'The very dust of your town that clings to us, we wipe off from our feet as a protest. But mark this, the Reign of God is near!'

and when the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord," he said, "Unless I see his hands with the mark of the nails, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe it."

When he grasped the situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a number had met for prayer.

After fulfilling their commission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who is surnamed Mark.

But while Barnabas wanted to take John (who was called Mark) along with them,

So in irritation they parted company, Barnabas taking Mark with him and sailing for Cyprus,

Was a man circumcised at the time he was called? Then he is not to efface the marks of it. Has any man been called when he was uncircumcised? Then he is not to get circumcised.

Mark this: he who sows sparingly will reap sparingly, and he who sows generously will reap a generous harvest.

You had all the miracles that mark an apostle done for you fully and patiently ??miracles, wonders, and deeds of power.

Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you; so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, about whom you have got instructions (if he comes to you, give him a welcome);

Only, if anyone will not obey our orders in this letter, mark that man, do not associate with him ??that will make him feel ashamed!

The salutation is in my own hand, Paul's; that is a mark in every letter of mine. This is how I write.

Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days.

Luke is the only one who is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him along with you, for he is of great use in helping me.

So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow-workers.

Now mark the dignity of this man. The patriarch Abraham paid him a tenth of the spoils.

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.'

and he obliges all men, low and high, rich and poor, freemen and slaves alike, to have a mark put upon their right hand or their forehead,

so that no one can buy or sell unless he bears the mark, that is, the name of the Beast or the cipher of his name.

So the first went off and poured his bowl upon the land; and noisome, painful ulcers broke out on those who bore the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue.

But the Beast was seized, together with the false Prophet who had performed in his presence the miracles by means of which he seduced those who received the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue; both of them were flung alive into the lake of fire that blazes with brimstone,

And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge ??saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years.

They were followed by another, a third angel, crying aloud, "Whoever worships the Beast and his statue, and lets his forehead or hand be marked,

the smoke of their torture rises for ever and ever, and they get no rest from it, day and night, these worshippers of the Beast and his statue, and all who are marked with his name."

My proud boast is the testimony of my conscience that holiness and godly sincerity, not worldly cunning but the grace of God, have marked my conduct in the outside world and in particular my relations with you.

and so my boasting never goes beyond the limit ??it is determined by the limits of the sphere marked out for me by God. That sphere stretches to include yourselves;