^(LR)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[aa] breathed his last, he said, ^(LS)“Truly this man was the Son^[ab] of God!”

⁴⁰There were also ^(LT)women looking on ^(LU)from a distance, among whom were ^(LV)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(LW)Salome. ⁴¹When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(LX)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(LY)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

⁴²^(LZ)And when evening had come, since it was ^(MA)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea, ^(MB)a respected member of the council, who ^(MC)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[ac] And summoning ^(MD)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵And when he learned from ^(ME)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶And Joseph^[ad] bought ^(MF)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(MG)laid him in a tomb ^(MH)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(MI)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷^(MJ)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

The Resurrection

16 ^(MK)^(ML)When the Sabbath was past, ^(MM)Mary Magdalene, ^(MN)Mary the mother of James, and ^(MO)Salome ^(MP)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. ²And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. ³And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away ^(MQ)the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—^(MR)it was very large. ⁵And ^(MS)entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, ^(MT)dressed in ^(MU)a white robe, and ^(MV)they were alarmed. ⁶And he said to them, ^(MW)“Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter that ^(MX)he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, ^(MY)just as he told you.” ⁸And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]^[ae]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, ^(MZ)he appeared first to ^(NA)Mary Magdalene, ^(NB)from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰^(NC)She went and told those who had been with him, ^(ND)as they ^(NE)mourned and wept. ¹¹But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they ^(NF)would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

¹²^(NG)After these things ^(NH)he appeared in ^(NI)another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. ¹³^(NJ)And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

The Great Commission

¹⁴Afterward ^(NK)he appeared ^(NL)to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their ^(NM)unbelief and ^(NN)hardness of heart, because ^(NO)they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. ¹⁵And he said to them, ^(NP)“Go into all the world and ^(NQ)proclaim the gospel to ^(NR)the whole creation. ¹⁶^(NS)Whoever believes and is ^(NT)baptized ^(NU)will be saved, but ^(NV)whoever ^(NW)does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And ^(NX)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(NY)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(NZ)they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸^(OA)they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; ^(OB)they will lay their hands ^(OC)on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹So then the Lord Jesus, ^(OD)after he had spoken to them, ^(OE)was taken up into heaven and ^(OF)sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, while ^(OG)the Lord worked with them and confirmed ^(OH)the message ^(OI)by accompanying signs.]]

Footnotes

Mark 12:2 Or bondservant; also verse 4
Mark 12:10 Greek the head of the corner
Mark 12:14 Greek you do not look at people's faces
Mark 12:15 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Mark 12:19 Greek his brother
Mark 12:42 Greek two lepta, which make a kodrantes; a kodrantes (Latin quadrans) was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray
Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
Mark 14:3 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Mark 14:5 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Mark 14:24 Some manuscripts insert new
Mark 14:34 Or keep awake; also verses 37, 38
Mark 14:47 Or bondservant
Mark 14:55 Greek Sanhedrin
Mark 14:60 Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?
Mark 14:68 Or forecourt
Mark 14:68 Some manuscripts omit and the rooster crowed
Mark 14:72 Or And when he had thought about it, he wept
Mark 15:15 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing embedded pieces of bone and metal
Mark 15:16 Greek the praetorium
Mark 15:16 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men
Mark 15:25 That is, 9 a.m.
Mark 15:27 Some manuscripts insert verse 28: And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was numbered with the transgressors”
Mark 15:33 That is, noon
Mark 15:33 That is, 3 p.m.
Mark 15:39 Some manuscripts insert cried out and
Mark 15:39 Or a son
Mark 15:44 Or Pilate wondered whether he had already died
Mark 15:46 Greek he
Mark 16:9 Some manuscripts end the book with 16:8; others include verses 9–20 immediately after verse 8. At least one manuscript inserts additional material after verse 14; some manuscripts include after verse 8 the following: But they reported briefly to Peter and those with him all that they had been told. And after this, Jesus himself sent out by means of them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. These manuscripts then continue with verses 9–20

Mark 12-16

New International Version

The Parable of the Tenants^(A)

12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.^(B) He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. ²At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. ³But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. ⁵He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

⁶“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,^(C) saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

⁷“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

⁹“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;^(D)
¹¹the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’^[a]?”^(E)

¹²Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;^(F) so they left him and went away.^(G)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar^(H)

¹³Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians^(I) to Jesus to catch him^(J) in his words. ¹⁴They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax^[b] to Caesar or not? ¹⁵Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” ¹⁶They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

¹⁷Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”^(K)

And they were amazed at him.

Marriage at the Resurrection^(L)

¹⁸Then the Sadducees,^(M) who say there is no resurrection,^(N) came to him with a question. ¹⁹“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.^(O) ²⁰Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. ²¹The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. ²²In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. ²³At the resurrection^[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

²⁴Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures^(P) or the power of God? ²⁵When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.^(Q) ²⁶Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’^[d]?^(R) ²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

The Greatest Commandment^(S)

²⁸One of the teachers of the law^(T) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

²⁹“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[e] ³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’^[f]^(U) ³¹The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[g]^(V) There is no commandment greater than these.”

³²“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.^(W) ³³To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”^(X)

³⁴When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”^(Y) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.^(Z)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?^(AA)^(AB)

³⁵While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,^(AC) he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?^(AD) ³⁶David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit,^(AE) declared:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’^[h]^(AF)

³⁷David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

The large crowd^(AG) listened to him with delight.

Warning Against the Teachers of the Law

³⁸As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, ³⁹and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.^(AH) ⁴⁰They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

The Widow’s Offering^(AI)

⁴¹Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put^(AJ) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. ⁴²But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

⁴³Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. ⁴⁴They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”^(AK)

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times^(AL)

13 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”

²“Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”^(AM)

³As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives^(AN) opposite the temple, Peter, James, John^(AO) and Andrew asked him privately, ⁴“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?”

⁵Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you.^(AP) ⁶Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. ⁷When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁸Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.^(AQ) On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. ¹¹Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.^(AR)

¹²“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.^(AS) ¹³Everyone will hate you because of me,^(AT) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(AU)

¹⁴“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’^[i]^(AV) standing where it^[j] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. ¹⁶Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁷How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!^(AW) ¹⁸Pray that this will not take place in winter, ¹⁹because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world,^(AX) until now—and never to be equaled again.^(AY)

²⁰“If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. ²¹At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.^(AZ) ²²For false messiahs and false prophets^(BA) will appear and perform signs and wonders^(BB) to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²³So be on your guard;^(BC) I have told you everything ahead of time.

²⁴“But in those days, following that distress,

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
²⁵the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’^[k]^(BD)

²⁶“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds^(BE) with great power and glory. ²⁷And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.^(BF)

²⁸“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. ²⁹Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it^[l] is near, right at the door. ³⁰Truly I tell you, this generation^(BG) will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.^(BH) ³¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.^(BI)

The Day and Hour Unknown

³²“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.^(BJ) ³³Be on guard! Be alert^[m]!^(BK) You do not know when that time will come. ³⁴It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants^(BL) in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

³⁵“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. ³⁶If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. ³⁷What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”^(BM)

Jesus Anointed at Bethany^(BN)^(BO)^(BP)

14 Now the Passover^(BQ) and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.^(BR) ²“But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

³While he was in Bethany,^(BS) reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.^(BT)

⁴Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? ⁵It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages^[n] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

⁶“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷The poor you will always have with you,^[o] and you can help them any time you want.^(BU) But you will not always have me. ⁸She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.^(BV) ⁹Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world,^(BW) what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

¹⁰Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve,^(BX) went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.^(BY) ¹¹They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

The Last Supper^(BZ)^(CA)

¹²On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb,^(CB) Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

¹³So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹⁵He will show you a large room upstairs,^(CC) furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

¹⁶The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

¹⁷When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. ¹⁸While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”

¹⁹They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely you don’t mean me?”

²⁰“It is one of the Twelve,” he replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with me.^(CD) ²¹The Son of Man^(CE) will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

²²While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it^(CF) and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

²³Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.^(CG)

²⁴“This is my blood of the^[p] covenant,^(CH) which is poured out for many,” he said to them. ²⁵“Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”^(CI)

²⁶When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.^(CJ)

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(CK)

²⁷“You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’^[q]^(CL)

²⁸But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”^(CM)

²⁹Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”

³⁰“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice^[r] you yourself will disown me three times.”^(CN)

³¹But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you,^(CO) I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.

Gethsemane^(CP)

³²They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” ³³He took Peter, James and John^(CQ) along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. ³⁴“My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,”^(CR) he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”

³⁵Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour^(CS) might pass from him. ³⁶“Abba,^[s] Father,”^(CT) he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup^(CU) from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”^(CV)

³⁷Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? ³⁸Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.^(CW) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”^(CX)

³⁹Once more he went away and prayed the same thing. ⁴⁰When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

⁴¹Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour^(CY) has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

Jesus Arrested^(CZ)

⁴³Just as he was speaking, Judas,^(DA) one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.

⁴⁴Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.” ⁴⁵Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Rabbi!”^(DB) and kissed him. ⁴⁶The men seized Jesus and arrested him. ⁴⁷Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

⁴⁸“Am I leading a rebellion,” said Jesus, “that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? ⁴⁹Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts,^(DC) and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”^(DD) ⁵⁰Then everyone deserted him and fled.^(DE)

⁵¹A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, ⁵²he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin^(DF)^(DG)

⁵³They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came together. ⁵⁴Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest.^(DH) There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.^(DI)

⁵⁵The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin^(DJ) were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any. ⁵⁶Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.

⁵⁷Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: ⁵⁸“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another,^(DK) not made with hands.’” ⁵⁹Yet even then their testimony did not agree.

⁶⁰Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” ⁶¹But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.^(DL)

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”^(DM)

⁶²“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”^(DN)

⁶³The high priest tore his clothes.^(DO) “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. ⁶⁴“You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”

They all condemned him as worthy of death.^(DP) ⁶⁵Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.^(DQ)

Peter Disowns Jesus^(DR)

⁶⁶While Peter was below in the courtyard,^(DS) one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. ⁶⁷When she saw Peter warming himself,^(DT) she looked closely at him.

“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,”^(DU) she said.

⁶⁸But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,”^(DV) he said, and went out into the entryway.^[t]

⁶⁹When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.” ⁷⁰Again he denied it.^(DW)

After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”^(DX)

⁷¹He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”^(DY)

⁷²Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.^[u] Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice^[v] you will disown me three times.”^(DZ) And he broke down and wept.

Jesus Before Pilate^(EA)

15 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law^(EB) and the whole Sanhedrin,^(EC) made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.^(ED)

²“Are you the king of the Jews?”^(EE) asked Pilate.

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

³The chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”

⁵But Jesus still made no reply,^(EF) and Pilate was amazed.

⁶Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. ⁷A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. ⁸The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.

⁹“Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”^(EG) asked Pilate, ¹⁰knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas^(EH) instead.

¹²“What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.

¹³“Crucify him!” they shouted.

¹⁴“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.

But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged,^(EI) and handed him over to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus^(EJ)

¹⁶The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace^(EK) (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. ¹⁷They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. ¹⁸And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”^(EL) ¹⁹Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out^(EM) to crucify him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(EN)

²¹A certain man from Cyrene,^(EO) Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus,^(EP) was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.^(EQ) ²²They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh,^(ER) but he did not take it. ²⁴And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots^(ES) to see what each would get.

²⁵It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.^(ET)

²⁷They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. ^[28]^[w] ²⁹Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads^(EU) and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,^(EV) ³⁰come down from the cross and save yourself!” ³¹In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him^(EW) among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! ³²Let this Messiah,^(EX) this king of Israel,^(EY) come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

The Death of Jesus^(EZ)

³³At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.^(FA) ³⁴And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).^[x]^(FB)

³⁵When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”

³⁶Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar,^(FC) put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.

³⁷With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.^(FD)

³⁸The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.^(FE) ³⁹And when the centurion,^(FF) who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,^[y] he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”^(FG)

⁴⁰Some women were watching from a distance.^(FH) Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,^[z] and Salome.^(FI) ⁴¹In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.^(FJ)

The Burial of Jesus^(FK)

⁴²It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath).^(FL) So as evening approached, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council,^(FM) who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God,^(FN) went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. ⁴⁴Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. ⁴⁵When he learned from the centurion^(FO) that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.^(FP) ⁴⁷Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph^(FQ) saw where he was laid.

Jesus Has Risen^(FR)

16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices^(FS) so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. ²Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb ³and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”^(FT)

⁴But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. ⁵As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe^(FU) sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

⁶“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,^(FV) who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,^(FW) just as he told you.’”^(FX)

⁸Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.^[aa]

[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

⁹When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,^(FY) out of whom he had driven seven demons. ¹⁰She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. ¹¹When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.^(FZ)

¹²Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.^(GA) ¹³These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

¹⁴Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.^(GB)

¹⁵He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.^(GC) ¹⁶Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.^(GD) ¹⁷And these signs^(GE) will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons;^(GF) they will speak in new tongues;^(GG) ¹⁸they will pick up snakes^(GH) with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on^(GI) sick people, and they will get well.”

¹⁹After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven^(GJ) and he sat at the right hand of God.^(GK) ²⁰Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs^(GL) that accompanied it.

Footnotes

Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23
Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,
Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6
Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord
Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5
Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18
Mark 12:36 Psalm 110:1
Mark 13:14 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
Mark 13:14 Or he
Mark 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
Mark 13:29 Or he
Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray
Mark 14:5 Greek than three hundred denarii
Mark 14:7 See Deut. 15:11.
Mark 14:24 Some manuscripts the new
Mark 14:27 Zech. 13:7
Mark 14:30 Some early manuscripts do not have twice.
Mark 14:36 Aramaic for father
Mark 14:68 Some early manuscripts entryway and the rooster crowed
Mark 14:72 Some early manuscripts do not have the second time.
Mark 14:72 Some early manuscripts do not have twice.
Mark 15:28 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Luke 22:37.
Mark 15:34 Psalm 22:1
Mark 15:39 Some manuscripts saw that he died with such a cry
Mark 15:40 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph; also in verse 47
Mark 16:8 Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

Mark 12-16

King James Version

12 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

²And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

³And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

⁴And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

⁵And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

⁶Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

⁷But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'

⁸And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁹What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

¹¹This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

¹²And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

¹³And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

¹⁴And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

¹⁶And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

¹⁷And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

¹⁸Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

¹⁹Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁰Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

²¹And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

²²And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

²³In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

²⁴And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

²⁶And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

²⁸And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

³²And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

³³And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

³⁵And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

³⁶For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

³⁷David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

³⁸And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

³⁹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

⁴⁰Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

⁴¹And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

⁴²And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

⁴³And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

⁴⁴For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

13 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

²And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

⁴Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

⁵And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

⁶For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

⁷And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

⁸For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

⁹But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

¹⁰And the gospel must first be published among all nations.

¹¹But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

¹²Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

¹³And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

¹⁵And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

¹⁶And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

¹⁷But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

¹⁸And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

¹⁹For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

²⁰And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

²¹And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

²²For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

²³But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

²⁴But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

²⁵And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

²⁶And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

²⁸Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

²⁹So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.

³⁰Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

³¹Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

³²But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

³³Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

³⁴For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

³⁵Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

³⁶Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

³⁷And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

14 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

²But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

³And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

⁴And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

⁵For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

⁷For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

⁸She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

⁹Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

¹⁰And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

¹¹And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

¹²And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

¹³And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.

¹⁴And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

¹⁵And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

¹⁷And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

¹⁸And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.

¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

²⁰And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.

²¹The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

²²And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.

²³And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

²⁴And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

²⁵Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

²⁷And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

²⁸But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

³⁰And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

³¹But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

³²And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

³³And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

³⁴And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

³⁵And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

³⁶And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

³⁷And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

³⁸Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

⁴⁰And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.

⁴¹And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴²Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

⁴³And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁴⁴And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

⁴⁵And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.

⁴⁶And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

⁴⁷And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁸And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

⁴⁹I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

⁵⁰And they all forsook him, and fled.

⁵¹And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:

⁵²And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

⁵³And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

⁵⁴And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

⁵⁵And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

⁵⁶For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

⁵⁷And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

⁵⁸We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

⁵⁹But neither so did their witness agree together.

⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

⁶¹But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

⁶²And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶³Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

⁶⁴Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

⁶⁶And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

⁶⁷And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

⁶⁸But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

⁶⁹And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

⁷⁰And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.

⁷¹But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

⁷²And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

15 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

²And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.

³And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

⁴And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

⁵But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

⁶Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

⁷And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

⁹But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

¹⁰For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

¹¹But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹²And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

¹³And they cried out again, Crucify him.

¹⁴Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

¹⁵And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

¹⁷And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

¹⁸And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

¹⁹And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

²¹And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

²²And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

²³And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

²⁴And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶And the superscription of his accusation was written over, The King Of The Jews.

²⁷And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

²⁸And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

²⁹And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

³⁰Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

³¹Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

³²Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

³⁵And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

³⁶And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

³⁷And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

³⁸And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

³⁹And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

⁴⁰There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

⁴¹(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

⁴²And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

⁴⁵And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

16 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

²And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

³And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

⁴And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

⁵And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

⁶And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

⁷But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

⁸And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

⁹Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

¹⁰And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

¹¹And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

¹²After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

¹³And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

¹⁴Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

¹⁶He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

¹⁷And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

¹⁸They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

¹⁹So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

²⁰And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

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New International Version (NIV)

Mark 12-16 English Standard Version

The Parable of the Tenants

Paying Taxes to Caesar

The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

The Great Commandment

Whose Son Is the Christ?

Beware of the Scribes

The Widow's Offering

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

Signs of the End of the Age

The Abomination of Desolation

The Coming of the Son of Man

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

No One Knows That Day or Hour

The Plot to Kill Jesus

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

Judas to Betray Jesus

The Passover with the Disciples

Institution of the Lord's Supper

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

A Young Man Flees

Jesus Before the Council

Peter Denies Jesus

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

Jesus Is Mocked

The Crucifixion

The Death of Jesus

Jesus Is Buried

The Resurrection

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

The Great Commission

Footnotes

Cross references

Mark 12-16 New International Version

The Parable of the Tenants(A)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(H)

Marriage at the Resurrection(L)

The Greatest Commandment(S)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(AA)(AB)

Warning Against the Teachers of the Law

The Widow’s Offering(AI)

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times(AL)

The Day and Hour Unknown

Jesus Anointed at Bethany(BN)(BO)(BP)

The Last Supper(BZ)(CA)

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(CK)

Gethsemane(CP)

Jesus Arrested(CZ)

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin(DF)(DG)

Peter Disowns Jesus(DR)

Jesus Before Pilate(EA)

The Soldiers Mock Jesus(EJ)

The Crucifixion of Jesus(EN)

The Death of Jesus(EZ)

The Burial of Jesus(FK)

Jesus Has Risen(FR)

Footnotes

Cross references

Mark 12-16 King James Version

More on the NIV

Mark 12-16

English Standard Version

Mark 12-16

New International Version

The Parable of the Tenants^(A)

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar^(H)

Marriage at the Resurrection^(L)

The Greatest Commandment^(S)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?^(AA)^(AB)

The Widow’s Offering^(AI)

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times^(AL)

Jesus Anointed at Bethany^(BN)^(BO)^(BP)

The Last Supper^(BZ)^(CA)

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(CK)

Gethsemane^(CP)

Jesus Arrested^(CZ)

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin^(DF)^(DG)

Peter Disowns Jesus^(DR)

Jesus Before Pilate^(EA)

The Soldiers Mock Jesus^(EJ)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(EN)

The Death of Jesus^(EZ)

The Burial of Jesus^(FK)

Jesus Has Risen^(FR)

Mark 12-16

King James Version