About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said:

And those who ate were about four thousand, and he sent them away.

Then Jesus ordered them, saying, "Pay attention and watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees and Herod." [Note: By "Herod" is probably meant the Herodians, who were a party favorable to King Herod and, along with the Pharisees and Sadducees, were out to get Jesus. See Matt. 16:6].

Afterwards Jesus went to Bethsaida, where they presented to him a blind man, whom they entreated Jesus to touch.

miles north of Lake Galilee]. On their way, He asked His disciples, "Who are people saying that I am?"

And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?

And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.

For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

in the mean time he gave his disciples this intimation, "the son of man is going to be delivered up into the hands of men, who will put him to death, and three days after he is put to death he shall rise again."

But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.

But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

He who is not against us is for us.

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

For in hell the worm of those who are there will never die [i.e., their gnawing punishment will never cease] and the fire [there] will never go out.

Therefore, those whom God so joins together [in the marriage bond], no person must ever separate."

And he said to them, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his former wife,

And they brought children to him, so that he would touch them. And the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

Jesus, however, on seeing this, was moved to indignation, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me: do not hinder them; for to those who are childlike the Kingdom of God belongs.

In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it."

When he was set out upon his journey, there met him one, who kneeling down before him, said, good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? there is but one, who is good, that is God.

But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

"My sons, how hard it is for those who trust in money to enter the kingdom of God. It is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."

And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

now, said he, we are going to Jerusalem, where the son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests, and to the Scribes, who will condemn him to die, and deliver him to the Gentiles.

Who will mock him, spit upon him, and scourge him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who sat beside the road,

who thereupon spoke to him, and said, what would you have me do for you? the blind man replied, Lord, I desire to have my sight.

And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?

And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:

Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

And they came to Jerusalem; and he went into the Temple, and sent out those who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who were offering doves for money;

And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.

And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.

Again the owner of the farm sent another slave, whom they wounded in the head and shamefully abused.

And he sent another, and that one they killed. And [he sent] many others, [some] of whom they beat and [some] of whom they killed.

"Yet had he one son whom he loved tenderly, him also sent he at the last unto them, saying, 'They will fear my son.'

But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

And have ye not read this scripture: The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be into the head of the corner.

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

For when they rise from among the dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels who are in the heavens.

But concerning those who are raised from the dead, have you never read in the book of Moses, in the incident about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying [Ex. 3:6], 'I am Abraham's God, and Isaac's God, and Jacob's God?'

[So], He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive. You are seriously mistaken."

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is the first commandment of all?

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and greetings in the marketplaces

and to be saluted in the market-places, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts: Who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:

Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

and there came a certain poor widow, who threw in two mites, to the value of a farthing.

And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

for there shall rise up false Christs, and false prophets, who shall work signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

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.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment?

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 while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

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.

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

All of a sudden, while he was yet speaking, appear'd Judas, one of the twelve, attended by a great number of people with swords and clubs, who were sent by the chief priests, the Scribes, and rulers.

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.

But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

And a certain young man [Note: Some think this is a reference to Mark himself], who had a linen outer garment thrown over his scantily clad body, was following Jesus until they [i.e., the soldiers and officers] took hold of him. [Note: The wording here does not indicate total nakedness, but rather the wearing of underclothing only]

And they led Jesus away to the high priest, with whom were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

there were indeed several, who depos'd what was false against him: besides, what they deposed was insufficient.

at last there appear'd some, who gave in false evidence against him,

then some began to spit on him, others cover'd his face and struck him on the head, crying out, divine, who it is. and the domestics slapt him on the cheeks.

And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

Immediately the rooster crowed for the second time and Peter was reminded of the words of Jesus, who had said to him, "You will deny [knowing] me three times before the rooster crows twice." And as he thought about this, he cried.