And he said to them, "Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this [very] reason."

Then a man with a serious skin disease came to Him and, on his knees, begged Him: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon of Cana,

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;

And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand.

If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end.

No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

Truly I tell you, all of mankind's sins and the abusive language that they use in speaking against God [and men] can be forgiven.

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit and His power [by attributing the miracles done by Me to Satan] never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin [a sin which is unforgivable in this present age as well as in the age to come]”—

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables?

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,

yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

And they were extremely afraid, and said to one another, "Who can this man be that even the wind and water obey him?"

So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”

send them away that they may go into the country and villages around, and buy themselves bread, for they have not anything they can eat.

But he answered, "Give them food yourselves." They said to him, "Can we go and buy forty dollars' worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

She answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yd you can help me, for the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

He said to her, "If you can say that, go home; the demon has left your daughter."

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?

So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

He looked up and said, "I can see the people: I see them like trees--only walking."

And He called the crowd to Him, along with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be my follower, he should deny himself [i.e., of always having his own way] and accept his cross [i.e., his responsibilities, with all their difficulties] and then he can become my follower.

For what will a man give in exchange for his soul and eternal life [in God’s kingdom]?

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

The demon has often thrown him both into fire and into water, intending to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”

Jesus said to him, “[You say to Me,] ‘If You can?’ All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts [in Me]!”

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

For whosoever may give you a cup of water in my name, because you are Christ's, truly I say unto you, can not lose his reward.

And if thy hand may offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to go into life maimed, rather than having two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that can not be quenched.

And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life halting, than having both feet to be cast into hell, into the fire which never can be quenched:

Everyone must be seasoned with fire. Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, how can you season it again?

Salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes deprived of its salt content, by what can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Truly, I say unto you, Whosoever may not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, can not enter into it.

And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

But shall we say, ‘From men?’” —they were afraid [to answer because] of the crowd, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.

But [because he] knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at [it]!"

Jesus began to say, as He taught in [a portico or court of] the temple, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

David himself calls Him (the Son, the Messiah) ‘Lord’; so how can it be that He is David’s Son?” The large crowd enjoyed hearing Jesus and listened to Him with delight.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can.

For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

And on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go [and] prepare, so that you can eat the Passover?"

and whatever house he enters, tell the master of the house, 'The Rabbi asks, Where is my room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'

They began to be grieved, and to be saying unto him, one by one, - Can it be, I?

And he continued to say the more positively, If it may behoove me to die with thee, I can never deny thee. And all continued to say likewise.

Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.

It was nine o'clock in the morning and they crucified Him. [Note: John 19:14 indicates that the crucifixion took place about noon. This can be harmonized if we take Mark's account to mean when the entire process began].

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.

This 'Christ, the king of Israel,' let him now come down from the cross so we can see it and believe in him." And the thieves who were being crucified with Him also spoke abusively to Him.

Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."