saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Thou hast come to destroy us; we know who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned each other, saying, What is this? New teaching with authority; even the unclean spirits doth he command, and they obey him!

And he healed many that were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.

But he went away, and began to publish it constantly, and to spread the matter abroad, so that Jesus could no more enter a city openly, but was without in desert places; and they came to him from every quarter.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, even at the door; and he was speaking the word to them.

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins,he saith to the palsied man,

No one seweth a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment; for the new piece teareth away from the old garment, and a worse rent is made.

And no one putteth new wine into old skins; for the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins.

Moreover, no one can enter into a strong mans house, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath no forgiveness forever, but is exposed to everlasting sin.

And others fell on rocky ground, where they had not much earth; and they sprung up immediately, because they had no depth of earth.

But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them, and they yielded no fruit.

And he saith to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all the parables?

and have no root in themselves, but endure only for a time; then, when affliction or persecution ariseth on account of the word, they immediately fall away.

because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been snapped asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces; and no one could master him;

Now there was there, by the mountain, a great herd of swine feeding.

And he suffered no one to follow him except Peter and James, and John the brother of James.

And he charged them strictly that no one should know it, and bade that something should be given her to eat.

and commanded them that they should take nothing for the way but a staff only; no bread, no bag, no money in their girdle;

And he saith to them, Come ye by yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going; and they had no leisure, even to eat.

And many saw them departing, and knew them, and ran together on foot thither from all the cities, and arrived before them.

And late in the day his disciples came to him, and said, This is a desert place, and it is now late;

He saith to them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

ye suffer him no longer to do anything for his father or his mother;

And rising up, he departed thence into the borders of Tyre; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.

And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more did they publish it.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have remained with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

And knowing it, he saith to them, Why are ye reasoning, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your mind still blinded?

And he strictly charged them to tell no one concerning him.

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

For he knew not what to answer; for they were struck with terror.

And suddenly looking round, they no longer saw any one but Jesus alone with themselves.

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.

And Jesus seeing that the multitude came running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, Dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

And departing thence, they passed through Galilee; and he would not that any one should know it.

But Jesus said, Forbid him not. For no one, who shall do a miracle in my name, can readily speak evil of me.

and the two shall become one flesh." So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, There is no one who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,

who will not receive a hundredfold in the time that now is, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come everlasting life.

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 Jesus, calling them to him, saith to them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the nations lord it over them, and their great men exercise a strict authority over them.

and saith to them, Go to the village over against you; and immediately on entering it ye will find a colt tied, on which no man hath yet sat; loose and bring it.

And he entered Jerusalem, and the temple; and having looked round on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany, with the twelve.

And he answering said to it, Let no one eat fruit from thee henceforth for ever. And his disciples heard him.

and he suffered no one to carry any vessel through the temple.

And they answered and said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus saith to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

And they sought to seize him, but feared the multitude; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And they left him, and went away.

And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Then come to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a mans brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

And the second took her and died, leaving no seed; and the third likewise.

And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died.

Jesus said to them, Do ye not err on this account, that ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

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

And the scribe said to him, In truth, Teacher, thou hast well said, that He is one, and that there is no other but he;

And Jesus, perceiving that he answered wisely, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And after this no one dared to question him.

And Jesus began to say to them, See that no one deceive you.

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.

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen whom he chose, he shortened the days.

And from the figtree learn its parable. When its branch hath now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that summer is near.

So also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is near, at the doors.

But that day or hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is.

so also watch ye; for ye know not when the master of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning;

Truly do I say to you, I shall not drink hereafter of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

And the highpriest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Dost thou make no answer to what these men testify against thee?

But he denied, saying, I do not know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the forecourt; and a cock crew.

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

And Pilate asked him again, Dost thou make no answer? See what things they are testifying against thee!

But Jesus made no further answer; so that Pilate marveled.

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

For he knew that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him were reviling him.

And evening having now come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

{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 these signs will accompany believers: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;