Mark 1:16-28

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Jesus Calls His First Disciples

¹⁶As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” ¹⁸At once they left their nets and followed him.^(A)

¹⁹When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. ²⁰Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit^(B)

²¹They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.^(C) ²²The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.^(D) ²³Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, ²⁴“What do you want with us,^(E) Jesus of Nazareth?^(F) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”^(G)

²⁵“Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”^(H) ²⁶The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.^(I)

²⁷The people were all so amazed^(J) that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.” ²⁸News about him spread quickly over the whole region^(K) of Galilee.

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Psalm 72:12-20

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¹²For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
    the afflicted who have no one to help.
¹³He will take pity^(A) on the weak and the needy
    and save the needy from death.
¹⁴He will rescue^(B) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious^(C) is their blood in his sight.

¹⁵Long may he live!
    May gold from Sheba^(D) be given him.
May people ever pray for him
    and bless him all day long.^(E)
¹⁶May grain^(F) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops^(G) flourish like Lebanon^(H)
    and thrive^[a] like the grass of the field.^(I)
¹⁷May his name endure forever;^(J)
    may it continue as long as the sun.^(K)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,^[b]
and they will call him blessed.^(L)

¹⁸Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,^(M)
who alone does marvelous deeds.^(N)
¹⁹Praise be to his glorious name^(O) forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory.^(P)
Amen and Amen.^(Q)

²⁰This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.^(R)

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Footnotes

Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city
Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)