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

And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets;

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 in the evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all that were sick, and those who were possessed by demons;

Why doth this man speak thus? He blasphemeth; who can forgive sins but God only?

And Jesus hearing it, saith to them, They who are well do not need a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

And he saith to them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, himself and they who were with him?

how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the highpriest, and ate the showbread, which it is lawful for none but the priests to eat, and gave also to those who were with him?

And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth to him whom he would; and they came to him.

And he appointed twelve to be with him, and whom he might send forth to preach,

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. And he cometh into the house.

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebul; and, He casteth out the demons through the prince of the demons.

And he answering saith to them, Who is my mother, and my brothers?

And looking round on those who sat about him, he saith, Behold my mother and my brothers.

And when he was in private, they who were about him, with the twelve, asked him about the parables.

And he said to them, To you hath been given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them, who are without, all things are done in parables; t

And these in like manner are they that are sown on the rocky places, those, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy,

And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they who hear the word,

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 they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the waves obey him?

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and not even with a chain could any one bind him any longer;

And they come to Jesus, and see him who had been possessed by demons, sitting, clothed, and in his right mind,him who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

And they who saw it told them how it befell him that was possessed by the demons, and concerning the swine.

And a woman, who had had an issue of blood twelve years,

And Jesus immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned round in the crowed, and said, Who touched my garments?

And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the multitude pressing on thee, and dost thou say, Who touched me?

And he looked round to see her who had done this.

While he was yet speaking, there came from the house I of the ruler of the synagogue some who said, Thy daughter is dead; why dost thou trouble the Teacher any further?

And they laughed him to scorn. But putting them all out, he taketh the father of the child, and the mother, and those who were with him, and entereth where the child was.

But Herod hearing of it said, John, whom I beheaded, hath risen again.

And they who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.

And when they had come out of the boat, the people immediately knowing who he was,

And there come together to him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem;

And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?

And he asked them, But who do ye say that I am? Peter answering saith to him, Thou art the Christ.

And he said to them, Truly do I say to you, There are some of those standing here who will not taste of death, till they have seen that the kingdom of God hath come with power.

And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I have brought to thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit.

But they were silent; for on the road they had been disputing with one another, who was greatest.

John said to him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name who followeth not us; and we forbade him, because he did not follow us.

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

And Jesus, looking round, saith to his disciples, How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom t of God!

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

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 many who are first will be last; and the last first.

but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but it will be given to those for whom it hath been prepared.

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 some of those who were standing there said to them, What are ye about, loosing the colt?

And they come to Jerusalem. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves;

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one, that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

and they said to him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?

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

And he said in his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets,

who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.

And he called to him his disciples, and said to them, Truly do I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury.

But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not,let him that readeth understand,then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;

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.

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 one of those who stood by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the highpriest, and cut off his ear.

And the maidservant, seeing him, began again to say to those who were standing by, This is one of them.

And he denied it again. And shortly after, those who were standing by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean.

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

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

And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with insurgents who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And Pilate answering again said to them, What then would ye have me do with him whom ye call the king of the Jews?

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenaean, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, See! he is calling for Elijah.

And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that he so expired, said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

There were also women looking on from a distance; among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and rendered him their services; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable councilor, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came, and boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

And they said to one another, Who will roll away for us the stone from the door of the tomb?

But he saith to them, Be not affrighted; ye seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he hath risen; he is not here; behold the place where they laid 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.

She went and reported it to those who had been with him, who were mourning and weeping.

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.