David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and greetings in the marketplaces

and to be saluted in the market-places, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts: Who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:

Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

and there came a certain poor widow, who threw in two mites, to the value of a farthing.

And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

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 if the Lord had not shortened the days, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

for there shall rise up false Christs, and false prophets, who shall work signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, even the elect.

But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment?

And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

All of a sudden, while he was yet speaking, appear'd Judas, one of the twelve, attended by a great number of people with swords and clubs, who were sent by the chief priests, the Scribes, and rulers.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

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]

And they led Jesus away to the high priest, with whom were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

there were indeed several, who depos'd what was false against him: besides, what they deposed was insufficient.

at last there appear'd some, who gave in false evidence against him,

then some began to spit on him, others cover'd his face and struck him on the head, crying out, divine, who it is. and the domestics slapt him on the cheeks.

And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

Immediately the rooster crowed for the second time and Peter was reminded of the words of Jesus, who had said to him, "You will deny [knowing] me three times before the rooster crows twice." And as he thought about this, he cried.

Now at each feast he customarily released for them one prisoner whom they requested.

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?

So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.

And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.

And they would have given him, myrrhed wine, - who, however, received it not.

And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves [by] casting lots for them [to see] who should take what.

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha. You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.

And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom [were] Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.

who taking down the body, wrapped it in a fine linnen cloth, which he had bought, and laid it in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock, and roll'd a stone for a door to the sepulchre: and Mary Magdalene,

Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the "other Mary" of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming].

And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

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!

So they went out, and ran from the tomb, for they were trembling and amazed; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid??9 Now after his resurrection, early on the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.

She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest whose name was Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of the Lord, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law, blameless.

but the angel said to Zacharias, don't be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard: and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, whom you shall name John:

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

And the angel answered [and] said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news.

Now the people who waited [outside] for Zacharias were very surprised that he was staying in the Temple so long.

it is the Lord, said she, who has thus favour'd me, at the time when he took care to remove the reproach I was under among men.

To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

you shall be now pregnant, and be delivered of a son, whom you shall name JESUS.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born will be called the Son of God.

Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

"My spirit exults in the God, who is my Saviour,

For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

And they said to her, "There is no one of your relatives who is called by this name."

And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

"May the Lord be praised, [who is] the God of the Israelites, for He has come to [the aid of] His people and bought them back [i.e., from bondage].

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;

That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high,

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."

To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.

Now there were [some] shepherds in that region who were living in the fields and guarding their flocks [of sheep] at night.

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a large number of the heavenly "army" [i.e., of angels], who were praising God and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace among men with whom he is well pleased.

And they went hurrying and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.