# Mark Corpus: World English Bible Language: English Script: Latin Edition: World English Bible, 2020 stable text edition Source: https://ebible.org/eng-web/index.htm License: https://ebible.org/eng-web/copyright.htm ## Chapters - [Chapter 1](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/001.md) (45 verses) - [Chapter 2](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/002.md) (28 verses) - [Chapter 3](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/003.md) (35 verses) - [Chapter 4](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/004.md) (41 verses) - [Chapter 5](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/005.md) (43 verses) - [Chapter 6](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/006.md) (56 verses) - [Chapter 7](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/007.md) (37 verses) - [Chapter 8](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/008.md) (38 verses) - [Chapter 9](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/009.md) (50 verses) - [Chapter 10](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/010.md) (52 verses) - [Chapter 11](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/011.md) (33 verses) - [Chapter 12](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/012.md) (44 verses) - [Chapter 13](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/013.md) (37 verses) - [Chapter 14](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/014.md) (72 verses) - [Chapter 15](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/015.md) (47 verses) - [Chapter 16](/texts/bible/en/web/mark/016.md) (20 verses) ## Chapter 1 ### Verse 1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ### Verse 2 As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you: ### Verse 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’” ### Verse 4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. ### Verse 5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. ### Verse 6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. ### Verse 7 He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen. ### Verse 8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.” ### Verse 9 In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ### Verse 10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ### Verse 11 A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” ### Verse 12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. ### Verse 13 He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him. ### Verse 14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom, ### Verse 15 and saying, ### Verse 16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ### Verse 17 Jesus said to them, ### Verse 18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. ### Verse 19 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. ### Verse 20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. ### Verse 21 They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. ### Verse 22 They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. ### Verse 23 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ### Verse 24 saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!” ### Verse 25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, ### Verse 26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. ### Verse 27 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!” ### Verse 28 The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area. ### Verse 29 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ### Verse 30 Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. ### Verse 31 He came and took her by the hand and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them. ### Verse 32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by demons. ### Verse 33 All the city was gathered together at the door. ### Verse 34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him. ### Verse 35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there. ### Verse 36 Simon and those who were with him searched for him. ### Verse 37 They found him and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.” ### Verse 38 He said to them, ### Verse 39 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons. ### Verse 40 A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.” ### Verse 41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, ### Verse 42 When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean. ### Verse 43 He strictly warned him and immediately sent him out, ### Verse 44 and said to him, ### Verse 45 But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere. ## Chapter 2 ### Verse 1 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was at home. ### Verse 2 Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them. ### Verse 3 Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him. ### Verse 4 When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on. ### Verse 5 Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, ### Verse 6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ### Verse 7 “Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ### Verse 8 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, ### Verse 9 ### Verse 10 —he said to the paralytic— ### Verse 11 ### Verse 12 He arose, and immediately took up the mat and went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!” ### Verse 13 He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them. ### Verse 14 As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. He said to him, And he arose and followed him. ### Verse 15 He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him. ### Verse 16 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?” ### Verse 17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, ### Verse 18 John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?” ### Verse 19 Jesus said to them, ### Verse 20 ### Verse 21 ### Verse 22 ### Verse 23 He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. ### Verse 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?” ### Verse 25 He said to them, ### Verse 26 ### Verse 27 He said to them, ### Verse 28 ## Chapter 3 ### Verse 1 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered. ### Verse 2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. ### Verse 3 He said to the man whose hand was withered, ### Verse 4 He said to them, But they were silent. ### Verse 5 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. ### Verse 6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. ### Verse 7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, ### Verse 8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. ### Verse 9 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him. ### Verse 10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. ### Verse 11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him and cried, “You are the Son of God!” ### Verse 12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known. ### Verse 13 He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him. ### Verse 14 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach ### Verse 15 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: ### Verse 16 Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); ### Verse 17 James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder); ### Verse 18 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; ### Verse 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house. ### Verse 20 The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. ### Verse 21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.” ### Verse 22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.” ### Verse 23 He summoned them and said to them in parables, ### Verse 24 ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 ### Verse 27 ### Verse 28 ### Verse 29 ### Verse 30 —because they said, “He has an unclean spirit.” ### Verse 31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. ### Verse 32 A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.” ### Verse 33 He answered them, ### Verse 34 Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, ### Verse 35 ## Chapter 4 ### Verse 1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. ### Verse 2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching, ### Verse 3 ### Verse 4 ### Verse 5 ### Verse 6 ### Verse 7 ### Verse 8 ### Verse 9 He said, ### Verse 10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. ### Verse 11 He said to them, ### Verse 12 ### Verse 13 He said to them, ### Verse 14 ### Verse 15 ### Verse 16 ### Verse 17 ### Verse 18 ### Verse 19 ### Verse 20 ### Verse 21 He said to them, ### Verse 22 ### Verse 23 ### Verse 24 He said to them, ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 He said, ### Verse 27 ### Verse 28 ### Verse 29 ### Verse 30 He said, ### Verse 31 ### Verse 32 ### Verse 33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. ### Verse 34 Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. ### Verse 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ### Verse 36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him. ### Verse 37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled. ### Verse 38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and asked him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?” ### Verse 39 He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, The wind ceased and there was a great calm. ### Verse 40 He said to them, ### Verse 41 They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” ## Chapter 5 ### Verse 1 They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. ### Verse 2 When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs. ### Verse 3 He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains, ### Verse 4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him. ### Verse 5 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. ### Verse 6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him, ### Verse 7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.” ### Verse 8 For he said to him, ### Verse 9 He asked him, He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” ### Verse 10 He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country. ### Verse 11 Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding. ### Verse 12 All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.” ### Verse 13 At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea. ### Verse 14 Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened. ### Verse 15 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid. ### Verse 16 Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs. ### Verse 17 They began to beg him to depart from their region. ### Verse 18 As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him. ### Verse 19 He didn’t allow him, but said to him, ### Verse 20 He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled. ### Verse 21 When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. ### Verse 22 Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet ### Verse 23 and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.” ### Verse 24 He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides. ### Verse 25 A certain woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years, ### Verse 26 and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse, ### Verse 27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes. ### Verse 28 For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well.” ### Verse 29 Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. ### Verse 30 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, ### Verse 31 His disciples said to him, “You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’” ### Verse 32 He looked around to see her who had done this thing. ### Verse 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. ### Verse 34 He said to her, ### Verse 35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?” ### Verse 36 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, ### Verse 37 He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. ### Verse 38 He came to the synagogue ruler’s house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing. ### Verse 39 When he had entered in, he said to them, ### Verse 40 They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying. ### Verse 41 Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, which means, being interpreted, ### Verse 42 Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement. ### Verse 43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat. ## Chapter 6 ### Verse 1 He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him. ### Verse 2 When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands? ### Verse 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended at him. ### Verse 4 Jesus said to them, ### Verse 5 He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. ### Verse 6 He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching. ### Verse 7 He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits. ### Verse 8 He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse, ### Verse 9 but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics. ### Verse 10 He said to them, ### Verse 11 ### Verse 12 They went out and preached that people should repent. ### Verse 13 They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick and healed them. ### Verse 14 King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.” ### Verse 15 But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.” ### Verse 16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.” ### Verse 17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her. ### Verse 18 For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ### Verse 19 Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t, ### Verse 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly. ### Verse 21 Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee. ### Verse 22 When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.” ### Verse 23 He swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.” ### Verse 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.” ### Verse 25 She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.” ### Verse 26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her. ### Verse 27 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the prison, ### Verse 28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother. ### Verse 29 When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb. ### Verse 30 The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught. ### Verse 31 He said to them, For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. ### Verse 32 They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. ### Verse 33 They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him. ### Verse 34 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. ### Verse 35 When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is late in the day. ### Verse 36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.” ### Verse 37 But he answered them, They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?” ### Verse 38 He said to them, When they knew, they said, “Five, and two fish.” ### Verse 39 He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass. ### Verse 40 They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. ### Verse 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish; and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all. ### Verse 42 They all ate and were filled. ### Verse 43 They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish. ### Verse 44 Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men. ### Verse 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away. ### Verse 46 After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray. ### Verse 47 When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land. ### Verse 48 Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them, ### Verse 49 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; ### Verse 50 for they all saw him and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them and said to them, ### Verse 51 He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled; ### Verse 52 for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. ### Verse 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. ### Verse 54 When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him, ### Verse 55 and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick on their mats to where they heard he was. ### Verse 56 Wherever he entered—into villages, or into cities, or into the country—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well. ## Chapter 7 ### Verse 1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. ### Verse 2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault. ### Verse 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. ### Verse 4 They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) ### Verse 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?” ### Verse 6 He answered them, ### Verse 7 ### Verse 8 ### Verse 9 He said to them, ### Verse 10 ### Verse 11 that is to say, given to God, ### Verse 12 ### Verse 13 ### Verse 14 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, ### Verse 15 ### Verse 16 ### Verse 17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. ### Verse 18 He said to them, ### Verse 19 ### Verse 20 He said, ### Verse 21 ### Verse 22 ### Verse 23 ### Verse 24 From there he arose and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice. ### Verse 25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. ### Verse 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. ### Verse 27 But Jesus said to her, ### Verse 28 But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” ### Verse 29 He said to her, ### Verse 30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out. ### Verse 31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis. ### Verse 32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. ### Verse 33 He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue. ### Verse 34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, that is, ### Verse 35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly. ### Verse 36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. ### Verse 37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!” ## Chapter 8 ### Verse 1 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them, ### Verse 2 ### Verse 3 ### Verse 4 His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?” ### Verse 5 He asked them, They said, “Seven.” ### Verse 6 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude. ### Verse 7 They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also. ### Verse 8 They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over. ### Verse 9 Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away. ### Verse 10 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha. ### Verse 11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing him. ### Verse 12 He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, ### Verse 13 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side. ### Verse 14 They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them. ### Verse 15 He warned them, saying, ### Verse 16 They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.” ### Verse 17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, ### Verse 18 ### Verse 19 They told him, “Twelve.” ### Verse 20 They told him, “Seven.” ### Verse 21 He asked them, ### Verse 22 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. ### Verse 23 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. ### Verse 24 He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.” ### Verse 25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly. ### Verse 26 He sent him away to his house, saying, ### Verse 27 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, ### Verse 28 They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others, one of the prophets.” ### Verse 29 He said to them, Peter answered, “You are the Christ.” ### Verse 30 He commanded them that they should tell no one about him. ### Verse 31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ### Verse 32 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him. ### Verse 33 But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, ### Verse 34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, ### Verse 35 ### Verse 36 ### Verse 37 ### Verse 38 ## Chapter 9 ### Verse 1 He said to them, ### Verse 2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them. ### Verse 3 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. ### Verse 4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus. ### Verse 5 Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ### Verse 6 For he didn’t know what to say, for they were very afraid. ### Verse 7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” ### Verse 8 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only. ### Verse 9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ### Verse 10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant. ### Verse 11 They asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” ### Verse 12 He said to them, ### Verse 13 ### Verse 14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them. ### Verse 15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him. ### Verse 16 He asked the scribes, ### Verse 17 One of the multitude answered, “Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit; ### Verse 18 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren’t able.” ### Verse 19 He answered him, ### Verse 20 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth. ### Verse 21 He asked his father, He said, “From childhood. ### Verse 22 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” ### Verse 23 Jesus said to him, ### Verse 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!” ### Verse 25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, ### Verse 26 After crying out and convulsing him greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead, so much that most of them said, “He is dead.” ### Verse 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him up; and he arose. ### Verse 28 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” ### Verse 29 He said to them, ### Verse 30 They went out from there and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it, ### Verse 31 for he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, ### Verse 32 But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. ### Verse 33 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, ### Verse 34 But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest. ### Verse 35 He sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, ### Verse 36 He took a little child and set him in the middle of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, ### Verse 37 ### Verse 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone who doesn’t follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.” ### Verse 39 But Jesus said, ### Verse 40 ### Verse 41 ### Verse 42 ### Verse 43 ### Verse 44 ### Verse 45 ### Verse 46 ### Verse 47 ### Verse 48 ### Verse 49 ### Verse 50 ## Chapter 10 ### Verse 1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. ### Verse 2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” ### Verse 3 He answered, ### Verse 4 They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.” ### Verse 5 But Jesus said to them, ### Verse 6 ### Verse 7 ### Verse 8 ### Verse 9 ### Verse 10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. ### Verse 11 He said to them, ### Verse 12 ### Verse 13 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. ### Verse 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation and said to them, ### Verse 15 ### Verse 16 He took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them. ### Verse 17 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” ### Verse 18 Jesus said to him, ### Verse 19 ### Verse 20 He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.” ### Verse 21 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, ### Verse 22 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. ### Verse 23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ### Verse 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?” ### Verse 27 Jesus, looking at them, said, ### Verse 28 Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed you.” ### Verse 29 Jesus said, ### Verse 30 ### Verse 31 ### Verse 32 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him. ### Verse 33 ### Verse 34 ### Verse 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.” ### Verse 36 He said to them, ### Verse 37 They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.” ### Verse 38 But Jesus said to them, ### Verse 39 They said to him, “We are able.” Jesus said to them, ### Verse 40 ### Verse 41 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John. ### Verse 42 Jesus summoned them and said to them, ### Verse 43 ### Verse 44 ### Verse 45 ### Verse 46 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. ### Verse 47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!” ### Verse 48 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!” ### Verse 49 Jesus stood still and said, They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!” ### Verse 50 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. ### Verse 51 Jesus asked him, The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.” ### Verse 52 Jesus said to him, Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way. ## Chapter 11 ### Verse 1 When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ### Verse 2 and said to them, ### Verse 3 ### Verse 4 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him. ### Verse 5 Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?” ### Verse 6 They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go. ### Verse 7 They brought the young donkey to Jesus and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it. ### Verse 8 Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. ### Verse 9 Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ### Verse 10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” ### Verse 11 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. ### Verse 12 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. ### Verse 13 Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. ### Verse 14 Jesus told it, and his disciples heard it. ### Verse 15 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. ### Verse 16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple. ### Verse 17 He taught, saying to them, ### Verse 18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching. ### Verse 19 When evening came, he went out of the city. ### Verse 20 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. ### Verse 21 Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.” ### Verse 22 Jesus answered them, ### Verse 23 ### Verse 24 ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 ### Verse 27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him, ### Verse 28 and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?” ### Verse 29 Jesus said to them, ### Verse 30 ### Verse 31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ### Verse 32 If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet. ### Verse 33 They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them, ## Chapter 12 ### Verse 1 He began to speak to them in parables. ### Verse 2 ### Verse 3 ### Verse 4 ### Verse 5 ### Verse 6 ### Verse 7 ### Verse 8 ### Verse 9 ### Verse 10 ### Verse 11 ### Verse 12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him and went away. ### Verse 13 They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words. ### Verse 14 When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? ### Verse 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, ### Verse 16 They brought it. He said to them, They said to him, “Caesar’s.” ### Verse 17 Jesus answered them, They marveled greatly at him. ### Verse 18 Some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him, saying, ### Verse 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’ ### Verse 20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. ### Verse 21 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; ### Verse 22 and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died. ### Verse 23 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.” ### Verse 24 Jesus answered them, ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 ### Verse 27 ### Verse 28 One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?” ### Verse 29 Jesus answered, ### Verse 30 ### Verse 31 ### Verse 32 The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he; ### Verse 33 and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ### Verse 34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, No one dared ask him any question after that. ### Verse 35 Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, ### Verse 36 ### Verse 37 The common people heard him gladly. ### Verse 38 In his teaching he said to them, ### Verse 39 ### Verse 40 ### Verse 41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. ### Verse 42 A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. ### Verse 43 He called his disciples to himself and said to them, ### Verse 44 ## Chapter 13 ### Verse 1 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!” ### Verse 2 Jesus said to him, ### Verse 3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, ### Verse 4 “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?” ### Verse 5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, ### Verse 6 ### Verse 7 ### Verse 8 ### Verse 9 ### Verse 10 ### Verse 11 ### Verse 12 ### Verse 13 ### Verse 14 (let the reader understand), ### Verse 15 ### Verse 16 ### Verse 17 ### Verse 18 ### Verse 19 ### Verse 20 ### Verse 21 ### Verse 22 ### Verse 23 ### Verse 24 ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 ### Verse 27 ### Verse 28 ### Verse 29 ### Verse 30 ### Verse 31 ### Verse 32 ### Verse 33 ### Verse 34 ### Verse 35 ### Verse 36 ### Verse 37 ## Chapter 14 ### Verse 1 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception and kill him. ### Verse 2 For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.” ### Verse 3 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar and poured it over his head. ### Verse 4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted? ### Verse 5 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” So they grumbled against her. ### Verse 6 But Jesus said, ### Verse 7 ### Verse 8 ### Verse 9 ### Verse 10 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them. ### Verse 11 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him. ### Verse 12 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?” ### Verse 13 He sent two of his disciples and said to them, ### Verse 14 ### Verse 15 ### Verse 16 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. ### Verse 17 When it was evening he came with the twelve. ### Verse 18 As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, ### Verse 19 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?” ### Verse 20 He answered them, ### Verse 21 ### Verse 22 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to them, and said, ### Verse 23 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it. ### Verse 24 He said to them, ### Verse 25 ### Verse 26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. ### Verse 27 Jesus said to them, ### Verse 28 ### Verse 29 But Peter said to him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.” ### Verse 30 Jesus said to him, ### Verse 31 But he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing. ### Verse 32 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, ### Verse 33 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. ### Verse 34 He said to them, ### Verse 35 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. ### Verse 36 He said, ### Verse 37 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, ### Verse 38 ### Verse 39 Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. ### Verse 40 Again he returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they didn’t know what to answer him. ### Verse 41 He came the third time and said to them, ### Verse 42 ### Verse 43 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came—and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. ### Verse 44 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.” ### Verse 45 When he had come, immediately he came to him and said, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him. ### Verse 46 They laid their hands on him and seized him. ### Verse 47 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. ### Verse 48 Jesus answered them, ### Verse 49 ### Verse 50 They all left him, and fled. ### Verse 51 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself over his naked body. The young men grabbed him, ### Verse 52 but he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. ### Verse 53 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him. ### Verse 54 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire. ### Verse 55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. ### Verse 56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other. ### Verse 57 Some stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying, ### Verse 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’” ### Verse 59 Even so, their testimony didn’t agree. ### Verse 60 The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?” ### Verse 61 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” ### Verse 62 Jesus said, ### Verse 63 The high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? ### Verse 64 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death. ### Verse 65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands. ### Verse 66 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came, ### Verse 67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!” ### Verse 68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed. ### Verse 69 The maid saw him and began again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of them.” ### Verse 70 But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.” ### Verse 71 But he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!” ### Verse 72 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the words that Jesus said to him, When he thought about that, he wept. ## Chapter 15 ### Verse 1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. ### Verse 2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, ### Verse 3 The chief priests accused him of many things. ### Verse 4 Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!” ### Verse 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled. ### Verse 6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him. ### Verse 7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. ### Verse 8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. ### Verse 9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” ### Verse 10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. ### Verse 11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. ### Verse 12 Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?” ### Verse 13 They cried out again, “Crucify him!” ### Verse 14 Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!” ### Verse 15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified. ### Verse 16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. ### Verse 17 They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ### Verse 18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” ### Verse 19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him. ### Verse 20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him. ### Verse 21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross. ### Verse 22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.” ### Verse 23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it. ### Verse 24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. ### Verse 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him. ### Verse 26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” ### Verse 27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left. ### Verse 28 The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.” ### Verse 29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, ### Verse 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” ### Verse 31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself. ### Verse 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him. ### Verse 33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ### Verse 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, which is, being interpreted, ### Verse 35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ### Verse 36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.” ### Verse 37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. ### Verse 38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. ### Verse 39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” ### Verse 40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; ### Verse 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. ### Verse 42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ### Verse 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. ### Verse 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. ### Verse 45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ### Verse 46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. ### Verse 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid. ## Chapter 16 ### Verse 1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. ### Verse 2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ### Verse 3 They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” ### Verse 4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back. ### Verse 5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. ### Verse 6 He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him! ### Verse 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’” ### Verse 8 They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. ### Verse 9 Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ### Verse 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ### Verse 11 When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. ### Verse 12 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them as they walked, on their way into the country. ### Verse 13 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either. ### Verse 14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table; and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen. ### Verse 15 He said to them, ### Verse 16 ### Verse 17 ### Verse 18 ### Verse 19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. ### Verse 20 They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.