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15 And kai he said legō to them autos, “ Go poreuō into eis all hapas the ho world kosmos and proclaim kēryssō the ho gospel euangelion to every pas · ho creature ktisis. 16 The ho one who believes pisteuō and kai is baptized baptizō will be saved sōzō, but de the ho one who refuses to believe apisteō will be condemned katakrinō. 17 And de these houtos signs sēmeion will accompany parakoloutheō those ho who believe pisteuō: in en · ho my egō name onoma they will cast out ekballō demons daimonion; they will speak laleō in new kainos tongues glōssa; 18 · kai with en their ho hands cheir they will pick up airō snakes ophis; and kan if they drink pinō any tis deadly thanasimos poison it will blaptō in no way ou harm blaptō them autos; they will lay epitithēmi hands cheir on epi the sick arrōstos, and kai they will recover kalōs.”

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15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;[a] 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them;[b] they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 16:17 tn Grk “tongues,” though the word is used figuratively (perhaps as a metonymy of cause for effect). To “speak in tongues” meant to “speak in a foreign language,” though one that was new to the one speaking it and therefore due to supernatural causes. For a discussion concerning whether such was a human language, heavenly language, or merely ecstatic utterance, see BDAG 201-2 s.v. γλῶσσα 2, 3; BDAG 399 s.v. ἕτερος 2; L&N 33.2-4; ExSyn 698; C. M. Robeck Jr., “Tongues,” DPL, 939-43.
  2. Mark 16:18 tn For further comment on the nature of this statement, whether it is a promise or prediction, see ExSyn 403-6.