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馬 可 福 音 2-14
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
馬 可 福 音 2-14
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
治好瘸腿的人
2 过了些日子，耶稣回到迦百农。耶稣回家的消息也随之传开了。 2 很多人来见耶稣，房子挤得满满的，甚至连门外都没空地，耶稣开始教导人们。 3 此时，有四个人抬着抬着一个瘫痪病人来到他那里。 4 因为屋子里挤满了人，他们无法把瘫痪病人抬到耶稣身边， 只好把耶稣上方的房顶拆开一个洞，把瘫痪病人躺着的垫子从洞口缒下来。 5 耶稣看到他们有如此的信仰，便对瘫痪病人说∶“年轻人，你的罪孽被宽恕了。”
6 一些律法师坐在那里，心想： 7 “这个人怎么竟然这样讲话呢？他在亵渎上帝！除了上帝，谁又能宽恕罪孽呢？”
8 耶稣立刻看出这些人的心思，便对他们说∶“你们为什么心怀这些疑问呢？ 9 两者相比，哪个更容易呢？是对这个瘫痪病人说‘你的罪被宽恕了，’容易，还是说：‘站起来！拿着铺盖走吧，’容易呢？ 10 我要向你们证实，人子在世间有宽恕罪孽的权力。”然后对瘫痪病人说： 11 “我吩咐你站起来！拿上你的铺盖，走回家去吧。” 12 瘫痪病人就站了起来，立即拿起铺盖，在众目睽睽之下走出了屋子。人们对此都惊讶极了，赞美上帝说∶“我们从来没有见过这样的稀罕事。”
利未（马太）跟随耶稣
13 耶稣又来到加利利湖边。许多人跟随他到了那里，耶稣便教导他们。 14 耶稣在湖边行走时，看见亚勒腓的儿子利未正坐在收税的地方，耶稣对利未说∶“跟随我！”利未便起身跟随了耶稣。
15 当天晚些时候，耶稣和门徒们到利未家吃饭。有许多税吏和名声不好的人也成为耶稣的门徒，所以他们当中的许多人也在那里与他们一起吃饭。 16 一些法利赛人的律法师看到耶稣和这些人一起吃饭，就问他的门徒∶“他为什么与税吏和罪人一起吃饭？”
17 耶稣听见了，就对律法师们说∶“健康人不需要医生，需要医生的是那些有病的人。我不是来召唤正直人的，而是来召唤罪人的。”
耶稣不像其他的宗教领袖
18 这时正赶上约翰的门徒和法利赛人在禁食，一些人来问耶稣说∶“为什么约翰的门徒和法利赛人的门徒禁食，而您的门徒却不禁食？”
19 耶稣回答说∶“在婚礼上，当新郎和朋友在一起时，他的朋友们不悲伤。当新郎在场时，他们也不可能禁食。 20 但是，新郎迟早要离开他们的，那时他们会感到悲伤而禁食。
21 “没有人会用没有缩过水的新布去补旧衣服，因为补钉一缩水，会把原来的破洞扯得更大了。 22 谁也不会把新酒装进旧酒囊里，否则，新酒会撑破旧酒囊，结果酒和酒囊两样东西都被毁了。你们总是把新酒装到新酒囊里。”
耶稣是安息日的主
23 在一个安息日里，耶稣和门徒经过一片庄稼地，他的门徒边走边摘麦穗吃。 24 法利赛人看见了，就对耶稣说∶“瞧，他们为什么在安息日里做违法的事情呢？”
25 耶稣说∶“难道你们不曾在书上读到过大卫 [a]和他的手下人在饥饿和缺乏的时候是怎样做的吗？ 26 那还是在亚比亚他当大祭司的时候，大卫就到上帝的大殿里吃了献给上帝的贡饼。摩西律法说，除了祭司之外，别人吃这些东西是不合法的。大卫还是拿了一些分给了手下的人。”
27 然后，耶稣对法利赛人说∶“安息日是为人设立的，而人却不是为了安息日而造的。 28 所以，人子才是每一天的主，甚至也是安息日的主。”
耶稣在安息日里为人治病
3 耶稣又来到了犹太会堂。那里有个人的手残废了。 2 一些犹太人想抓住把柄来控告耶稣，就密切地注视着他，看他是否为这个人治病。 3 耶稣对那个手残的人说∶“你站到大家面前来！”
4 接着他对众人说∶“在安息日，人应该做好事呢，还是应该做坏事？应该救人呢，还是应该杀人？”但是没人作声。
5 耶稣气愤地看着这些人们。他很为他们的顽固而忧伤，耶稣对残手人说∶“把手伸出来。”那人一伸手，手便被治好了。 6 法利赛人离开了，他们去和希律党人定计，想法杀掉耶稣。
众人跟随耶稣
7 耶稣和门徒们离开当地到加利利湖去。很多人跟随着他们，这些人来自加利利、犹太地、 8 耶路撒冷、以土买、约旦河对岸和推罗、西顿等地。这些人都是听说了耶稣所作所为来跟随他的。 9 因为人多，耶稣让门徒为他准备一条小船，以免受到拥挤。 10 耶稣为很多人治好了病，结果，凡是有病的人都拼命朝他身边挤，想要触摸他。 11 邪灵只要一见到耶稣，就匍匐在他面前，大叫道∶“你是上帝之子！” 12 耶稣厉声警告他们，不许他们告诉人们他是谁。
耶稣挑选他的十二名使徒
13 接着，耶稣登上了一座山，他召集他想要的那些人到他那里去，那些人来了。 14 耶稣挑选出十二个人，称他们为使徒 [b]。耶稣让他们与自己在一起，然后派他们出外传道， 15 而且都具有驱鬼的权力。 16 他挑选的十二个人是：西门（耶稣给他取名叫彼得）、 17 西庇太的儿子雅各和雅各的兄弟约翰（耶稣给他们取名叫半尼其，意为雷之子）、 18 安得烈、腓力、巴多罗买、马太、多马、亚勒腓的儿子雅各、达太和激进派的西门， 19 还有后来出卖耶稣的加略人犹大。
耶稣的力量来自上帝
20 然后，耶稣回到家乡。很多人又聚集在那里，人多的使耶稣和他的门徒们都没法吃饭。 21 耶稣家人听说这些事，就出来管他，因为人们说耶稣疯了。
22 从耶路撒冷来的律法师们说∶“他被别西卜附体，他是依仗这个魔王的力量驱鬼的！”
23 耶稣把他们叫到一起，用寓言来教导人们，他说∶“撒旦不会从人们身上驱逐自己的鬼。 24 如果一个王国与自己做对，就不能继续； 25 家庭自相分争，就不能持续。 26 如果撒旦与自己和他的子民做对，他就要末日临头。 27 除非先把壮汉捆起来，谁也休想闯进他家里抢夺他的财产。 28 实话告诉你们：人所犯的一切罪行和冒犯上帝的话都可以得到宽恕， 29 但是亵渎圣灵的人是永远得不到宽恕的，他永远有罪。”
30 耶稣说这番话，是因为那些律法师们说他被邪灵附体。
门徒是真正的家人
31 这时耶稣的母亲和兄弟们来了。他们站在屋子外面，叫人进门去找耶稣。 32 有很多人正围坐在耶稣身边，他们当中有人对耶稣说∶“快瞧，你的妈妈和兄弟姐妹在外边等你呢。”
33 耶稣答道∶“谁是我的母亲和兄弟？” 34 他环顾坐在屋里的人，说∶“我的母亲和兄弟就坐在我身边呢！ 35 谁执行上帝的旨意，谁就是我的母亲和兄弟姐妹。”
关于农夫播种的寓言
4 耶稣又开始在湖边教导人们。聚集在他身边的人太多了，他离开岸边，上了一条船，坐了下来，所有的人都留在岸边。 2 耶稣通过讲故事来教导人们。他是这样讲的： 3 “听着！从前有个农夫出去播种。 4 他撒种的时候，有些种子掉在路边，被飞来的鸟儿吃掉了。 5 有些种子落在浅土的石地上，因为土壤不深，种子很快就发芽了， 6 但是扎不下根，太阳出来一晒，它们就枯萎了。 7 还有些种子落进荆棘丛中，草壮欺苗，种子最终不能结果。 8 另一些种子落进肥沃的土里，发芽，抽穗，结果；结出三十倍、六十倍、甚至一百倍的果实。”
9 耶稣又说∶“有耳能听的人， 都应该听着！”
耶稣为什么用寓言教导人
10 当耶稣独自一人时，与他和十二使徒在一起的人问耶稣这些寓言的含义。 11 耶稣告诉他们∶“只有你们这些人能知道上帝王国的奥秘，可是对其他人来说，我用寓言故事讲述一切。 12 这么做，以便：
‘他们看了又看，
却什么也看不见；
他们听了又听，
却什么也听不懂。
否则，他们有可能回归上帝，
得到宽恕。’” (A)
耶稣解释种子的寓言
13 耶稣对门徒说∶“你们理解这个寓言吗？如果不能，那么你们又怎么能够理解任何一个寓言呢？ 14 农夫播种的是福音。 15 有些人就如播在路边的种子，他们听到后，撒旦立刻来把播在他们心中的福音夺走了。 16 有些人就像那些播在石头地上的种子。他们听到福音后，立即欣然接受了。 17 但是却没有在他们心中扎根，因此也只持续片刻。一旦福音给他招来麻烦或迫害，他们便立刻放弃了信仰。 18 另外一些人就像撒在荆棘丛中的种子，他们听到了福音， 19 但却让现世的烦恼、财富的诱惑和其它的欲望膨胀，窒息了福音，而无结果。 20 其他人则像撒在肥沃土壤里的种子， 他们听到了福音，便接受了，而且还结出硕果—有时增加三十倍、或六十倍，或者百倍的果实 [c]。”
用其所有
21 耶稣对人们说∶“灯拿来是被扣在碗下面或者放在床下的吗？灯拿来不是要被放在灯台上的吗？ 22 所有隐藏的事情都会暴露，所有秘密的事情都会被人知道。 23 能听见我的话的人，听着。
24 “你们要仔细琢磨你们听到的。你们用怎样的量器给别人，上帝也会用怎样的量器给你们，而且甚至会多给你们。 25 拥有的人，会得到更多；几乎一无所有的人，就连他们仅有的一点点也要被拿走。” [d]
种子的寓言
26 耶稣说∶“上帝的王国就像这样：一个人把种子播进地里。 27 种子发芽，日夜生长。不论这个人日出而起，还是日落而息都无关紧要，种子依旧在生长。种子发芽了，长大了，可是他并不知道种子是怎样成长的。 28 土地自己长出庄稼，先长茎，再抽穗，然后穗上结出饱满的谷粒。 29 等到庄稼熟了，他便立即用镰刀收割，这是收获的季节。”
上帝的王国像什么？
30 耶稣说∶“我能把上帝的王国比作什么呢? 我能用什么样的比喻呢? 31 上帝的王国就像一粒芥茉籽，刚种下的时候，它是世界上最小的种子。 32 可是一旦种下，它就长成了园子里最大的一棵植物。它长出粗大的枝条，甚至连天上的鸟儿都能在它的荫下筑巢。”
33 耶稣用了许多像这样的寓言故事讲道，他讲得道都是他们能听懂的。 34 他总是用寓言来讲道。但是当他和他的门徒单独在一起的时候，他就把一切都解释给他们听。
耶稣的门徒目睹他的力量
35 那天晚上，耶稣对门徒们说∶“咱们到湖对岸去吧。” 36 他们离开人群，上了耶稣乘坐的那只小船。还有几只船和他们同行。 37 这时湖面上刮起了一阵大风，浪头打到船上，船几乎灌满了水。 38 可是耶稣正在船尾枕头上睡觉。门徒们过去把他叫醒， 说∶“老师，您难道不在乎我们被淹死吗？”
39 耶稣站起身，喝斥狂风，并对湖水说∶“安静！静下来！”风便停了，湖面变得一片平静。
40 耶稣对门徒们说∶“你们为什么害怕呢？难道你们仍旧没有信仰吗？”
41 但是门徒们非常害怕，彼此议论说∶“他到底是什么人？连风和水都服从他。”
耶稣让一个人摆脱邪灵
5 耶稣和门徒们渡过湖，来到格拉森人居住的地区。 2 耶稣一下船，就有一个被邪灵附体的人从坟地里来见他。 3 这个人住在坟地里，没人能捆住他，连锁链也捆不住他。 4 他曾屡次被人用镣铐锁住手脚，但是他挣断了锁链，砸开了脚镣。谁也制服不了他。 5 他昼夜在坟地和山野中嚎叫，用石头砸自己的身体。
6 他远远地看见了耶稣，就飞奔过来，跪倒在耶稣面前，
9 耶稣问他∶“你叫什么名字？”
那人回答说∶“我的名字叫军团 [e]，因为有很多邪灵附在我体内。” 10 在他体内的邪灵们一遍又一遍地乞求耶稣不要把他们驱逐出这个地区。
11 这时候，有一大群猪正在山坡上吃食。 12 邪灵们乞求耶稣道∶“把我们派到猪群里去吧，这样我们就可以钻到它们身上。” 13 耶稣准许了他们，邪灵们离开那个人，钻到猪身上去了。于是，猪群狂奔下山崖，掉进湖里淹死了，那群猪大约有两千多头。
14 养猪的人跑了，他们把这事告诉了城镇和乡村的人们。人们都出来，想看看究竟发生了什么事。 15 他们来到耶稣那里，看到那个曾被许多邪灵附体的人正坐在那里。他已经穿上了衣服，神智已恢复了正常，他们都很害怕。 16 一些目击者把这个被鬼附身的人所遇到的事和关于猪群的事告诉给其它人， 17 人们都央求耶稣离开此地。
18 耶稣上船要离开时，那个曾被鬼附体的人央求着要与他一同走。 19 但是耶稣没有应许，对他说∶“回去和你的家人及朋友们在一起吧！告诉他们主为你做的一切和主对你所施的怜悯。”
20 于是，那个人走了。他在低加波利 [f]向人们讲述主为他做的大事，人们都为此感到惊讶。
耶稣救活已死的女孩，还治好了病妇
21 耶稣上船渡回到湖对岸，又有很多人聚集在那里。耶稣站在湖边。 22 有个名叫睚鲁的犹太会堂管事来到那里，他一见到耶稣，就跪在他的脚边， 23 再三地恳求他说∶“我的小女儿快要死了。求你来把手按在她身上，让她痊愈，复活过来。”
24 耶稣就跟他去了。一大群人跟着他，簇拥在他周围。
25 人群中有个患血漏十二年的女子， 26 她看过不少医生，受了不少罪，为治病花光了所有的钱。可是病情不但没有好转，反而更加恶化了。 27 她听说耶稣的事迹，就挤进人群，来到耶稣身后，摸了一下耶稣的长袍。 28 她想∶“我只要摸一下他的衣服，我的病就会好了。” 29 果然她的血漏止住了，她感觉到自己体内的病治好了。 30 耶稣立刻感觉到有能量从他身上散发了。他停下脚步，转身问道∶“谁摸了我？”
31 耶稣的门徒对他说∶“许多人都在拥挤着你，但你却问‘谁摸了我？’”
32 但是，耶稣仍旧在人群中搜寻摸了他衣服的人。 33 那个吓得发抖的女子明白发生在自己身上的事，便战战兢兢地走上前俯伏在耶稣面前，就把事情经过一五一十地告诉了耶稣。 34 耶稣对她说∶“亲爱的女子，你的信仰治愈了你。平平安安地走吧，你不会再遭罪了。”
35 正当耶稣说话时，一些男人从会堂管事睚鲁家里赶来报信，他们说∶“你女儿已经死了，何必还麻烦老师呢？”
36 耶稣无意听到这话，就对管事说∶“不要害怕，尽管相信就是了。”
37 耶稣只让彼得、雅各和雅各的兄弟约翰跟着他。 38 他们来到会堂管事的家里，看见里面乱轰轰的，人们正在嚎啕大哭。 39 耶稣走进去，对他们说∶“你们为什么又叫又哭？这孩子没有死，她只是睡着了。” 40 但是人们却嘲笑耶稣。耶稣让其他人出去，只带着孩子的父母和他的三个门徒来到孩子的房间。 41 他握住孩子的手，对她说∶“大利大，古米！”（意思是“小姑娘，我要你站起来！”） 42 女孩马上站起来，下床四处走起来，（她当时十二岁。）人们顿时惊得目瞪口呆。 43 耶稣严厉地命令她父母，不让他们把此事告给人们， 然后，耶稣吩咐他们拿些东西给女孩吃。
耶稣回到家乡
6 耶稣离开那里，回到家乡，门徒们跟随他去了。 2 安息日到了，耶稣开始在犹太会堂里讲道。许多人听了，非常惊讶，他们说∶“这个人是从哪知道这些事情的？谁赐给了他如此的智慧？他从哪里获得行奇迹 [g]的力量？ 3 他不就是个木匠吗？难道他不是马利亚的儿子吗？难道他不是雅各、约瑟、犹大和西门的兄弟吗？他的姐妹不是和我们一起在这里吗？”他们都难以接受耶稣。
4 耶稣对他们说∶“先知 [h]无论在哪里都受到尊敬，唯独在自己的故乡，他的乡亲和在自己家里得不到尊敬。” 5 在家乡，耶稣除了把手放在一些病人身上治愈他们外，没能行其它奇迹。 6 乡亲们没有信仰，让耶稣很吃惊，然后耶稣便到当地的其它村庄去传教。
耶稣派遣使徒传教
7 耶稣召集起十二使徒，派他们每两人结伴出去，并赐给他们制服邪灵的权力。 8 耶稣嘱咐门徒们：“旅行时，除了一根手杖之外，不要带任何东西，不要带面包、背包和钱。 9 你们可以穿鞋，但不要带多余的衣服。 10 你们无论走进哪一家，就在那一家住下，一直住到你们离开那里为止。 11 如果有哪个城镇不欢迎你们，或不听你们的，就离开那里，并且抖掉你们脚上的尘土 [i]，做为对他们的警告。”
12 门徒们出去了，向人们传道说他们应该悔改。 13 他们赶走了许多鬼，给许多病人涂橄榄油 [j]，治好了他们的病。
希律认为耶稣是施洗者约翰
14 耶稣的名声传遍了四方，就连希律 [k]王也听说了。有些人说∶“他是施洗者约翰，他肯定是死而复活了，所以他才能行这些奇迹。”
15 也有些人说∶“他是以利亚。”
其他一些人则说∶“他是先知， 他就像很久以前的一位先知。”
16 希律王听说了有关耶稣的事，便说∶“被我砍头的那个人约翰如今从死里复活了。”
施洗者约翰之死
17 以前，希律王亲自下令逮捕约翰并把他投进了监狱。他这么做是为了取悦妻子希罗底。她曾是希律的兄弟腓力的妻子，可是希律娶了这个女子。 18 约翰一直就告诉希律∶“你娶兄弟的妻子是不对的。” 19 希罗底因此忌恨约翰，一直想杀害他，只是无法杀他。 20 希律害怕杀害约翰，他知道约翰是个正直的圣人，所以把约翰保护起来。希律喜欢听约翰传道，但是约翰的传道令希律感到困惑。
21 然后，希罗底导致约翰死亡的机会来了。希律过生日那天，宴请文武群臣和加利利的显贵人物。 22 席间希罗底的女儿进来献舞，希律和宾客们都很开心。
于是希律对女孩说∶“你想要什么，我都给你。” 23 他对女孩发誓说∶“你要什么我都给你，哪怕是半壁江山都行！”
24 女孩出去问她母亲∶“我该要什么呢？”
她妈妈说∶“你去要施洗礼者约翰的人头。”
25 女孩急忙跑回希律身边，说∶“我要您立刻就把施洗者约翰的人头盛在盘子里端给我。”
26 希律王很难过，但是因为他当着客人的面对她发过誓，所以他不打算拒绝她。 27 希律立刻命令警卫去取约翰的人头。警卫到监狱里砍下约翰的头， 28 放在盘子里端给了女孩，女孩又把盘子端给母亲。 29 约翰的门徒们闻讯而来，为约翰收尸下葬。
耶稣让五千多人吃饱饭
30 耶稣派出去传道的使徒们回来了。他们聚在耶稣身边，向他讲述了自己所做和所教的一切。 31 因为许多人来来往往，让他们连吃饭的时间都没有。耶稣便对他的门徒们说∶“你们单独跟我来，咱们到一个安静的地方休息一下。”
32 所以，他们就上船到一个荒无人烟的地方去了。 33 但是很多人看见他们离开，并认出了他们。于是人们便急忙从各个城镇步行赶到那里，并且比他们先到了那里。 34 耶稣下船上岸后，看到一大群人，心中充满了怜悯，因为他们就像没有牧羊人的羊群，于是，他开始教导给他们很多道理。
35 天色已晚，门徒们来到他身边，对他说∶“这个地方很偏僻，而且天色已晚。 36 打发这些人走吧，以便他们能到附近的村村寨寨去买些东西吃。”
37 但是耶稣对他们说∶“你们给他们一些吃的东西。”
他们对耶稣说∶“要我们花一个月的工钱去买面包好给他们吃吗？”
38 耶稣说∶“你们去看看还有多少面包。”
门徒们数过之后，回来说∶“我们有五块面包和两条鱼。”
39 然后耶稣吩咐他们把人们分成一组、一组地坐在草地上， 40 于是人们按五十人或一百人一组地坐下。 41 耶稣拿起五块面包和两条鱼，举目望天，感谢上帝赐给的食物，然后他掰开面包，交给门徒，让他们分给大家。耶稣又把两条鱼分给了人们。
42 所有的人都吃饱了。 43 然后，他们把剩下的零碎面包和鱼收拾起来足足装满了十二筐。 44 在那里吃饭的人大约有五千个男人。
在水面上行走
45 然后，耶稣立刻叫门徒们上船，先到湖对岸的伯赛大去，他随后会过去，同时他解散了众人。 46 辞别了他们后，耶稣来到山上祈祷。
47 那天晚上，船已经驶到湖心，耶稣仍然独自呆在岸上。 48 他看见门徒们逆风划船非常吃力。大约在凌晨三到六点钟之间，耶稣向门徒们走来。他在水面上走来，几乎都要超过他们了。 49 但是当他们看见耶稣在水面上行走时，以为是鬼魂，都大叫起来。 50 他们都看见了他，吓得毛骨悚然，但是，耶稣对他们说∶“别担心！是我！不要害怕。” 51 然后耶稣上了他们的船，这时风也停了。门徒们都惊呆了， 52 因为他们连面包的事还没弄明白呢。他们还没有开窍。
耶稣治愈很多病人
53 他们渡过了湖，在革尼撒勒上了岸，拴好船。 54 一下船，人们就认出了耶稣。 55 整个地区的人奔走相告，无论耶稣走到哪里，当人们得知后，便用垫子抬着病人闻讯而来。 56 凡耶稣去的地方，不论是乡村城镇还是农场，人们把病人带到集市上，请求耶稣允许病人只摸一摸他的衣服。凡是摸过他衣服的病人都痊愈了。
上帝的律法与人的传统
7 一些法利赛人和从耶路撒冷来的犹太律法师围在耶稣的身边。 2 他们看到耶稣的门徒中有人不洗手就拿东西吃。 3 法利赛人和其他犹太人一样保持着祖先的传统。他们除非用特定的方式洗手，否则就不吃东西。 4 他们从集市上买回的食物，除非洗过，否则也不吃。他们还遵守许多其它的传统，比如洗杯子、水壶、铜罐等等。
5 因此，法利赛人和律法师们就问耶稣∶“您的门徒为什么不遵守我们祖先遗留下来的传统，用脏手拿东西吃呢？”
6 耶稣对他们说∶“以赛亚曾经预言说你们是些虚伪的人，这预言是准确的，正如所记载的那样：
‘这些人说他们尊敬我，
但实际上我对他们无关紧要。
7 他们对我的崇拜毫无价值，
因为他们教导的只是人定的规矩。’ (B)
8 你们把上帝的诫命抛在一边，而去追随人的教导。”
9 耶稣又对他们说∶“为了你们能遵守自己的传统，你们很会耍小聪明，拒绝上帝的诫命。 10 摩西说∶‘要孝敬父母’ [l]。他还说过∶‘侮辱父母的人必被处死。’ [m] 11 但是你们却教导人说他们可以对父母说，‘我有一些可用来帮助你们的东西，但是我不用它帮助你们，我要把它献给上帝。’ 12 你们这是在告诉他们不必为父母做任何事了。 13 所以，你们在教执行上帝的话并不重要，你们认为更重要的是保持你们传播的传统，你们做了许多类似的事情。”
14 耶稣又把人们叫到身边，对他们说∶“每个人都要听我的话，而且还要理解我的话， 15 从外界进入一个人体内的事物不能玷污他，但是来自他内在的事物却会玷污他。 16 [n]
17 然后耶稣离开人群，进了屋子。他的门徒们问他这个寓言是什么意思。 18 耶稣对他们说∶“为什么你们也不理解呢？难道你们不知道吗？从外界进入一个人体内的事物不能玷污一个人， 19 因为它进入不了人的内心，它只不过进到他的肚子里，然后又会排泻出去。”（耶稣这么说，意思为所有食物都干净的。）
20 耶稣又说∶“玷污人的事物是来自内心的。 21 因为从内在，一个人发自内心的邪念，不道德的性行为，偷窃、谋杀、 22 通奸、贪婪、邪恶、欺诈、下流、嫉妒、诽谤、自大和愚蠢。 23 所有这些邪恶的事物都来自于内在，它们会玷污人。”
帮助非犹太女子
24 耶稣离开那里，到推罗附近的地区去了。他走进一座房子，本不想让人知道，可是却瞒不住人。 25 一个女子听说耶稣在那里，她的女儿被邪灵附体。她来见耶稣，跪在他脚边。 26 这个女子不是犹太人，生在叙利亚的腓尼基。她恳求耶稣把她女儿身上的鬼赶走。
27 耶稣对她说∶“应该首先让孩子们吃饱，因为不该把孩子的面包拿去喂狗。”
28 女子回答说∶“先生，即便是饭桌下的狗也能吃孩子剩下的残渣剩饭呀。”
29 耶稣说∶“因为你这么讲，你回家去吧。鬼已离开了你的女儿。”
30 女子回到家，看见女儿躺在床上，鬼已经离开她了。
治好聋人
31 耶稣从推罗地区回来，穿过西顿，经过低加波利，来到加利利湖。 32 当地人带着一个又聋又哑的人来见耶稣，求他把手放在聋子的身上。 33 耶稣带着聋子离开人群，把手指伸到他的耳朵里，又吐了点唾沫，摸摸他的舌头， 34 然后仰望天空，长叹一声，说∶“以法大 [o]！” 35 聋子的耳朵顿时能听见了，舌头也变得灵活了，讲话也清楚了。
36 耶稣叮嘱人们不要把这事告诉别人。可是他越嘱咐，大家越是讲得起劲。 37 他们都非常惊讶，说∶“耶稣什么事都做得到。他竟然能让聋子听见，让哑巴说话。”
耶稣供给四千多人食物
8 还有一次，很多人和耶稣在一起，他们没有任何可吃的东西。耶稣就把门徒们叫到身边，对他们说： 2 “我很同情这些人，他们和我在一起已经三天了，也没有吃的东西。 3 如果我让他们饿着肚子回家，他们就会昏倒在路上，何况有些人是从很远的地方来的。”
4 耶稣的门徒们答道∶“在这荒郊野外，我们到哪儿去找足够的食物给这么多人吃呀？”
5 耶稣问门徒们∶“你们有多少块面包？”
“七块面包。”他们回答。
6 耶稣吩咐人群坐在地上，他拿着七块面包，感谢上帝。他掰开面包，递给门徒去分给众人，门徒便分给了众人。 7 门徒们又拿出几条小鱼。耶稣为众人祝福，然后让门徒们把鱼分给人们。 8 众人都吃饱了，之后门徒们收拾起剩下的食物，足足装满了七筐。 9 当时大约有四千个男人吃饭，然后耶稣打发他们走了。 10 随后他和门徒们乘船到大玛努他地区去了。
一些人怀疑耶稣的权威
11 法利赛人来质问耶稣，他们要耶稣显示一个来自天堂的神迹，其目的是在试探他。 12 耶稣深深地叹息，说∶“为什么这代人寻求神迹呢？实话告诉你们，没有神迹会给你们这代人看。” 13 说完，耶稣离开这些人，上船到湖对岸去了。
耶稣的门徒误解他
14 耶稣的门徒们忘了多带些面包，他们只带了一块面包上船。 15 耶稣提醒他们说∶“当心！要提防法利赛人和希律的酵母 [p]。”
16 门徒们私下议论说∶“他这么说是因为我们没有面包了！”
17 耶稣知道他们在讲什么，就对他们说∶“你们为什么议论说没有面包呢？难道你们还不明白吗？你们竟然会这么顽固吗？ 18 你们有眼睛－难道看不见吗？你们有耳朵－难道听不见吗？ 19 你们难道不记得，我把五块面包分给五千人吃，你们收拾起的残渣剩饭装满了多少筐吗？”
“十二筐。”门徒们回答。
20 耶稣又问∶“那么，我把七块面包分给四千人吃的时候，你们收拾起的残渣剩饭装满了多少筐呢？”
“七筐。”门徒们说。
21 然后，耶稣对他们说∶“你们还不明白吗？”
治好盲人
22 耶稣和门徒们来到伯赛大，有人带着一个盲人来找他，求耶稣摸摸他。 23 耶稣拉起盲人的手，出了村子。耶稣往盲人的眼睛里吐了一点唾沫，把手按在他身上，问道∶“你现在看得见吗？”
24 盲人抬起头说∶“我看见人，他们像树在走。”
25 耶稣又把手按在他的眼睛上，盲人睁大了眼睛，恢复了视力，看清了一切。 26 耶稣让他回家去，对他说∶“不要进这个村子。”
彼得说耶稣是基督
27 耶稣和门徒们动身到该撒利亚腓立比一带的村庄去，路上，耶稣问门徒们∶“人们都说我是谁？”
28 门徒们答道∶“他们说您是施洗者约翰。也有人说您是以利亚。还有人说您是一个先知。”
29 耶稣又问他们∶“那么你们说我是谁？”
彼得回答∶“您是基督。”
30 耶稣嘱咐他们不要告诉别人他是谁。
耶稣说他必死
31 他开始教导门徒说∶“人子必须遭受到很多苦难。他必遭到年长的犹太首领、祭司长和律法师的拒弃，并被杀害，三天后他必定复活。” 32 耶稣把将要发生的事情讲得很明白。彼得把耶稣拉到一边，责备他不该那样说。 33 可是耶稣转过身看着门徒们，责备彼得说∶“走开，撒旦！你不关心上帝的事，而只关心凡人认为重要的事。”
34 于是耶稣把众人和门徒叫过来，对他们说∶“如果谁想跟随我，他就必须舍弃自己，背起他的十字架跟随我。 35 凡是想保全生命的人都会丧生；凡是为我和福音牺牲生命的人都会保全生命。 36 如果一个人失去了生命，即使他得到了整个世界，也毫无价值。 37 一个人用什么也无法赎回他的生命， 38 当今这代人充满了罪恶，他们对上帝没有信仰。虽然你们生活在他们之中，但不要以我和我的教导为耻。如果你们以我和我的教导为耻，那么，当我—人子伴随着我父的荣耀和神圣的天使降临时，也会以你们为耻。
9 耶稣对他们说∶“我实话告诉你们，站在这里的一些人在经历死亡之前，会看见到上帝的王国伴随着力量降临。
耶稣和摩西、以利亚在一起
2 六天之后，耶稣只带着彼得、雅各和约翰登上一座高山，在他们面前，耶稣的容貌变了。 3 他的衣服变得光芒四射，白得出奇，世上没有任何漂布的，能漂得那样白。 4 这时，以利亚 [q]和摩西出现在他们面前，与耶稣说话。
5 彼得对耶稣说∶“拉比 [r]，我们在这里真是太好了。让我们搭三个帐篷，一个给您，一个给摩西，另一个给以利亚。” 6 彼得实在不知说什么好了，他们都吓坏了。
7 这时天上飘来一片云彩，笼罩在他们头上，从云里传来一个声音说∶“这是我的爱子，你们要听他的话。”
8 门徒们环顾四周，发现身边除了耶稣之外，空无一人。
9 当他们下山时，耶稣吩咐他们，在人子从死里复活之前，不要告诉别人他们看见的事。
10 彼得他们就把这事记在心里。但他们也在私下议论∶“死而复活”究竟是什么意思。 11 他们问耶稣∶“律法师为什么说以利亚必定会先来临呢 [s]？”
12 耶稣说∶“是的，以利亚的确先来，他会把一切都安排的井井有条。可是为什么《经》上又写着，人子必须遭受很多苦难，而且还要遭到侮辱拒弃呢？ 13 我告诉你们，以利亚已经来了，他们为所欲为地虐待他，就像《经》上讲的那样。”
治愈被邪灵缠身的病童
14 耶稣、彼得、雅各和约翰回到了其他门徒中间，他们看见很多人围着门徒们，律法师们正在和他们辩论。 15 门徒们一见耶稣回来了，都很惊讶，跑上去问候他。
16 耶稣问他们∶“你们和律法师们争论什么？”
17 人群中的一个人说∶“老师，我带着儿子来找您。他被邪灵缠身，不能讲话。 18 每当邪灵袭击他时，他就会被跌倒在地，口吐白沫，切齿磨牙，浑身僵硬。我求您的门徒赶走邪灵，可是他们办不到。”
19 耶稣回答说∶“唉，你们这代毫无信仰的人啊！我在你们这里要呆多久？我还得忍耐你们到何时呢？把孩子带来吧。”
20 有人把孩子带来了。邪灵一见到耶稣，就让孩子抽起疯来。孩子倒在地上打滚，口吐白沫。
21 耶稣就问孩子的父亲∶“他这个样子有多久了？”
孩子的父亲说∶“从小时候起就这样。 22 有很多次邪灵把他投到火里、水里，想要害死他。如果您能想点办法，就求您可怜可怜我们，帮帮我们吧！”
23 耶稣对他说∶“你刚才说‘如果您能，就请帮帮他吧’，对相信的人，一切事情都能办得到。”
24 孩子的父亲立刻大声说∶“我确实信！请帮助我坚定信仰吧！”
25 这时，耶稣看见人们都跑过来围拢上来，就斥责鬼说∶“你这个邪灵，把这孩子弄得又聋又哑，我命令你离开他，不许你再附在他身上。”
26 邪灵尖叫一声，让孩子剧烈地抽搐一阵，然后离开了他，孩子看上去就像死人一样。很多人说道：“他死了。” 27 但是，耶稣拉着孩子的手，扶他站了起来。
28 等耶稣进屋后，门徒私下问他∶“我们为什么就赶不走邪灵呢？”
29 耶稣对他们说∶“这种邪灵，你们不祈祷是赶不走的。”
耶稣谈自己的死
30 然后，耶稣他们离开那里，他们经过加利利。耶稣不想让人知道他们的行踪， 31 只想单独教导门徒们。他说∶“人子将被交到凡人手里，被他们杀害，但是三天之后，他将复活。” 32 但是门徒却不明白这话的意思，而且也不敢问他。
谁最伟大？
33 耶稣和门徒们又来到了迦百农。耶稣一进屋，就问门徒∶“你们刚才在路上议论什么？” 34 门徒们都默不作声，因为他们刚才在路上争论谁是他们中间最伟大的人。
35 耶稣坐下来，把十二使徒叫到身边，对他们说∶“如果谁想做显要的人，他必须首先使所有的其他人更重要，做众人的仆人。”
36 这时，耶稣领过来一个孩子，让他站在他们面前，然后又把孩子抱在怀里，对他们说： 37 “谁以我的名义接受像这个孩子的人，谁就是在接受我；任何接受我的人，也就是在接受派我来的那位。”
不反对我们的人就是赞成我们的人
38 约翰对耶稣说∶“老师，我看见有人以您的名义驱鬼。我们阻止了他，因为他不是我们的人。”
39 耶稣说∶“不要阻止他，因为用我的名义显示神迹的人是不会反过来诋毁我的。 40 不反对我们的人，就是拥护我们的人。 41 我实话对告诉你们，如果有人因为你们属于基督而给你们那怕是一杯水，他也绝对会得到报偿。
耶稣警告犯罪的原因
42 “这些孩子相信我，如果有人导致他们其中的一个去犯罪，他就要遭殃了，那么最好是让他挂着磨盘沉到海里去。 43 如果你的手使你犯罪，就把它砍掉。对于你来说，与其带着双手下地狱，不如舍弃身体的一部分而获永生，地狱燃烧着永不熄灭的烈火。 44 [t] 45 如果你的脚使你犯罪，就把它砍掉，对于你来说，与其双脚俱全地被投下地狱，不如舍弃身体的一部分而获永生。 46 [u] 47 如果你的眼睛使你犯罪，就把它挖出来。对于你来说，与其双目俱全地被投入地狱，不如独眼进上帝的王国。 48 在地狱里，吃人的蛆虫永远不死，熊熊烈火终日不熄。
49 “每个人都将用烈火给腌了。 [v]
50 “盐是好的，但是，如果盐失去了咸味，你们怎么可能再让它咸呢？你们心中要有盐 [w]，要和睦相处。”
关于离婚的教导
10 耶稣和门徒们离开那里，来到犹太地区和约旦河对岸的地区。又有很多人来到他那里，耶稣就像往常一样教导他们。
2 一些法利赛人来试探耶稣耶稣，他们说∶“男人和妻子离婚对吗？”
3 耶稣回答说∶“摩西是怎么告诫你们的？”
4 法利赛人说∶“摩西准许男人写份休书，就可以与妻子离婚了。”
5 耶稣对他们说∶“因为你们这些人不接受上帝的教导，所以摩西才为你们写下这条诫命。 6 可是，当上帝创世的时，‘他创造了男人和女人。’ [x] 7 ‘因此，男人要离开父母，与妻子结合。 8 两人变为一体。 [y]’ 他们不再是两个人，而成为一体了。 9 因为上帝使他们结合在一起，所以人不应该分开他们。”
10 进屋之后，门徒们问耶稣他刚才那番话的含义。 11 耶稣对他们说∶“任何男人与妻子离了婚，又另娶别的女子，他就犯了通奸罪，辜负了自己的妻子。 12 如果妻子与丈夫离婚另嫁别人，那么她也犯了通奸罪。”
耶稣欢迎孩子们
13 人们带着自己的孩子来见耶稣，以便耶稣能把手放在孩子们身上，为他们祝福，但是门徒却责备这些人。 14 耶稣看见这个情景，非常生气，对门徒们说∶“让那些孩子到我这儿来，不许阻拦他们。上帝的王国属于像他们一样的人。 15 我实话告诉你们，如果谁不能像孩子一样地接受上帝的王国，谁就进不了上帝的王国。” 16 耶稣把孩子们搂在怀里，把手按在他们身上，为他们祝福。
富人不肯跟随耶稣
17 正当耶稣要启程上路的时候，有个人跑过来跪在他面前，求他说∶“好老师，我该做什么才能得到永生呢？”
18 耶稣对他说∶“你为什么说我是‘好’的呢？只有上帝才是好的。除了上帝，没有人是好的。 19 你知道上帝的诫命：‘不可杀人，不可通奸，不可偷盗，不可作伪证，不可欺诈，要孝敬父母。’ [z]”
20 那人对耶稣说∶“老师，我从小就遵守所有这些诫命。”
21 耶稣看了看那个人，心里挺喜欢他，就说∶“还有一件事你需要做，回家卖掉你的全部家产，把钱分给穷人，这样你在天堂就会有财富了。然后你来跟随我。”
22 那人听了这话，感到很失望，因为他很富有，就心怀悲伤地走了。
23 耶稣环顾周围的门徒们说∶“富人要进上帝的王国真是太难了！”
24 门徒们听了这话都很惊讶。耶稣接着说∶“孩子们，上帝的王国是很难进的! 25 骆驼钻过针眼都要比富人进上帝的王国还容易呢。”
26 门徒们更为惊讶，互相议论说∶“那么谁能得救呢？”
27 耶稣看着他们说∶“人不可能做到的事, 上帝却能做到，因为上帝是无所不能的。”
28 彼得对耶稣说∶“您瞧，我们撇下了一切来跟随了您！”
29 耶稣说∶“我实话告诉你们：凡是为了我和福音撇下房屋、 土地、父母、兄弟、姐妹和孩子的人， 30 必将在世上得到百倍的报答，他们将得到更多的房屋、母亲、兄弟、姐妹、孩子和土地。以此同时，他们也会受到迫害，但在来世他们将得到永生。 31 但是，很多现在居先的人，将来会落在最后；很多现在居后的人，将来却要领先。”
再谈死亡
32 在去耶路撒冷的路上，耶稣走在他们前面。门徒们都感到惶惶不安，那些跟随他们的人也提心吊胆。耶稣把十二使徒叫到一旁，告诉他们将要发生的事情。 33 他说∶“听着！我们要到耶路撒冷去。有人将要出卖人子，把他交给祭司长和律法师们。他们会判他死罪，并把他交给外族人。 34 他们会嘲弄他，唾吐他，用鞭子抽他，并杀害他。但是此后的第三天，人子将会复活。”
雅各和约翰的请求
35 西庇太的儿子雅各和约翰走过来对耶稣说∶“老师，我们请求您为我们做一些事情。”
36 耶稣问道∶“你们想要我做什么？”
37 两人回答说∶“在您的荣耀中，请准许我们俩一个坐在您右边，一个坐在您左边。”
38 耶稣对他们说∶“你们不知道自己在要求什么。你们能喝下我必须喝的这杯苦酒吗？你们能经受住我必须经受的洗礼吗？”
39 两人回答说∶“我们能。”
于是耶稣说∶“即使你们真的要喝下我的这杯苦酒，你们会经受住我必须经受的洗礼。 40 可是谁能坐在我的左右，不是由我赐予的，上帝已为他选中的人预备了这些位置。”
41 其他十名门徒听到这些，对雅各和约翰俩人非常生气。 42 耶稣把他们叫过来，对他们说∶“非犹太人让人们称他们为统治者。你们知道，那些统治者热衷于炫耀他们统治人民的权力，他们的首领们还热衷于对人民滥用权力。 43 但是，在你们中间，不该这样。谁想在你们当中出人头地，谁就必须甘做你们的仆人。 44 谁想在你们中间居先，谁就必须做众人的奴仆。 45 人子降世，人子来不是让人伺候他的，他来是为了服侍他人的，而且，为了拯救众人，他还牺牲了自己的生命。”
耶稣治愈盲人
46 然后，他们来到了耶利哥。当耶稣与门徒们和一大群人离开的时候，要饭瞎子底买的儿子巴底买正坐在路边。 47 当他听说拿撒勒的耶稣路过，就喊起来∶“大卫的子孙耶稣啊，可怜可怜我吧！”
48 有很多人斥责他，叫他不要作声，可是他反而喊得更响了∶“大卫的子孙，可怜可怜我吧！”
49 耶稣停下脚步说∶“叫他过来。”
他们去叫那瞎子，对他说∶“鼓起勇气，站起来，耶稣叫你呢。” 50 瞎子把衣服扔在一边，一跃而起，来到耶稣面前。
51 耶稣问他∶“你要我为你做什么呢？”
瞎子说∶“老师 [aa]，我想重获视力。”
52 耶稣说∶“你去吧。你的信仰治愈了你。”瞎子的眼睛立刻复明了，在路上就跟随了耶稣。
进入耶路撒冷
11 耶稣和门徒们离耶路撒冷越来越近了，他们到了橄榄山 [ab]附近的伯法其和伯大尼，耶稣派出两个门徒， 2 对他们说∶“你们到前边的那个村子里去。一进村，你们就会看见一匹驴驹拴在那里，它从未被人骑过。你们解开缰绳，把它牵到我这里来。 3 如果有人问你们为什么牵驴，你们就说∶‘主人要用它，但他会很快把它送回来的。’”
4 于是，那两个门徒就去了。他们果然看见一头驴驹拴在街上的一座房门附近，就过去解缰绳。 5 旁边有人问道∶“你们解开驴驹做什么？” 6 他们就照耶稣的话回答了他们，那些人就让他们牵走了驴驹。 7 他们把驴驹牵到耶稣面前，把自己的衣服垫在驴背上，让耶稣骑在上面。 8 许多人把衣服铺在路上，还有人从田间砍来树枝铺到路上。 9 他们前呼后拥地喊着：
10 祝福即将来临的我们祖先大卫的王国吧，
和撒那，高居天之巅的上帝！”
11 耶稣来到耶路撒冷，走进大殿院，把里边的一切看了个遍。因为天色已晚，耶稣和十二使徒出城到了伯大尼。
耶稣诅咒无花果树
12 第二天，当他们离开伯大尼时，耶稣觉得很饿。 13 这时他远远看见一棵枝繁叶茂的无花果树，就走过去想看看树上有没有果实。他来到树下，却发现树上只有叶子，因为现在还不到结果的季节。 14 耶稣对树说∶“从今以后再不会有人吃到你的果实了。”他的门徒们都听见了这话。
耶稣去大殿
15 耶稣他们来到了耶路撒冷。当他们走进大殿院之后，耶稣开始撵走了在那里做买卖的人，推倒了兑换钱币的人的桌子，掀翻卖鸽子人的凳子。 16 他不许任何人拿着东西穿过大殿院。 17 然后耶稣开始教导人们说∶“《经》上不是写着∶‘我的大殿将被称作万国祷告的大殿’ [ad]吗？可是你们却把它变成贼窝了。 [ae]”
18 那些祭司长和律法师们听说了这些事，都开始寻找杀害耶稣的办法。因为众人都惊叹耶稣的教导，所以这些人又害怕他。 19 那天夜里，耶稣和门徒们离开了耶路撒冷。
信仰的力量
20 第二天早晨，耶稣和门徒们又上路了。他们看见那棵无花果树已经连根枯萎了。 21 彼得想起昨天的事，对耶稣说∶“拉比（老师），您瞧，昨天您诅咒过的那棵树已经枯萎了。”
22 耶稣回答说∶“信仰上帝吧！ 23 我实话告诉你们，一个人对这座山说∶‘起来，投到海里去。’当他说这话时，只要心中没有疑虑，相信自己的话一定会实现，上帝就会为你们成全此事。 24 所以我告诉你们：在祷告中请求，只要相信你们已经得到它，那么它就会属于你们。 25 当你们祈祷的时候，如果想起和某人为某事有气，就宽恕他吧。你们在天之父也会宽恕你们的罪过。” 26 [af]
犹太人首领怀疑耶稣的权威
27 耶稣和门徒们又来到了耶路撒冷。当耶稣在大殿院里行走时，祭司长、律法师和年长的犹太首领走过来 28 对他说∶“你凭什么权力做这些事情呢？谁给了你这种权力的呢？”
29 耶稣说；“我问你们一个问题，如果你们回答了我，我就告诉你们我凭什么权力做这些事情。 30 告诉我，约翰所施的洗礼 [ag]是来自天上还是来自人间呢？”
31 他们彼此议论说∶“如果咱们说‘来自天上，’他就会说‘那么你们为什么不相信他呢？’ 32 但是，如果咱们说‘来自人间，’那么众人会愤怒的。”（这些人都害怕大众，因为人们都相信约翰是先知。）
33 于是他们回答说∶“我们不知道。”
这时耶稣对他们说∶“那我也不会告诉你们我凭什么权力做这些事。”
上帝派遣他的儿子
12 耶稣开始用比喻对他们说∶“有个人种了一个葡萄园，他把葡萄园用篱芭围起来，挖好了榨葡萄汁的槽，还盖了一座塔楼。他把园子租给了农户，然后出门旅行去了。 2 到了收葡萄的季节，他派了一个奴仆来向农户们要他应得的葡萄园里的那份果实， 3 但是农户们抓住奴仆，殴打了他一顿，还把他两手空空地撵了回去。 4 园主又派了一个奴仆去，农户们痛打了奴仆的脑袋，还羞辱了他一番。 5 园主再派另一个人去，农户们把他杀了。园主又派了许多人去，结果有的被打，有的被杀。
6 园主只剩下自己心爱的儿子了，最后他派去了自己的儿子。他说∶‘他们会尊敬我的儿子。’
7 但是农户们议论说∶‘这是园主的继承人，来啊，咱们把他杀掉，这份产业就归咱们了。’ 8 于是他们就抓住他，把他杀了，把尸体扔到园子外面。
9 “现在园主会怎么做呢？他会来杀掉那些农户，把园子转租给别人。 10 你们一定读过《经》上的这段话：
‘那块被建筑师舍弃的石头，
现在变成了基石。
11 这是主的安排，
在我们眼里，这是多么奇妙啊！” (D)
12 这些犹太首领知道耶稣讲的比喻是针对他们的，他们想设法逮捕耶稣，但是又害怕民众，他们便离开他走了。
犹太人首领企图对耶稣耍花招
13 后来，他们派了一些法利赛人和希律党人去抓挑耶稣的话柄。 14 这些人对耶稣说∶“老师，我们知道您很诚实。您不在乎别人的看法，您待人一视同仁，忠实地传播上帝的真理之道。请您告诉我们：向凯撒纳税是对还是错？我们该不该向凯撒交税？”
15 耶稣已经识破了他们的假意，就对他们说∶“你们为什么要来试探我呢？拿出一块银币来让我看一看。” 16 那些人递给耶稣一块银币。耶稣问∶“这上面刻着谁的头像和名字？”那些人答道∶“是凯撒的。”
17 耶稣说∶“那么，就应该把属于凯撒的东西给凯撒 [ah]，把属于上帝的东西给上帝。”人们听了这话都惊奇不已。
一些撒都该人企图对耶稣耍花招
18 此后，有一些撒都该人来见耶稣。（他们不相信人会复活。）他们问耶稣一个问题： 19 “老师，摩西写道∶‘如果一个结了婚的男子死了，没留下儿女，他的兄弟就应该和他的遗孀结婚，代兄长生儿育女。 20 从前一家有七个兄弟，老大结婚后死了，没留下孩子。 21 老二就娶了那寡妇。可是他也没有生下孩子就死了。接着是老三，结果也一样。 22 就这样，兄弟七人都没有和这个女子生下孩子就死了。最后，这个女子也死了。 23 既然七个人都娶过这个女子，那么在他们复活后，她应该是谁的妻子呢？”
24 耶稣说∶“这是你们大错的原因，你们既不理解《经》，也不了解上帝的力量。。 25 人们死而复活之后，人们像天上的天使一样，不娶也不嫁。 26 针对从死里复活，你们难道没读过摩西的书中关于燃烧的荆棘 [ai]吗？上帝对摩西说∶‘我是亚伯拉罕的上帝，我是以撒的上帝，我是雅各的上帝。 [aj]’ 27 上帝不是死人的上帝，而是活人的上帝。 [ak]你们完全错了。”
最重要的诫命
28 当时，有个律法师听见了耶稣他们的辩论。他见耶稣回答得很精彩，就问他说∶“诫命中的哪条最重要？”
29 耶稣答道∶“最重要一条是∶‘以色列人，你听着，主是我们唯一的上帝。 30 要全心全意，尽智、尽力地去爱主－你的上帝。’ [al] 31 第二条是‘爱人如爱己。’ [am]再没有哪条诫命比这两条更重要了。”
32 律法师听了，对耶稣说∶“老师，您讲得非常好。您说的对，只有一位上帝，除他之外没有别的上帝。 33 要全心全意、尽力地爱上帝，并且爱人如爱己。这比任何牺牲和贡品都重要。”
34 耶稣见他回答得聪明，就对他说∶“你离上帝的王国不远了。”从此以后，再也没有人敢向耶稣提问题了。
基督是大卫的子孙，还是他的主？
35 耶稣在大殿院里教导人们时说∶“律法师们怎么可以说基督是大卫的子孙呢？ 36 大卫受圣灵的启示，曾经说过：
‘主（上帝）对我的主说：
坐在我的右边，
直到我把你的敌人置于你的脚下。’ (E)
37 大卫本人称基督为‘主，’那么基督怎么可能是大卫的子孙呢？”一大群人兴奋地听他讲道。
耶稣批评律法师
38 耶稣继续教导人们，说∶“要提防那些律法师。他们喜欢穿着长袍到处招摇，喜欢在集市上，受到人们的致敬， 39 他们喜欢在犹太会堂里坐高位，在宴席上坐首位。 40 他们侵吞寡妇的财产，做长篇祈祷以炫耀自己。这些人将来要受到严厉的惩罚。”
真正的奉献
41 耶稣坐在布施箱对面，看着人们把钱投进箱中。很多有钱人向箱子里投了很多钱。 42 一个寡妇走来，向箱子里扔了两枚小铜钱 [an]，这两枚硬币只值一分钱。
43 耶稣把门徒们叫到一起，对他们说∶“我实话告诉你们：在所有捐钱的人当中，这个穷寡妇给的最多。 44 因为别人捐的都是多余的钱，这个寡妇很穷，却把自己所有的钱都拿了出来，她是要靠这点钱维持生活的。”
耶稣对未来的警告
13 耶稣正要离开大殿院子的时候，有个门徒对他说“老师，您瞧，这用巨石砌成的大殿多壮观啊！”
2 耶稣说∶“你们看见这些宏伟的建筑物了吧？可是它们都会被毁掉。每块石头都将被丢到平地，就连两块垒在一起的石头也不会有。”
3 耶稣在大殿院对面的橄榄山上坐下来，彼得、雅各、约翰和安得烈私下问他说： 4 “请您告诉我们这一切什么时候会发生？到时候会有什么先兆吗？”
5 耶稣对他们说∶“你们要当心，不要受人欺骗。 6 许多人会冒充我的名义而来，对你们说∶‘我是基督。’他们会让很多人走上歧途。 7 你们会听到战争和有关战争的消息，不必惊慌，这些事情是一定要发生的，但这不是结局。 8 民族与民族之间、王国与王国之间会互相攻打，不同的地区会发生饥荒和地震。这仅仅是灾难的开始，就仿佛像妇女临产前的阵痛一样。
9 你们要当心！因为你们是我的门徒，有人会逮捕你们，送你们去受审，他们将在会堂里殴打你们。你们将会被迫站在国王和统治者面前，告诉他们有关我的事情。 10 可是在这些事情发生以前，福音必将传遍世界各地。 11 甚至在你们被捕并被送去受审时，都不必担心自己该怎么说，到时候，上帝赐给你们什么话，你们就说什么，因为那时讲话的不是你们，而是圣灵。
12 “兄弟会彼此出卖，置对方于死地；父亲会出卖儿女，置他们于死地；儿女也会与父母做对，置他们于死地。 13 你们会因为跟随我而遭到所有人的憎恨，但是，坚持信仰到底的那些人必会得救。
14 “你将会看到‘那导致毁灭的可憎之物 [ao]’出现在它不该出现的地方（读者应该理解其中的含义），那时，住在犹太地区的人应该逃到山上去。 15 在房顶上的人不要下来，也不要进屋取房东西； 16 在田里干活的人也不要回去拿衣服。 17 在那些日子里，孕妇和哺乳的妇女要遭多大的罪啊。 18 祈祷吧，这一切不要发生在冬天。 19 因为那些日子里的灾难，是上帝创世以来不曾有过的，以后也不会再有。 20 如果主不缩短了灾难的时间，就不会有人能幸存下来。他这么做是为了那些被选中的人。 21 如果有人对你们说∶‘看，基督在这里！’或者‘基督在那里！’不要相信他。 22 因为会出现假基督和假先知。他们会行大神迹和大奇事，如果有可能他们甚至企图欺骗上帝的选民。 23 因此，你们要当心，我事先把一切都告诉给你们了。
人子耶稣何时重返
24 “在那些日子里，灾难过后，
‘太阳将会变得暗淡无光，
月亮也失去了光辉，
25 星星从天空坠落，
天空的一切都会改变。’
26 “然后，人们将会看到人子伴着力量和巨大的荣耀乘云降临。 27 他将派来天使，把他的选民从四面八方、天涯海角召集起来。
28 “你们要从无花果树上受到启发，一旦树枝发嫩，树叶发芽，你们就知道夏天快到了。 29 同样，当你们看到所有这一切发生时，你们就知道人子重返的时刻临近了，近在咫尺。 30 我实话告诉你们，这一代人死之前，这一切将会发生。 31 天地将会消逝，但我的话绝不会消逝的。
32 “谁也不会知道那一天、那一时刻什么时候到来，甚至天上的天使也不知道，人子也不知道，只有父知道。 33 要当心！要警醒，因为你们不知道那日子什么时候到来。 34 就像一个要离家出门旅行的人，他让仆人们照看家舍。他给每个仆人分了工，他吩咐看门人好好守家。 35 所以你们一定要留神，因为你们不知道房主什么时候回来，是在午夜，是在傍晚，是在凌晨，还是在鸡叫的时候。 36 假如他突然回来了，可别让他发现你们在睡大觉。 37 我对你们说的话也是对所有人说的∶‘要准备好！’”
犹太人首领计划杀害耶稣
14 还有两天就到犹太逾越节和除酵节了。祭司长和律法师们想设法用诡计把耶稣抓起来杀掉。 2 可他们又说∶“我们决不能在过节的时候动手，免得引起人们暴动。”
一位女子荣耀耶稣
3 在伯大尼，耶稣在麻风病人西门家里，正倚着桌子坐着，一位女子拿着一个雪花石制成的罐子，里面装满纯哪哒制成的昂贵香膏。她打破罐子，把香膏倒在耶稣头上。
4 旁边的人见了都非常生气，议论说∶“为什么要浪费这些香膏呢？它值一年的工钱呢，我们可以拿卖它的钱救济穷人。” 5 于是他们就责怪起那位妇人。
6 耶稣说∶“随她吧。你们为什么要和她过不去呢？她为我做了一件大好事。 7 因为总有穷人和你们在一起，所以你们想在什么时候帮助他们都可以。可是你们将不会常有我。
Footnotes
- 馬 可 福 音 2:25 大卫： 基督之前一千年的以色列王。
- 馬 可 福 音 3:14 使徒： 耶稣所召选，做他的特别助手的人。
- 馬 可 福 音 4:20 果实： 上帝要他的子民所行的善行。
- 馬 可 福 音 4:25 你们要仔细琢磨你们听到的。 你越用心，你会理解的越多， 而且还会赐给你更多的理解。 理解的人会得到更多， 没有多少的人甚至还会失去他们仅有的一点点。”
- 馬 可 福 音 5:9 军团： 意为很多，每一罗马军团约有5千人。
- 馬 可 福 音 5:20 低加波利： 也叫十城，在加利利湖东岸，曾有十个主要城镇。
- 馬 可 福 音 6:2 奇迹： 凭上帝的力量所行的惊人的事迹。
- 馬 可 福 音 6:4 先知： 上帝的代言人，常预测未来要发生的事。
- 馬 可 福 音 6:11 抖掉你们鞋上的尘土： 警告，表示不再对这些人讲话。
- 馬 可 福 音 6:13 橄榄油： 被用作医药。
- 馬 可 福 音 6:14 希律： 希律安提波斯是加利利和皮利的统治者。希律的儿子。
- 馬 可 福 音 7:10 引自《出埃及记》20:12；《申命记》5:16。
- 馬 可 福 音 7:10 引自《出埃及记》21:17。
- 馬 可 福 音 7:16 一些希腊版本增有16节：听到我说的你们这些人，听着。
- 馬 可 福 音 7:34 以法大∶ 打开。
- 馬 可 福 音 8:15 酵母： 在此被比作坏的影响。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:4 摩西和以利亚： 在旧约时代犹太人重要的领袖。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:5 拉比： 老师。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:11 见《马太福音》4:5-6。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:44 一些希腊版本增有第44节，内容同第48节。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:46 一些希腊版本增有第46节，内容同第48节。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:49 一些希腊版本附言：“每一个祭献都得用盐腌。” 《旧约》中，祭物都得放盐。此节也许意为耶稣的门徒将受痛苦的考验，他们必须把自己做为祭物献给上帝。
- 馬 可 福 音 9:50 这句话的意思是要保持你们心中美好的东西。在圣经里，美好的东西被称作盐。
- 馬 可 福 音 10:6 引自旧约《创世纪》1:27。
- 馬 可 福 音 10:8 引自旧约《创世纪》2:24。
- 馬 可 福 音 10:19 引自旧约《出埃及记》20:12-16；《申命记》5:16-20。
- 馬 可 福 音 10:51 老师： 拉比，或先生。
- 馬 可 福 音 11:1 橄榄山： 位于耶路撒冷附近的一座山。
- 馬 可 福 音 11:9 和撒那： 赞美，希伯来语用在请求上帝帮助的祈祷中。此时也许是用于赞美上帝或他的弥赛亚的欢乐的高呼。
- 馬 可 福 音 11:17 参见旧约《以赛亚书》56:7。
- 馬 可 福 音 11:17 引自《耶利米书》7:11。
- 馬 可 福 音 11:26 一些早期希腊版本增有第26节：但是如果你们不宽恕别人，那么你们在天之父也不会宽恕你们的罪。
- 馬 可 福 音 11:30 洗礼： 或浸礼，希腊文意思是把人或东西暂短地浸在或没入水中。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:17 凯撒： 罗马皇帝的统称。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:26 燃烧的荆棘： 请读《出埃及记》3:1-12。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:26 亚伯拉罕： 以撒和雅各是旧约时代的重要领袖中的三位。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:27 这句话的意思是亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各都还活着。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:30 引自旧约《申命记》6:4-5。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:31 引自旧约《利未记》19:18。
- 馬 可 福 音 12:42 铜钱： 古罗马最小的硬币。
- 馬 可 福 音 13:14 见《但以理书》9:27；12:11。（比较《但以理书》11:31。）
Mark 2-14
King James Version
Mark 2-14
King James Version
2 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
3 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
4 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
5 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
6 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
7 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
8 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
28 And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
9 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
10 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
11 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And 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.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And 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.
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
14 And 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?
15 Shall 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.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 And 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.
18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 Master, 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.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26 And 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?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
28 And 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?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And 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.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And 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.
34 And 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.
35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
36 For 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.
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And 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:
44 For 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!
2 And 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.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
7 And 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.
8 For 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.
9 But 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.
10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
11 But 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.
12 Now 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.
13 And 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.
14 But 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:
15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For 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.
20 And 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.
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27 And 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.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For 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.
35 Watch 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:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And 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.
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
3 And 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.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Mark 2-8
New International Version
Mark 2-8
New International Version
Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man(A)
2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers(B) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,(C) carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”(D)
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”(E)
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man(F) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,(G) saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”(H)
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners(I)
13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him,(J) and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,”(K) Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(L) saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”(M)
17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(N)
Jesus Questioned About Fasting(O)
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.(P) Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them,(Q) and on that day they will fast.
21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(R)(S)
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.(T) 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”(U)
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest,(V) he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat.(W) And he also gave some to his companions.”(X)
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,(Y) not man for the Sabbath.(Z) 28 So the Son of Man(AA) is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
3 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue,(AB) and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely(AC) to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.(AD) 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians(AE) how they might kill Jesus.(AF)
Crowds Follow Jesus(AG)
7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.(AH) 8 When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.(AI) 9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had healed many,(AJ) so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.(AK) 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”(AL) 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.(AM)
Jesus Appoints the Twelve(AN)
13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.(AO) 14 He appointed twelve[a](AP) that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons.(AQ) 16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),(AR) 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law(AS)(AT)
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered,(AU) so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.(AV) 21 When his family[b] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”(AW)
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem(AX) said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul!(AY) By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”(AZ)
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables:(BA) “How can Satan(BB) drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.(BC) 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”(BD)
30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived.(BE) Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
The Parable of the Sower(BF)(BG)
4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(BH) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables,(BI) and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(BJ) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(BK)
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(BL)
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(BM) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(BN) everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[c]”(BO)
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.(BP) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(BQ) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(BR) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
A Lamp on a Stand
21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?(BS) 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.(BT) 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”(BU)
24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(BV) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(BW)
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(BX) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(BY)
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(BZ)
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,(CA) or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(CB) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(CC) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Jesus Calms the Storm(CD)
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.(CE) There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”(CF)
41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man(CG)(CH)
5 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[d] 2 When Jesus got out of the boat,(CI) a man with an impure spirit(CJ) came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(CK) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(CL) In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,”(CM) he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion(CN) of demons,(CO) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them(CP) how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis[e](CQ) how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman(CR)
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake,(CS) a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.(CT) 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders,(CU) named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on(CV) her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding(CW) for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes,(CX) I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.(CY)
30 At once Jesus realized that power(CZ) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.(DA) Go in peace(DB) and be freed from your suffering.”
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader.(DC) “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36 Overhearing[f] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.(DD) 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader,(DE) Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”(DF) 40 But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand(DG) and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).(DH) 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this,(DI) and told them to give her something to eat.
A Prophet Without Honor(DJ)
6 Jesus left there and went to his hometown,(DK) accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the Sabbath came,(DL) he began to teach in the synagogue,(DM) and many who heard him were amazed.(DN)
“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[g] Judas and Simon?(DO) Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.(DP)
4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”(DQ) 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on(DR) a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve(DS)
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.(DT) 7 Calling the Twelve to him,(DU) he began to send them out two by two(DV) and gave them authority over impure spirits.(DW)
8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet(DX) as a testimony against them.”
12 They went out and preached that people should repent.(DY) 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil(DZ) and healed them.
John the Baptist Beheaded(EA)(EB)
14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying,[h] “John the Baptist(EC) has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
15 Others said, “He is Elijah.”(ED)
And still others claimed, “He is a prophet,(EE) like one of the prophets of long ago.”(EF)
16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”
17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison.(EG) He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”(EH) 19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, 20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man.(EI) When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled[i]; yet he liked to listen to him.
21 Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet(EJ) for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.(EK) 22 When the daughter of[j] Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”(EL)
24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”
“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.
25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28 and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29 On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(EM)(EN)
30 The apostles(EO) gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.(EP) 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat,(EQ) he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
32 So they went away by themselves in a boat(ER) to a solitary place. 33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.(ES) So he began teaching them many things.
35 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. 36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”(ET)
They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages[k]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
38 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”(EU)
39 Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.(EV) Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.
Jesus Walks on the Water(EW)(EX)
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat(EY) and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida,(EZ) while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.(FA)
47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost.(FB) They cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified.
Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”(FC) 51 Then he climbed into the boat(FD) with them, and the wind died down.(FE) They were completely amazed, 52 for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.(FF)
53 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.(FG) 54 As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. 55 They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak,(FH) and all who touched it were healed.
That Which Defiles(FI)
7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled,(FJ) that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.(FK) 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[l])(FL)
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders(FM) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[m](FN)
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”(FO)
9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[n] your own traditions!(FP) 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[o](FQ) and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[p](FR) 11 But you say(FS) that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God(FT) by your tradition(FU) that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” [16] [q]
17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him(FV) about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods(FW) clean.)(FX)
20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(FY) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
Jesus Honors a Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith(FZ)
24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[r](GA) He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit(GB) came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
29 Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”
30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man(GC)
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre(GD) and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee(GE) and into the region of the Decapolis.[s](GF) 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk,(GG) and they begged Jesus to place his hand on(GH) him.
33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit(GI) and touched the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven(GJ) and with a deep sigh(GK) said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.(GL)
36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone.(GM) But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand(GN)(GO)(GP)
8 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2 “I have compassion for these people;(GQ) they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”
5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied.
6 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. 7 They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them.(GR) 8 The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.(GS) 9 About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away, 10 he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
Footnotes
- Mark 3:14 Some manuscripts twelve—designating them apostles—
- Mark 3:21 Or his associates
- Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
- Mark 5:1 Some manuscripts Gadarenes; other manuscripts Gergesenes
- Mark 5:20 That is, the Ten Cities
- Mark 5:36 Or Ignoring
- Mark 6:3 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph
- Mark 6:14 Some early manuscripts He was saying
- Mark 6:20 Some early manuscripts he did many things
- Mark 6:22 Some early manuscripts When his daughter
- Mark 6:37 Greek take two hundred denarii
- Mark 7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches
- Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
- Mark 7:9 Some manuscripts set up
- Mark 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- Mark 7:10 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
- Mark 7:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.
- Mark 7:24 Many early manuscripts Tyre and Sidon
- Mark 7:31 That is, the Ten Cities
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