As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you:

at which they were all so amazed, that they ask'd one another, what's the meaning of all this? what new doctrine is here? for he commands with authority even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

And Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of a fever, and anon they told him of her.

And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever forsook her by and by: And she ministered unto them.

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth"--here he said to the paralyzed man--

He said to the man whose hand was withered, “Get up and come forward!”

there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside."

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

Yet, when sown, shoots up, and becomes larger than any other herb, and puts out great branches, so that even 'the wild birds can roost in its shelter.'"

And there was there, nigh unto the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,

and all the devils besought him saying, "Send us into the herd of swine, that we may enter into them."

And anon Jesus gave them leave; And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine. And the herd startled, and ran headlong into the sea. They were about two thousand swine, and they were drowned in the sea.

and besought him greatly saying, "My daughter lieth at point of death, I would thou wouldst come and lay thy hand on her, that she might be safe and live."

come and lay thy hands on her that she may be healed, and she shall live. And he went with him, and much people followed him and thronged him.

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

and suffered much from many physicians, and spent all her means, and profited, nothing, - but had, rather, become worse,

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.

And straight way her fountain of blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the plague.

And he looked round about, for to see her that had done that thing.

The woman feared and trembled, for she knew what was done within her. And she came and fell down before him and told him the truth of everything.

And he said unto her, "Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."

So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing.

And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.

And took the maiden by the hand, and said unto her, "Talitha, cumi," which is by interpretation, "maiden I say unto thee, arise."

And straight the maiden arose, and went on her feet. For she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished at it out of measure.

And he charged them straightly that no man should know of it; and commanded to give her meat.

Is not this that carpenter: Mary's son, the brother of James, and Joseph and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by the reason of him.

For Herod himself had sent forth, and had taken John, and bound him and cast him into prison for Herodias' sake, which was his brother Philip's wife. For he had married her.

But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

however, a favourable opportunity happen'd for her, upon Herod's making an entertainment the birth-night, for all the great officers of the court, and army, and persons of the first distinction in Galilee.

for Herodias made her appearance there, and danc'd with such an engaging air in the eye of Herod, as well as of all the company, that the king thus addrest himself to the young lady, "ask of me whatever you please, and it shall be granted."

And he sware unto her, "Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, even unto the one half of my kingdom."

And she went forth and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "John Baptist's head."

So she at once hurried in to the king and made her request, "I want you," she said, "to give me, without delay, the head of John the Baptist on a charger."

And the king was sorry. Yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat at supper also, he would not put her beside her purpose.

And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a charger and gave it to the maiden, and the maiden gave it to her mother.

He said to them, "You men, leave here and go to a deserted place and rest for awhile." For there were so many people coming and going [i.e., to listen to preaching, receive healing, etc.], that they had no opportunity even to eat.

Send the people away so that they may go to the farms and villages about here, and buy themselves something to eat."

But He answered them, "You [men] give them something to eat." And they replied, "Should we go and buy a supply of bread to give them to eat?" [Note: The amount mentioned here indicates that it was two hundred days of a farm laborer's pay, or about $14,000 in 1994].

And they sat down: here a row, and there a row, by hundreds and by fifties.

But they had no sooner left her than the people, recognizing Jesus,

and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.

After he rose and left that place, he went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Here he went into a house and wished no one to know it but he could not be hid.

For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet--

The woman was a Greek out of Syrophoenicia, and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter.

And Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be fed. For it is not meet, to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto whelps."

And he said unto her, "For this saying, go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter."

And when she was come home to her house she found the devil departed, and her daughter lying on the bed.

Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

And his disciples answered him, "Where should a man have bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these?"

Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

Here the Pharisees came out, and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for some sign from the heavens, to test him.

For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

And he said unto them, "Verily I say unto you: There be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power."

Here in their presence he was transfigured; and his clothes also became glistering with a radiant whiteness, such as no bleaching on earth could give.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Master, here is good being for us, let us make three tabernacles: one for thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He answered them and said, "O you unbelieving people, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Then Jesus and His disciples came to Capernaum [Note: This city on the northwest shore of Lake Galilee had become sort of a headquarters for Jesus when He was in this region]. When He [and His disciples] entered a house He asked them, "What were you discussing on the way here?"

And they said, "Moses suffered to write a testimonial of her divorcement, and to put her away."

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother [to establish a home with his wife],

And he said unto them, "Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, breaketh wedlock to her-ward.

And if a woman forsake her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery."

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

So Jesus stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." Then they told the blind man, saying, "Cheer up! Get up! He is calling for you."

and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here.

And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say 'The Lord has need of it, and will send it here again at once.'"

But those tenants said to one another 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.'

"Teacher, Moses wrote to us [Deut. 25:5] that if a man's brother dies, leaving his widow behind without having had any children, his brother should marry his widow and father children by her. These children would then be considered his [dead] brother's.

now there were seven brothers: the first married a wife and died, leaving her without any children.

and the second took her, and he died, and left no child; and the third, likewise;

and the seven took her, and left no child. Last of all, the woman also died.

Therefore, in the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them shall she be the wife? for the seven had her as a wife.

for they all married her. Jesus answered them, don't you see you are in a mistake, by being unacquainted with the scriptures, as well as with the power of God?

David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.

For all have thrown in out of their abundance; but she, out of her poverty, has thrown in all that she had, her whole living.

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said unto him, "Master, see what stones, and what buildings are here?"

"Do you see these great buildings?" asked Jesus. "Not a single stone will be left here upon another, which shall not be thrown down."

And when you hear of wars [going on] and rumors of [other] wars [pending], do not worry, for such things must necessarily happen. But the end has not yet come. [Note: By "end" here Jesus probably alludes to the downfall of Jerusalem in AD 70, with its attending destruction of the Temple buildings].

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

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 then, if any one say to you: Lo! here is the Christ, or, Lo! there; believe him not.

But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light,

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

What was in her power she hath done; she has seized the opportunity to anoint my body beforehand for burial.

And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

While they were reclining at the table, Jesus said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”

And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray.

And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Come, get up, here is my betrayer close at hand."

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]

Here they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He refused it.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

{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 they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.