Mark 10 Teaching About Divorce And he left there and wentto the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. 2And Pharisees came up and in orderto test him asked,"Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"3He answered them,"What did Moses command you?"4They said,"Moses allowed a ...

Mark 9 And he said to them,"Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will nottaste deathuntil they see the kingdom of God after it has comewith power." The Transfiguration 2And after six days Jesus took with himPeter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he wastransfigured before them,3andhis clothes became r...

Mark 8 Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,2"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.3And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some ...

Mark 7 Traditions and Commandments Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribeswho had come from Jerusalem,2they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that weredefiled, that is, unwashed.3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[a]holding tothe tradition ofthe elders,4and when they c...

Mark 6 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth He went away from there and came tohis hometown, and his disciples followed him.2Andon the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, andmany who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?3Is not thisthe carpenter,...

Mark 5 Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.[a]2And when Jesus[b]had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.3He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,4for he had often been bound with shackle...

Mark 4 The Parable of the Sower Againhe began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him,so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.2Andhe was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them:3"Listen! Behold,a sower went out to sow.4And as he so...

Mark 3 A Man with a Withered Hand Againhe entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand.2Andthey watched Jesus,a]"[a]to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.3And he said to the man with the withered hand,"Come here."4And he said to them,"Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save ...

Mark 2 Jesus Heals a Paralytic And when he returned toCapernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home.2And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.3And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.4And when they could not get near him because of t...

Mark 1 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,the Son of God.[a] 2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,[b] "Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,3the voice of one crying in the wilderness:'Prepare[c]the way of the Lord,make his paths straight,'" 4John appeared, baptizing in...