Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

Therefore, be continually on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

What I say to you I say to everyone, ‘Be on the alert [stay awake and be continually cautious]!’”

We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

But Jesus said, Let her alone, why do ye give her uneasiness?

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

When they had been eating, Jesus took bread, and having given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to them, and said, take it, this represents my body.

And he took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them: and they all had a drink from it.

And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.

Be alert and pray, so that you do not give in to temptation. The spirit of a person is truly willing [i.e., to do a certain thing], but his physical nature is [often] too weak [to carry it out]."

then he return'd and found them still sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they did not know how to give an answer.

And he came the third time, and said to them, Go on sleeping now and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; see, the Son of man is given up into the hands of evil men.

Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

And some stood up [and] began to give false testimony against him, saying,

then the high priest rising up in the midst of the assembly, ask'd Jesus, saying, have you nothing to plead for your self? what say you to the evidence they give against you?

But Jesus kept quiet and did not give them any answer. Again the head priest asked Him, "Are you the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one]?"

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him: Give a response. And the attendants struck him with their open hands.

For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.

And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

One man ran off, soaked a sponge in vinegar, and put it on the end of a stick to give him a drink, saying, "Come on, let us see if Elijah does come to take him down!"

And having given out a great voice, Jesus expired.

When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too.

{The remaining twelve verses, according to Tischendorf and others, made originally no part of Marks Gospel. As the passage was added very early, however, since it is referred to by Irenaeus in the latter part of the second century, it is here given, as an appendix.} [And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.