And a voice called out from heaven, saying, "You are my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with you."

They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught.

The people listened with amazement to His teaching--for there was authority about it: it was very different from that of the Scribes--

And at that very moment, there in their synagogue, a man in the grip of an unclean spirit shrieked out.

And in the morning, very early, Jesus arose and went out into a solitary place, and there prayed.

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."

Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.

But going out, he began to proclaim it very much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was outside in deserted places. And they came to Him from every quarter.

and he ask'd them, is it allowed to do good, or to do mischief on the sabbath-days? to save life, or to kill? but they were very silent.

And again he began to teach beside the sea, and a very large crowd was gathered to him, so that he got into a boat [and] sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the sea on the land.

They were very much frightened, and said to one another, "Who can He be that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"

and he was very importunate with Jesus not to drive them away from that country.

When they came to Jesus, they found the possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind--the very man who had had the 'Legion' in him--and they were awe-struck.

And he very strongly charged them that no person should know it; and ordered something to be given her to eat.

And if any place refuses to welcome you or to listen to you, when you leave there shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

But when Herod heard [of it], he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen [from the dead]!”

For this very Herod had sent and seized John and bound him and put him in prison, just to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

for Herod stood in awe of John, because he knew that he was an upright and holy man, and so he protected him. When he heard him speak, he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

when the daughter of this very Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those reclining together, and, the king, said unto the damsel - Ask me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee;

Then she rushed at once before the king, and made this request, "I want you this very minute to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

And the king, while made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with him would not break his word with her.

When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

becoming [very] frightened when they saw Him. But He immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage, and do not be afraid, it is I."

He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;

And He answered them, "Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites very well when he wrote [Isa. 29:13], 'These people honor me with their lips [i.e., by what they say], but their heart is far from [honoring] me.

In those days when there was a very great company, and had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said unto them,

if I send them home fasting, they will faint by the way: for some of them are come very far.

And fetching a deep sigh from his very soul, he saith, Why seeketh this generation a sign? verily I tell you, no sign shall be given to this generation.

And he said unto them, "But whom say ye that I am?" Peter answered and said unto him, "Thou art very Christ."

Jesus then began teaching them that the Son of man must suffer very much, be rejected by the [Jewish] elders, leading priests, and experts in the law of Moses and be killed, but rise again [from the dead] after three days.

And his raiment did shine, and was made very white, even as snow: so white as no fuller can make upon the earth.

For he knew not what he should say: for they were very much affrighted.

As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

it is true, said he, that Elias must come beforehand to establish every thing, and that it was predicted of him, as well as of the son of man, that he should suffer very much, and be treated with contempt.

The whole crowd was very surprised to see Jesus and ran to welcome him.

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 at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

And they were very astounded, saying to one another, "And who can be saved?"

who shall not receive an hundred-fold more now, at this very time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecution, and in the world to come life everlasting.

When the other ten heard of it, they were at first very indignant at James and John.

In the morning as they were coming back, they saw the fig-tree withered away to the very roots.

But if we shall say, 'Of men,' then fear we the people. For all men counted John, that he was a very prophet."

And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had the very same wife.

He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!"

the Scribe replied, what you have said, master, is very true, there is one God, and no other but he.

When Jesus saw that this man answered wisely, He said to him, "You are not [very] far from the kingdom of God." And after that, no one dared to ask Him any more questions.

And a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.

For all of them threw in from their abundance, but being very poor, she threw in everything she had, even all she had to live on."

now when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not sollicitous about your defence, don't premeditate upon it; but what shall be suggested to you at the very occasion, that deliver: for it is not you that will plead, but the holy spirit.

and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, to lead astray the very chosen, if they can.

so, whenever you see this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly; and'she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.

for this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they spoke very angrily at her.

And when they [i.e., the leading priests] realized this, they were very pleased and promised to give him money. So, Judas began looking for a convenient way to turn Jesus over to these Jewish leaders.

They began to be very sad and asked him, one after the other, "Surely I am not the one, am I?"

And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, this day, during this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times.

and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

And said unto them, "My soul is very heavy even unto the death, tarry here and watch."

He again went away and prayed, using the very same words.

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

At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders.

Very early in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

So Joseph purchased a [fine] linen cloth [for wrapping the body], and after taking Jesus down [from the cross], he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and placed Him in a tomb which had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a [large, wheel-shaped] stone against the entrance of the tomb.

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

They said to themselves, "Who will roll away the boulder for us at the opening of the tomb?" (for it was a very large boulder).

for it was very great. And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

{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.