as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;"

And immediately on coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens parted, and the Spirit descending as a dove upon him.

And as he was passing along by the lake of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon dragging a net in the lake; for they were fishers.

And they were astonished at his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

And it came to pass, that he was going through the grainfields on the sabbath, and his disciples began, as they went along, to pluck the ears of grain.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had plagues pressed upon him to touch him.

And again a multitude cometh together, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

And it came to pass, as he sowed some seeds fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.

And others fell on good ground, and shooting up and growing yielded fruit; and bore as much as thirty, and sixty, and a hundred fold.

And these are they who are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it; and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred fold.

And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast seed upon the ground,

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, as he was, in the boat; and there were also other boats with him.

And whatever place shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye go thence, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony to them.

And others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

and the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those at table with him; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give thee, to the half of my kingdom.

And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

And when he came forth, he saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

And wherever he entered into villages or cities or the open country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

then the Pharisees and scribes ask him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with defiled hands?

And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."

And he looked up, and said, I can see men, for I see them as trees, walking.

For what can a man give as an exchange for his life?

And his garments became glistening, very white, so as no fuller on earth can whiten.

And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them to give no account of what they had seen to any one, till the Son of man should have risen from the dead.

But I say to you that Elijah hath come, and they have done to him whatever they would; as it hath been written concerning him.

And they brought him to him. And as soon as he saw him, the spirit convulsed him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed, foaming.

And uttering a cry, and convulsing him much, it came out of him. And he became as one dead; so that very many said, He is dead.

But they understood not what he said, and were afraid to ask him.

And departing thence, he cometh into the borders of Judaea, and to the other side of the Jordan; and multitudes again come together to him; and, as he was wont, he again taught them.

Truly do I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a child, will not enter therein.

And as he was going out into the way, a certain one running up and kneeling to him, asked him, Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit everlasting life?

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying to him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask thee.

But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

And they come to Jericho; and as he was going out of Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the wayside.

And they said to them as Jesus had commanded; and they let them go.

And in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the figtree withered from the roots.

Therefore I say to you, All things whatever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye have obtained, and ye shall have them.

And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders;

And Jesus said to them, I will ask you one question; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

But shall we say, From men? They feared the people; for all regarded John as truly a prophet.

For when they have risen from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.

The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love ones neighbor as ones self, is more than all the whole burntofferings and the sacrifices.

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, Teacher, see! what stones, and what buildings!

And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And when they lead you away to deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand as to what ye shall speak; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

For those days will be a time of distress, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, nor shall be.

As a man going abroad, having left his house and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter to watch,

And when he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster bottle of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and breaking the bottle, she poured it on his head.

And the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had told them; and they made ready the passover.

And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, that one of you will betray me,one that is eating with me.

For the Son of man indeed goeth away, as it hath been written concerning him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Well were it for that man if he had not been born.

And as they were eating, he took a loaf, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, Take; this is my body.

And Jesus answering said to them, Ye have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me.

Ye have heard the blasphemy; what think ye? And they all condemned him as deserving the punishment of death.

And as Peter was below in the court, there cometh one of the maidservants of the highpriest;

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests, having held a consultation with the elders and the scribes, and the whole council, bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they might ask.

And the multitude, coming up, began to ask him to do as he had been wont to do for them.

But go, tell his disciples and Peter, that he is going before you into Galilee; there ye will see him, as he said to you.

{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.

After this, he manifested himself in another form to two of them as they walked, going into the country.

Afterward he manifested himself to the eleven themselves, as they were reclining at table, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.