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Mark
Who wrote this book?
A young man named John Mark wrote down stories Peter told
about Jesus.
Why was this book written?
Mark shows people who Jesus is by telling what Jesus did.
For whom was this book written?
Mark wrote this book for Gentiles (people who were not Jews).
What happens in this book?
Jesus shows his power by performing miracles that help people, and
he teaches his disciples.
Who is important in this book?
Jesus is the important person in this book.
When did this happen?

Jesus worked miracles and taught from a.d. 26 to 30.
Where did this happen?

Most events in Mark 19 happened in Galilee. Most events in Mark
1016 took place in or near Jerusalem.
What are some of the stories in this book?

Jesus heals a paralyzed man
Jesus calms a storm
Jesus raises a dead girl
Jesus walks on water
Jesus feeds four thousand people
Jesus heals a young boy
Jesus holds the Lords Supper
Jesus dies and is buried
Jesus is raised again
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Mark 2:112
Mark 4:3541
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Mark 6:4556
Mark 8:110
Mark 9:1432
Mark 14:1226
Mark 15:2147
Mark 16:18
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The beginning of the good news about J esus the Mes
sia h, a the Son of God,b 2as it is written in Isaiah the
prophet:
I will send my messenger ahead of you,

who will prepare your wayc
3 a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.d
4
A nd so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness,
preaching a bapt ism of repentance for the forg iveness of
sins. 5The whole Judea n countryside and all the people of
Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing t heir sins, they were
baptized by him in the Jordan River. 6John wore clothing
made of camels hair, with a leather belt a round his w
aist,
and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7And this was his mes
sage: After me c omes the one more powerf ul than I, the
straps of whose sandals I am not wort hy to s toop down and
unt ie. 8I bapt ize you withe water, but he will bapt ize you
withe the Holy Spirit.
The Baptism and Testing ofJesus
9At that time Jesus came from Naza reth in Gali lee and
was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10Just as Jesus was com
ing up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and
the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11A nd a voice
came from heaven: You are my Son, whom I love; with
you I am well pleased.
12At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,
13a nd he was in the wilderness fort y days, being temptedf
by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attend
ed him.
Jesus Announces the Good News
14A fter John was put in prison, Jesus went into Gali lee,
proclaiming the good news of God. 15The time has come,
he said. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and
believe the good news!
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
16As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Gali lee, he saw Simon
and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they
were fishermen. 17Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will
send you out to fish for people. 18At once they left their nets
and followed him.
19W hen he had gone a litt le fart her, he saw James son
of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing t heir
nets. 20Without delay he called them, and they left t heir
us
Is Bapti
zed
Jes
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
Mark 1
You may remember

from the Old
Testament that God
told Samuel to anoint
Saulto pour oil on
his headto make
Saul king (1Samuel
10:1). And later Samuel
anointed David as king
(1Samuel 16:1,13). And
remember when Elijah
threw his cloak around
Elisha (1Kings 19:16,
19)? That was the
beginning of Elishas
work as a prophet.
The anointing oil and
the cloak showed that
these people were
chosen by God to do
special work.
Jesus baptism by
John the Baptist was
something like that. It
marked the beginning
of Jesus special work of
showing Israel that he
was the Messiah God
had promised them
the peoples savior.
When the Spirit
came down like a dove,
this was God giving
Jesus this special work.
Mark 1:913
a1Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean
Anointed One. b1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.

The Greek for
tempted can also mean tested.
c2Mal. 3:1 d3Isaiah 40:3 e8Or in f13
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Mark 1
A Je
ogu
f at her Zebedee in the boat with the h

ired men and followed
him.
ish Synag
Five hundred years

earlier, Jerusalem
and the temple were
destroyed by the
Babylonian army (see
2Kings 25). Although
they wanted to
continue worshiping
God, the Israelites were
forbidden to return
home and there was no
temple to worship at.
So, they began meeting
together in groups to
read the Scriptures
(the Old Testament)
and pray. The building
where they met was
called a synagogue.
The synagogue quickly
became the center of
Jewish life.
By Jesus time,
Jews were living in
every major city in
the Roman Empire.
Although the temple
in Jerusalem had been
rebuilt, the people still
wanted to continue
worshiping God in
their local synagogues.
After Jesus returned to
heaven, the synagogue
became the place
where Christians met,
too. This explains why
the Jewish synagogue
and the churches we
attend today are so
similar.
Mark 1:21
Jesus Drives Out an ImpureSpirit
21T hey went to Capernau m, and when the Sabbath came,

J esus went into the synagogue and began to teach. 22The
people were a mazed at his teaching, because he taught them
as one who had aut horit y, not as the teachers of the law.
23Just then a man in t heir synagogue who was possessed by
an impure spirit cried out, 24What do you want with us,
Jesus of Naza reth? Have you come to destroy us? I know
who you aret he Holy One of God!
25Be quiet! said Jesus sternly. Come out of him! 26T he
impure spirit s hook the man violently and came out of him
with a shriek.
27The people were all so amazed that they asked each other,
What is this? A new teachingand with authority! He even
gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him. 28News
about him spread quickly over the w
hole region of Galilee.
Jesus Heals Many
29A s soon as they left the syna gogue, they went with
J ames and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. 30Si
mons mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they im
mediately told Jesus about her. 31So he went to her, took her
hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began
to wait on them.
32T hat evening after sunset the people brought to J esus
all the sick and demon-possessed. 33The w
hole town gath
ered at the door, 34and Jesus h
ealed many who had various
diseases. He also d
rove out many demons, but he would not
let the demons s peak because they knew who he was.
Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place
35Very early in the morni ng, while it was still dark, Jesus
got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where
he prayed. 36Simon and his companions went to look for
him, 37and when they found him, they exclaimed: Every
one is looking for you!
38Jesus replied, Let us go somewhere elseto the near
by villagesso I can preach t here also. That is why I have
come. 39So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in
t heir synagogues and driving out demons.
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
40A man with leprosya came to him and b

egged him on
his k nees, If you are willing, you can make me clean.
41Jesus was ind ig nant. b He reached out his hand and
touched the man. I am willing, he said. Be c lean! 42Im
mediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
43Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning:
a40
The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for

various diseases affecting the skin. b41 Many manuscripts Jesus
was filled with compassion
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Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man
A few days later, when J esus a gain entered Capernaum,

the people heard that he had come home. 2They gath
ered in such l arge numbers that t here was no room left, not
even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3Some men came, bringing to him a para lyzed man, carried
by four of them. 4Since they c ould not get him to J esus be
cause of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above
Jesus by digg ing t hrough it and then lowered the mat the
man was lying on. 5W hen J esus saw t heir faith, he said to
the para lyzed man, Son, your sins are forgiven.
6Now some teachers of the law were sitt ing t here, think
ing to themselves, 7Why does this fellow talk like that? Hes
blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?
8Immed iately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what
they were thinking in t heir hearts, and he said to them,
Why are you thinking t hese t hings? 9W hich is easier: to
say to this para lyzed man, Your sins are forgiven, or to say,
Get up, take your mat and walk? 10But I want you to know
that the Son of Man has aut horit y on e arth to forgive sins.
So he said to the man, 11I tell you, get up, take your mat and
go home. 12He got up, took his mat and w
alked out in full
view of them all. This a mazed everyone and they praised
God, saying, We have never seen anyt hing like this!
Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
13Once a
gain Jesus went out beside the lake. A large
c rowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14As he
walked a long, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax
collectors b
ooth. Follow me, J esus told him, and Levi got
up and followed him.
15W hile Jesus was having dinner at Lev is house, many
tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his
disciples, for t here were many who followed him. 16W hen
the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating
with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples:
Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?
17O n hear
i ng this, Jesus said to them, It is not the
healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to
call the righteous, but sinners.
Jesus Questioned About Fasting

18Now
Johns disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.

Some people came and a sked J esus, How is it that Johns
disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but
yours are not?
Firs
i ng
t Th s F
irst
44See that you dont tell this to anyone. But go, show your
self to the priest and offer the sacrif ices that Moses com
manded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them. 45In
stead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the
news. As a result, Jesus c ould no longer enter a town openly
but s tayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came
to him from everywhere.
Mark 2
Jesus taught at the

local synagogue, cast
out an evil spirit, and
healed many of the sick
and demon-possessed
people in the town of
Capernaumall in one
day. And this was on
the Sabbath, the day of
rest! If you had done all
this, would you sleep
in the next morning?
Not Jesus. He was up
and ready for his first
and most important
appointment of the
day. While everyone
else was still snoring,
Jesus spent time with
his Father.
Jesus prayed first
thing, before his mind
and his body were
tired from the days
work. He showed us
the importance of
giving our best and
our full attention to
God. And Jesus often
prayed alone in a quiet
place. He didnt want
anything to take his
attention away from
God. Do you think that
if even Jesus, the Son of
God, thought praying
was so important,
perhaps it should be
important to us, too?
Mark 1:35
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Mark 2
If I Were There...
Jesus is preaching, and everyone
wants to get a glimpse of this
mysterious man with incredible
powers. If I were there, Id be on
my tiptoes. Id want to make sure
I get to see Jesus. I want to ask for
his autograph, but its really hard
to even see him because its so
crowded.
If I were there, Id be surprised
to see the ceiling opening. How
annoying! These people on the roof
were keeping Jesus from preaching.
Cant they wait their turn? But Id
notice the man lying on the mat, and
its obvious he is paralyzed. Id wait
to see what Jesus does next as the
man is lowered down to him.
If I were there, Id feel the shock
go through the crowd when Jesus
said, Your sins are forgiven! Id look
over at some teachers of the law
who were there. Id see the looks on
their faces, even though I couldnt
hear what they said. Id think, Uh,
oh! But then Id see the pure joy on
the healed mans face. Id watch him
jump and skip and runso happy to
walk again. Jesus is amazing!
Mark 2:15
the s kins, and both the wine and the wine

skins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine
into new wineskins.
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23One Sabbath Jesus was going t hrough the

grainfields, and as his disciples walked along,
they began to pick some h
eads of grain. 24The
Pharisees said to him, Look, why are they do
ing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?
25
He answered, Have you never read
what Dav id did when he and his compan
ions were hungry and in need? 26In the days
of Abiat har the high p
riest, he entered the
house of God and ate the consecrated b
read,
which is lawf ul only for priests to eat. And he
also gave some to his companions.
27T hen he said to them, The Sabbath was
made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28So
the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
Another time Jesus went into the syna

gogue, and a man with a shriveled hand
was t here. 2Some of them were looking for
a reason to accuse Jesus, so they w
atched
him closely to see if he w
ould heal him on
the Sabbath. 3Jesus said to the man with the
shriveled hand, Stand up in f ront of every
one.
4T hen J esus a
sked them, Which is lawf ul
on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to
save life or to kill? But they remained silent.
5He looked a
round at them in anger and,
deeply dist ressed at t heir stubborn hearts,
said to the man, Stretch out your hand. He
stretched it out, and his hand was completely
restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and
began to plot with the Herodia ns how they
might kill Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
19Jesus
answered, How can the g uests of

the bridegroom fast w
hile he is with them?
They cannot, so long as they have him with
them. 20But the time will come when the
brideg room will be taken from them, and
on that day they will fast.
21No one sews a patch of unshrunk c
loth
on an old garment. Otherw ise, the new piece
will pull away from the old, making the tear
worse. 22And no one pours new wine into old
wineskins. Otherw ise, the wine will burst
7Jesus withd rew with his disciples to the

lake, and a large c rowd from Galilee fol
lowed. 8W hen they heard about all he was
doing, many people came to him from Judea,
Jer usa lem, Idumea, and the reg ions across
the Jord an and a round Tyre and Sidon.
9Bec ause of the c
rowd he told his disciples
to have a small boat r eady for him, to keep
the people from crowding him. 10For he had
healed many, so that t hose with diseases were
pushing forward to t ouch him. 11 W henever
the impure spirits saw him, they fell down
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13Jesus went up on a mountainside and c alled to him

t hose he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed
ight send
t welve a that they might be with him and that he m
rive out de
them out to preach 15and to have aut horit y to d
mons. 16These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom
he gave the name Peter), 17James son of Zebedee and his
brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which
means sons of thunder), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bart holomew,
Matt hew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Si
mon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
J esus Accused by His Family and byTeachers

oftheLaw
20T hen Jesus entered a h

ouse, and a gain a crowd gath
ered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.
21 W hen his fam i ly b heard a
bout this, they went to take
charge of him, for they said, He is out of his mind.
22A nd the teachers of the law who came down from Je
rusalem said, He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince
of demons he is driving out demons.
23So Jesus c alled them over to him and began to speak
to them in parables: How can Satan drive out Satan? 24If
a kingdom is div ided against itself, that kingdom cannot
stand. 25If a house is div ided against itself, that house can
not stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is div ided, he
cannot s tand; his end has come. 27In fact, no one can enter a
strong mans house without f irst tying him up. Then he can
plunder the strong mans house. 28Truly I tell you, people
can be forgiven all t heir sins and every slander they utter,
29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never
be forgiven; they are g uilty of an eternal sin.
30He said this because they were sayi ng, He has an im
pure spirit.
31T hen
Jesus mother and brothers arr ived. Standing
outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32A crowd was
sitting around him, and they told him, Your mother and
brothers are outside looking for you.
33Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked.
34T hen he looked at t hose seated in a circle a round him
and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! 35W hoever
does G
ods will is my brother and sister and mother.
ew
Jesus Appoints the Twelve
Spirits Kn
Evil
before him and c ried out, You are the Son of God. 12But he
gave them s trict orders not to tell others about him.
Mark 4
The leaders of the Jews

didnt want to believe
Jesus was the Messiah,
but evil spirits knew
who he was. They
cried and fell down
before him as they
pronounced he was
the Son of God. Jesus
hushed them.
Why do you think
he did that? Jesus
was concerned
that he might be
misunderstood. The
people were expecting
the Messiah to help
them overthrow the
Roman government. If
they knew he was the
Messiah, their plans
to rebel against the
Romans might get in
the way of Jesus plans:
to show the way of
love and to die for their
sins.
Mark 3:1112
The Parable of the Sower
Again Jesus began to t each by the lake. The c rowd that

gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat
and sat in it out on the lake, w
hile all the people were a long
the s hore at the waters edge. 2He t aught them many things
a14
Some manuscripts twelvedesignating them apostles
b21Or his associates
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by parables, and in his teaching said: 3Lis

ten! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As
he was scattering the seed, some fell a long
the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5Some fell on r
ocky places, w
here it did not
have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because
the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came
up, the plants were scorched, and they with
ered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell
among t horns, which grew up and c hoked the
plants, so that they did not bear g rain. 8Still
other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew
and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty,
some sixty, some a hundred times.
9T hen Jesus said, Whoe ver has ears to
hear, let them hear.
10
W hen he was a lone, the Twelve and
the others around him a sked him a bout the
parables. 11He told them, The secret of the
kingdom of God has been given to you. But
to t hose on the outside everyt hing is said in
parables 12so that,
they may be ever seeing but never
perceiving,
and ever hearing but never
understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be
forgiven!a
13Then Jesus said to them, Dont you un
derstand this parable? How then will you un
derstand any parable? 14The farmer sows the
word. 15Some people are like seed along the
path, w
here the word is sown. As soon as they
hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word
that was sown in them. 16Others, like seed
sown on rocky places, hear the word and at
once receive it with joy. 17But since they have
no root, they last only a short time. When trou
ble or persecution comes because of the word,
they quickly fall away. 18Still others, like seed
sown among thorns, hear the word; 19but the
worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth
and the desires for other t hings come in and
choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20Others,
like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, ac
cept it, and produce a cropsome thirty, some
sixty, some a hundred t imes what was sown.
A Lamp on a Stand
21He said to them, Do you

bring in a
lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead,
dont you put it on its stand? 22 For whatever

is hidden is m
eant to be disclosed, and what
ever is concealed is meant to be brought out
into the open. 23If anyone has ears to hear,
let them hear.
24Consider caref ully what you hear, he
continued. With the measure you use, it
will be measured to youa nd even more.
25W hoever has will be given more; whoever
does not have, even what they have will be
taken from them.
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26He also said, This is what the kingdom

of God is like. A man scatters seed on the
ground. 27Night and day, whether he s leeps
or gets up, the seed sprouts and g rows,
t hough he does not know how. 28A ll by itself
the soil produces grain f irst the stalk, then
the head, then the full kernel in the head.
29A s soon as the g
rain is ripe, he puts the
sickle to it, because the harvest has come.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30Again he said, What

shall we say the
kingdom of God is like, or what parable s hall
we use to describe it? 31It is like a mustard seed,
which is the smallest of all s eeds on earth. 32Yet
when planted, it g rows and becomes the larg
est of all garden plants, with such big branches
that the b
irds can p
erch in its shade.
33 With many simi lar parables Jesus spoke
the word to them, as much as they could un
derstand. 34He did not say anyt hing to them
without using a parable. But when he was
a lone with his own disciples, he explained
every t hing.
Jesus Calms the Storm
35T hat day when even ing came, he said

to his disciples, Let us go over to the other
side. 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took
him a long, just as he was, in the boat. There
were also other b
oats with him. 37 A furious
squall came up, and the waves broke over the
boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38Jesus
was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The
disciples woke him and said to him, Teach
er, dont you care if we drown?
39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to
the w
aves, Quiet! Be still! Then the wind
died down and it was completely calm.
a12Isaiah 6:9,10
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40He said to his disciples, Why are you so
afraid? Do you still have no faith?
41
T hey were terrified and asked each
other, Who is this? Even the wind and the
waves obey him!
J esus Restores a Demon-Possessed

Man
They went a cross the lake to the region of

the Gerasenes. a 2W hen Jesus got out of
the boat, a man with an impure spirit came
from the tombs to meet him. 3T his man
lived in the tombs, and no one c ould bind
him anymore, not even with a chain. 4For he
had often been chained hand and foot, but he
tore the c hains apart and b
roke the i rons on
his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue
him. 5Night and day a mong the tombs and
in the hills he would cry out and cut himself

with stones.
6W hen he saw Jesus from a dist ance, he
ran and fell on his k nees in front of him.
7He shouted at the top of his voice, What
do you want with me, J esus, Son of the Most
High God? In Gods name dont torture me!
8For Jesus had said to him, Come out of this
man, you impure spirit!
9T hen
Jesus a sked him, What is your
name?
My name is Legion, he replied, for we
are many. 10And he begged Jesus a gain and
again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on the
nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus,
Send us a mong the pigs; allow us to go into
them. 13He gave them permission, and the
Some manuscripts Gadarenes; other manuscripts Gergesenes
Mark 4:2123
What good is a flashlight if its stuffed under your bed?

Get a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. In the dark, with
the light turned off, write your name and address on a
piece of paper. Now turn on the light. How does it look?
Journal
a1
Mark 5
Maybe no one but you could even read it! Try writing it
now that the light is on. Isnt it a lot easier to write? Now
everyone can read it.
The New Testament often uses light as a metaphor.
It says Jesus is the light of the world (John 1:49), and
Jesus says we are the light of the world, too. In Mark 4,
he uses light as a metaphor for doing good. When we do
good because we are Christians, other people will see it
and praise God (Matthew 5:16). For more on metaphors,
turn to Psalm 1.
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impure spirits came out and went into the

pigs. The herd, about two thousand in num
ber, rushed down the steep bank into the lake
and were drowned.
14T hose tending the pigs ran off and re
ported this in the town and countryside,
and the people went out to see what had hap
pened. 15W hen they came to J esus, they saw
the man who had been possessed by the le
gion of demons, sitting t here, dressed and in
his right mind; and they were afraid. 16Those
who had seen it told the people what had
happened to the demon-possessed man
and told a bout the pigs as well. 17T hen the
people began to plead with Jesus to leave
t heir region.
18A s Jesus was gett ing into the boat, the
man who had been demon-possessed begged
to go with him. 19Jesus did not let him, but
said, Go home to your own people and tell
them how much the Lord has done for you,
and how he has had mercy on you. 20So the
man went away and began to tell in the De
capolis a how much Jesus had done for him.
And all the people were amazed.
J esus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a

Sick Woman
21W hen J esus had a gain crossed over by

boat to the other side of the lake, a large
crowd gathered a round him w
hile he was by
the lake. 22Then one of the synagogue lead
ers, named Jair us, came, and when he saw
Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23He pleaded ear
nestly with him, My litt le daughter is dy
ing. P
lease come and put your hands on her
so that she will be h
ealed and live. 24 So Jesus
went with him.
A
l arge
c rowd fol
lowed and
pressed
around him. 25And a woman was t here who
had been subject to bleeding for t welve years.
26She had suffered a g reat deal under the care
of many doctors and had s pent all she had,
yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
27W hen she heard about Jesus, she came up
behind him in the c rowd and touched his
cloak, 28because she t hought, If I just touch
his clothes, I will be healed. 29 Immediately
her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body
that she was f reed from her suffering.
30At once Jesus rea lized that power had
gone out from him. He turned a round in
a20
the crowd and a sked, Who touched my

clothes?
31You see the people crowding a gainst
you, his disciples answered, and yet you
can ask, Who touchedme?
32But
Jesus kept looking a round to see
who had done it. 33Then the woman, know
ing what had happened to her, came and fell
at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him
the whole truth. 34He said to her, Daughter,
your faith has h
ealed you. Go in p
eace and be
freed from your suffering.
35W hile J esus was still speaking, some peo
ple came from the house of Jairus, the syn
agogue leader. Your daughter is dead, they
said. Why bother the teacher anymore?
36 O verheari ng b what they said, Jesus told
him, Dont be afraid; just believe.
37He did not let anyone follow him except
Peter, James and John the brother of J ames.
38W hen they came to the home of the syna
gogue leader, Jesus saw a commot ion, with
people crying and wailing loudly. 39He went
in and said to them, Why all this commo
tion and wailing? The child is not dead but
asleep. 40But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the
childs fat her and mother and the disciples
who were with him, and went in where the
child was. 41He took her by the hand and said
to her, Talitha koum! (which m
eans Litt le
girl, I say to you, get up!). 42 Immediately the
girl stood up and began to walk a round (she
was t welve years old). At this they were com
pletely astonished. 43He gave strict orders not
to let anyone know a bout this, and told them
to give her somet hing to eat.
A Prophet Without Honor
Jesus left t here and went to his home

town, accompa n ied by his disc iples.
2W hen the Sabbath came, he began to teach
in the synagogue, and many who h
eard him
were amazed.
Where did this man get t hese t hings?
they a sked. Whats this wisdom that has
been given him? What are t hese remarkable
miracles he is performing? 3Isnt this the car
penter? I snt this Marys son and the brother
of James, Joseph, c Judas and Simon? A
rent
his sisters here with us? And they took of
fense at him.
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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Then Jesus went a round teaching from village to village.

7Calli ng the T
welve to him, he began to send them out two
by two and gave them aut horit y over impure spirits.
8T hese were his instruct ions: Take nothi ng for the jour
ney except a staffno bread, no bag, no money in your
belts. 9Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 W henever you
enter a h
ouse, stay t here until you leave that town. 11And if
any p
lace will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that
place and s hake the dust off your feet as a testimony against
them.
12T hey went out and p
reached that people should repent.
13T hey d rove out many demons and anointed many sick
people with oil and h
ealed them.
John the Baptist Beheaded
14K ing Herod heard about this, for Jesus name had be
come well k nown. Some were saying,a John the Baptist has
been r aised from the dead, and that is why miraculous pow
ers are at work in him.
15Others said, He is Elijah.
And still others claimed, He is a prophet, like one of the
prophets of long ago.
16But when Herod heard this, he said, John, whom I be
headed, has been r aised from the dead!
17For Herod himself had given orders to have John ar
rested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did
this because of Herodias, his brother Philips wife, whom he
had married. 18For John had been saying to Herod, It is not
lawf ul for you to have your brothers wife. 19 So Herodias
nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But
she was not able to, 20because Herod feared John and pro
tected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man.
When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzledb; yet he
liked to listen to him.
21Fi
nally the opportune time came. On his birthd ay
Herod gave a banquet for his high off icials and military
commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22W hen the
daughter of c Herod ias came in and danced, she pleased
Herod and his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, Ask me for anyt hing you want,
and Ill give it to you. 23And he promised her with an oath,
Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.
24She went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask
for?
Jai
Daugh
rus
ter
4Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor ex

cept in his own town, a mong his relat ives and in his own
home. 5He c ould not do any miracles t here, except lay his
hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6He was a mazed
at t heir lack of faith.
Mark 6
Because the Pharisees

and the teachers of
the law hated Jesus,
this synagogue ruler
may have risked his job
when he asked Jesus
for help. But he didnt
care about thathis
daughter was terribly
ill. While he and Jesus
were on the way to her,
a message came that
she had died. But Jesus
told the father, Dont
be afraid; just believe.
When they arrived
at the mans house,
everyone there laughed
when Jesus said the girl
was only asleep.
With Peter, James,
John and her parents
in the room, Jesus took
the young womans
hand and told her
to get up. And she
did just that! Jesus
performed a miracle
for the synagogue
leader. This miracle
probably turned every
family member into a
believer.
Mark 5:3543
a14 Some early manuscripts He was saying b20 Some early

manuscripts he did many things c22 Some early manuscripts
When his daughter
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The head of John the Baptist, she an

swered.
25At once the girl hurr ied in to the king
with the request: I want you to give me r ight
now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
26T he king was greatly dist ressed, but be
cause of his oaths and his dinner g uests, he
did not want to refuse her. 27 So he immedi
ately sent an executioner with orders to bring
Johns head. The man went, beheaded John
in the prison, 28and b
rought back his head on
a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she
gave it to her mother. 29On hearing of this,
Johns disciples came and took his body and
laid it in a tomb.
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
Jesus Walks on the Water
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get

into the boat and go on ahead of him to Beth
saida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After
leaving them, he went up on a mountainside
to pray.
47L ater that night, the boat was in the
midd le of the lake, and he was a lone on land.
48He saw the disciples straining at the oars,
because the wind was a gainst them. Shortly
before dawn he went out to them, walking on
the lake. He was a bout to pass by them, 49but
when they saw him walking on the lake, they
t hought he was a g host. They c ried out, 50be
cause they all saw him and were terrif ied.
Immediately he spoke to them and said,
Take coura ge! It is I. D
ont be a fraid.
51T hen he c
limbed into the boat with them,
and the wind died down. They were com
pletely a mazed, 52for they had not under
stood about the loaves; their hearts were
hardened.
ry V
emo er
se
30 T he apost les gathe red a round Jesus

and reported to him all they had done and
taught. 31Then, because so many people were
coming and going that they did not even
have a c hance to eat, he said to them, Come
with me by yourselves to a quiet place and
get some rest.
32S o they went away by themselves in a
boat to a solitary place. 33But many who saw
them leaving recognized them and ran on
foot from all the towns and got t here a head
of them. 34When J esus landed and saw a large
crowd, he had compassion on them, because
they were like sheep without a shepherd. So
he began teaching them many things.
35By this time it was late in the day, so
his disciples came to him. This is a remote
place, they said, and its already very late.
36Send the people away so that they can go
to the surrounding countryside and villages
and buy themselves somet hing to eat.
37But he answered, You give them some
thing to eat.
They said to him, That w
ould take more
than half a years wagesa! Are we to go and
spend that much on b
read and give it to them
to eat?
38How many
loaves do you have? he
asked. Go and see.
When they found out, they said, Five
and two fish.
39Then Jesus directed them to have all the
people sit down in g roups on the g reen g rass.
40So they sat down in g
roups of hundreds and
fifties. 41Taking the five loaves and the two
fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks

and b
roke the loaves. Then he gave them to
his disciples to distribute to the people. He
also div ided the two fish a mong them all.
42T hey all ate and were satisf ied, 43a nd the
disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of bro
ken pieces of b
read and fish. 44The number
of the men who had eaten was five thousand.
Mark 6
Mark
6:50
Take courage! It is I.
Dont be afraid.
53W hen they had c
rossed over, they land
ed at Gennesaret and anchored t here. 54As
soon as they got out of the boat, people
recogn ized Jesus. 55T hey ran throughout
that whole reg ion and carr ied the sick on
mats to wherever they heard he was. 56A nd
wherever he went i nto vil lages, towns or
countrysidethey placed the sick in the
a37Greek take two hundred denarii
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marketplaces. They begged him to let them
t ouch even the edge of his c loak, and all who
touched it were healed.
That Which Defiles
The Pharisees and some of the teachers

of the law who had come from Jerusalem
gathered around Jesus 2and saw some of his
disciples eating food with hands that were
def iled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees
and all the Jews do not eat unless they give
t heir hands a ceremonia l washing, holding
to the trad ition of the elders. 4W hen they
come from the marketplace they do not eat
unless they wash. And they observe many
other traditions, such as the washing of cups,
pitchers and kett les. a)
5So the Pharisees and teachers of the law
asked J esus, Why dont your disciples live ac
cording to the tradition of the elders instead
of eating their food with def iled hands?
6He re
plied, Isaiah was r ight when he
prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is
written:
These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human
rules.b
8You
have let go of the commands of God

and are holding on to human traditions.
9A nd he cont inued, You have a fine way
of setting aside the commands of God in or
der to observec your own trad itions! 10For
Moses said, Honor your fat her and moth
er,d and, Anyone who curses t heir fat her or
mother is to be put to d
eath.e 11But you say
that if anyone declares that what m
ight have
been used to help t heir fat her or mother is
Corban (that is, devoted to God)12t hen
you no longer let them do anyt hing for t heir
father or mother. 13Thus you nullif y the word
of God by your tradition that you have hand
ed down. And you do many t hings like that.
14Again Jesus c
alled the c rowd to him and
said, Listen to me, everyone, and understand
this. 15Nothing outside a person can defile
them by going into them. Rather, it is what
comes out of a person that defiles them. [16]f
Mark 7
17A fter he had left the c

rowd and entered
the house, his disciples a sked him about
this parable. 18Are you so dull? he asked.
Dont you see that nothing that enters a per
son from the outside can def ile them? 19For
it doesnt go into their h
eart but into their
stomach, and then out of the body. (In say
ing this, Jesus declared all f oods clean.)
20He went on: What comes out of a per
son is what defiles them. 21For it is from
within, out of a persons heart, that evil
t houghts come sexua l immoralit y, t heft,
murder, 22 adultery, g reed, malice, deceit,
lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
23A ll t hese evils come from inside and def ile
a person.
J esus Honors a Syrophoenician

Womans Faith
24Jesus left that place and went to the vi

ouse and did
cinit y of Tyre. g He entered a h
not want anyone to know it; yet he c ould not
keep his presence secret. 25In fact, as soon as
she heard about him, a woma n whose litt le
daughter was possessed by an impure spirit
came and fell at his feet. 26The woman was a
Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged
Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27First let the child ren eat all they want,
he told her, for it is not r ight to take the chil
drens bread and toss it to the dogs.
28Lord, she replied, even the dogs un
der the table eat the childrens crumbs.
29T hen he told her, For such a reply, you
may go; the demon has left your daughter.
30She went home and found her child ly
ing on the bed, and the demon gone.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man
31T hen Jesus left the vicinit y of Tyre and

went t hrough Sidon, down to the Sea of Gal
ilee and into the reg ion of the Decapolis.h
32T here some people brought to him a man
who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they
begged Jesus to p
lace his hand on him.
33A fter he took him a
side, away from the
crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the mans
ears. Then he spit and touched the mans
tongue. 34He looked up to heaven and with a
deep sigh said to him, Ephphatha! (which
a4
Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches b6,7Isaiah 29:13 c9 Some manuscripts
set up d10Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16 e10Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9 f16 Some manuscripts include here
the words of 4:23. g24 Many early manuscripts Tyre and Sidon h31 That is, the Ten Cities
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Mark 7
AP
hild
s se s s e d C
Witchcraft, spiritual
warfare, demon
possessionJesus
met it all in his work.
Mark tells here about
a woman whose
little girl was demonpossessed. Because
of the womans belief
in Jesus, Jesus healed
her child.
You may know
someone who is playing
around with some form
of witchcraft or sorcery.
Some people say they
are just having fun or
trying it out, but evil
is real, and sometimes
there are real, evil
spiritual powers behind
books, games, videos
and song lyrics. Playing
with these things can
damage a persons
mind and spirit.
The good news is
this: Jesus has more
power than any evil
spirit. Be careful of
witchcraft and other
supernatural powers
that dont follow
Gods Word. If you
are a believer in Jesus,
dont be afraid. God
has power to destroy
evil and heal people
from it.
Mark 7:2430
means Be opened!). 35At this, the mans ears were opened,

his tongue was loosened and he began to s peak plainly.
36
Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the
more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37Peo
ple were overwhelmed with amazement. He has done ev
eryt hing well, they said. He even m
akes the deaf hear and
the mute speak.
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
During t hose days another large crowd gathered. Since

they had nothing to eat, Jesus c alled his disciples to
him and said, 2I have compassion for t hese people; they
have already been with me t hree days and have nothing to
eat. 3If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the
way, because some of them have come a long distance.
4His disciples answered, But where in this remote place
can anyone get e nough bread to feed them?
5How many loaves do you have? J esus asked.
Seven, they replied.
6He told the crowd to sit down on the g round. When
he had taken the seven loaves and given t hanks, he broke
them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the peo
ple, and they did so. 7They had a few small fish as well; he
gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute
them. 8The people ate and were satisf ied. Afterward the dis
ciples picked up seven basketf uls of broken pieces that were
left over. 9About four thousand were present. After he had
sent them away, 10he got into the boat with his disciples and
went to the region of Dalmanut ha.
11T he Pharisees came and began to quest ion Jesus. To
test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. 12He sighed
deeply and said, Why does this generation ask for a sign?
Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it. 13Then he left
them, got back into the boat and c rossed to the other side.
The Yeast of the Pharisees andHerod
14T he disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for

one loaf they had with them in the boat. 15Be careful, Jesus
warned them. Watch out for the y east of the Pharisees and
that of Herod.
16T hey disc ussed this with one another and said, It is
because we have no bread.
17Aware of t heir discussion, Jesus asked them: Why are
you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or
understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18Do you have eyes
but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And dont you re
member? 19W hen I broke the five loaves for the five thou
sand, how many basketf uls of pieces did you pickup?
Twelve, they replied.
20And when I b
roke the seven loaves for the four thou
sand, how many basketf uls of pieces did you pickup?
They answered, Seven.
21He said to them, Do you s
till not understand?
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Jesus Heals a Blind Man atBethsaida
22T hey came to Bethsaid a, and some people brought a

lind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23He took the
b
blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
When he had spit on the m
ans eyes and put his hands on
him, Jesus a sked, Do you see anyt hing?
24He looked up and said, I see people; they look like
trees walking around.
25Once more Jesus put his hands on the m
ans eyes. Then
his eyes were o
pened, his sight was restored, and he saw ev
eryt hing clearly. 26Jesus sent him home, saying, Dont even
go intoa the village.
Peter Declares That J esus Is the Messiah
27Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages a round

Caesa rea Philippi. On the way he a sked them, Who do
people say Iam?
28T hey replied, Some say John the Bapt ist; others say
Elijah; and s till others, one of the prophets.
29But what
about you? he a sked. Who do you say
Iam?
Peter answered, You are the Messia h.
30Jesus w
arned them not to tell anyone about him.
Jesus Predicts His Death
31He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must
suffer many t hings and be rejected by the elders, the chief
priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be
k illed and after t hree days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly
about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke
him.
33But when Jesus t urned and looked at his disciples, he
rebuked Peter. Get behind me, Satan! he said. You do
not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human
concerns.
The Way of the Cross
34T hen he called the crowd to him a long with his disci
ples and said: Whoever w
ants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up t heir cross and follow me. 35For
whoever w
ants to save t heir lifeb will lose it, but whoever
loses t heir life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36W hat
good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit
their soul? 37Or what can anyone give in exchange for their
soul? 38If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this
adulterous and sinf ul generat ion, the Son of Man will be
ashamed of them when he comes in his Fat hers glor y with
the holy angels.
And he said to them, Truly I tell you, some who are
standing here will not taste death before they see that
the kingdom of God has come with power.
Mark 9
Jesus = ?
Jesus and his disciples
traveled around the
region of Galilee. The
disciples saw him heal
people, feed thousands
with the tiniest bit
of food, cast out evil
spirits and walk on
water. And they heard
him preach about the
kingdom of God that
was coming. They
had seen and heard
all these things when
Jesus asked them,
Who do you say I
am? Peter was the
one who answered,
You are the Messiah.
Messiah is another
word for Christ, the
king and savior God
had promised to the
Jews and to the world.
At some point every
person has to answer
that question. What
will you answer when
Jesus asks you, Who
do you say I am?
Mark 8:2730
a26
Some manuscripts go and tell anyone in b35 The Greek

word means either life or soul; also in verses 36 and37.
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The Transfiguration
2A fter six days Jesus took Peter, James and
John with him and led them up a high moun

tain, w
here they were all a lone. There he was
transf ig u red before them. 3His clothes be
came dazzling white, whiter than anyone in
the world could bleach them. 4And t here ap
peared before them Elijah and Moses, who
were talking with J esus.
5Pe
ter said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good
for us to be here. Let us put up t hree shel
tersone for you, one for Moses and one for
Elijah. 6(He did not know what to say, they
were so frightened.)
7
T hen a cloud app eared and covered
them, and a v oice came from the cloud: This
is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!
8 Sudd en l y, when they looked a round,
they no longer saw anyone with them except
Jesus.
9A s they were coming down the moun
tain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell any
one what they had seen until the Son of Man
had risen from the dead. 10T hey kept the
matter to themselves, discussing what ris
ing from the dead meant.
11
A nd they asked him, Why do the
teachers of the law say that Elijah must come
first?
12Jesus replied, To be sure, Elijah does
come f irst, and restores all t hings. Why then
is it written that the Son of Man must suffer
much and be rejected? 13But I tell you, Elijah
has come, and they have done to him every
thing they w
ished, just as it is written a bout
him.
J esus Heals a Boy Possessed byan

ImpureSpirit
14W hen
they came to the other disciples,

they saw a large crowd around them and the
teachers of the law arg uing with them. 15As
soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were
overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet
him.
16
What are you ar
g u
i ng with them
about? he asked.
17A man in the c
rowd answered, Teach
er, I brought you my son, who is possessed
by a spirit that has r obbed him of speech.
18W hene ver it seizes him, it t hrows him to
the ground. He f oams at the m
outh, gnashes
a29
his teeth and becomes rigid. I a sked your dis

ciples to d
rive out the spirit, but they could
not.
19 You unbel iev i ng generat ion, Jesus re
plied, how long shall I stay with you? How
long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy
tome.
20S o they b
rought him. When the spirit
saw Jesus, it immediately t hrew the boy into
a conv ulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled
around, foaming at the mouth.
21Jesus asked the boys fat her, How long
has he been like this?
From childhood, he answered. 22It has
often t hrown him into fire or water to kill
him. But if you can do anyt hing, take pity
on us and helpus.
23If you can? said Jesus. Everyt hing is
possible for one who believes.
24 Immed iately the boys fat her exclaimed,
I do believe; help me overcome my unbe
lief!
25W hen Jesus saw that a crowd was run
ning to the s cene, he rebuked the impure
spirit. You deaf and mute spirit, he said, I
command you, come out of him and never
enter him again.
26T he spirit shrieked, conv ulsed him vio
lently and came out. The boy l ooked so much
like a corpse that many said, Hes dead.
27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted
him to his feet, and he s toodup.
28A fter J esus had gone indoors, his disci
ples asked him privately, Why couldnt we
drive it out?
29He re
plied, This kind can come out
only by prayer.a
J esus Predicts His Death a Second

Time
30T hey left that p

lace and p
assed t hrough
Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know
where they were, 31because he was teaching
his disciples. He said to them, The Son of
Man is going to be delivered into the hands
of men. They will kill him, and after t hree
days he will rise. 32But they did not under
stand what he meant and were afraid to ask
him aboutit.
33They came to Capernau m. When he was
in the house, he asked them, What were you
arg uing about on the road? 34But they kept
Some manuscripts prayer and fasting
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I m
e co ming a Wom
an of Faith
Week 34
Can You Believe the Unbelievable?
Jesus gave his disciples power to drive out demons (Mark 3:1415). But the
disciples cant heal this particular boy who has an evil spirit. Why (Matthew
17:1920)? The boys father has heard of Jesus and his disciples and the many
people they have healed, so he brings his son. But when he says, if you can, he
shows he doesnt really believe in Jesus.
` How does Jesus answer him (Mark 9:23)?

` What does the father ask Jesus to do (Mark 9:24)?
Not believing in Jesus power to do something can keep your faith from
growing stronger. Like this boys father, ask Jesus to help you defeat your unbelief.
Read About It
Read Joshua 6:120. The people living in Jericho wonder what is going on. Why
in the world are 40,000 Israelite soldiers marching around their citywithout
saying anything? And why do the priests keep blowing trumpets? Its been
the same thing every day for six days. On the seventh day, something new
happensthe army marches around the city seven times. After the seventh
time, the Israelites give a loud shout and the wall of Jericho comes crashing
down.
Do you think the Israelites were a little surprised when God said
theyd defeat a city by blowing trumpets and walking around the wall?
They had just seen God part the Jordan River so they could easily
cross on dry land (Joshua 3:117). This gave them confidence. The
people trusted in God, and they showed their faith by obeying
Gods command. Its their faith in the Lord that makes the wall of
Jericho fall (Hebrews 11:30).
Experience It
Do you believe God can do anything? Think back over your life
and look for ways God has helped you in ways you never thought
he would. Ask family members if they have experienced amazing
things God has done when doubt may have been hanging around.
Ask for Jesus help to conquer your disbelief. He will lovingly lend
a hand just as he did with the father in Mark 9. Praise him for the
work hes already done in your life.
Go to Luke 1 for your next Bible study.
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quiet because on the way they had arg ued

about who was the greatest.
35Sit
t ing down, Jesus c alled the Twelve
and said, Anyone who wants to be f irst must
be the very last, and the servant of all.
36He took a litt le c
hild whom he p
laced
a mong them. Taking the child in his arms,
he said to them, 37 Whoever welcomes one
of t hese litt le children in my name welcomes
me; and whoever welcomes me does not wel
come me but the one who sentme.
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is forUs
38
Teacher, said John, we saw some
one driving out demons in your name and
we told him to stop, because he was not one
ofus.
39Do not stop him, J esus said. For no
one who does a miracle in my name can in
the next moment say anything bad a bout
me, 40for whoever is not against us is for us.
41Truly I tell you, anyone who g
ives you a cup
of water in my name because you belong to
the Messia h will certainly not lose their re
ward.
I Believe ...
God wants me to
help others.
Mark 9:41
Causing to Stumble
42
If anyone cause s one of these little
onesthose who believe in meto stum
ble, it would be better for them if a large
millstone were hung a round t heir neck and
they were t hrown into the sea. 43If your hand
causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better
for you to enter life m
aimed than with two
hands to go into hell, where the fire never
goes out. [44]a 45And if your foot causes you
to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter life crippled than to have two feet and
be t hrown into hell. [46]a 47A nd if your eye
causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is bet

ter for you to enter the kingdom of God with
one eye than to have two eyes and be t hrown
into hell, 48where
the worms that eat them do not die,
and the fire is not quenched.b
49Everyone
will be salted with fire.

is good, but if it loses its saltiness,
how can you make it s alty a gain? Have salt
among yourselves, and be at peace with each
other.
50Salt
Divorce
10
Jesus then left that p

lace and went
into the reg ion of Judea and across
the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to
him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2Some Pharisees came and tested him by
asking, Is it lawf ul for a man to divorce his
wife?
3What did Moses command you? he re
plied.
4T hey said, Moses perm itted a man to
w rite a certificate of divorce and send her
away.
5It was be
cause your hearts were hard
that Moses w rote you this law, Jesus replied.
6But at the beg inning of creat ion God made
them male and female.c 7For this reason a
man will leave his fat her and mother and be
united to his wife,d 8and the two will become
one f lesh. e So they are no longer two, but
one f lesh. 9T herefore what God has joined
together, let no one separate.
10W hen they were in the h
ouse again, the
disciples a sked Jesus about this. 11He an
swered, Anyone who divorces his wife and
marries another woma n commits adultery
against her. 12A nd if she divorces her hus
band and marries another man, she commits
adultery.
The Little Children and J esus
13People were bringing litt le child ren to

J esus for him to p
lace his h
ands on them, but
the disciples rebuked them. 14 W hen Jesus
saw this, he was indignant. He said to them,
Let the litt le children come to me, and do
not hinder them, for the kingdom of God be
longs to such as t hese. 15Truly I tell you, any
a44,46
d7
Some manuscripts include here the words of verse48. b48Isaiah 66:24 c6Gen. 1:27
Some early manuscripts do not have and be united to his wife. e8Gen. 2:24
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one who will not receive the kingdom of God
like a litt le c hild will never enter it. 16A nd
he took the children in his arms, p
laced his
hands on them and b
lessed them.
The Rich and the Kingdom of God
17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran

up to him and fell on his k nees before him.
Good teacher, he a sked, what must I do to
inherit eternal life?
18Why do you call me good? J esus an
swered. No one is goodexcept God a lone.
19You know the commandments: You shall
not murder, you shall not commit adultery,
you shall not steal, you shall not give false
testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your
fat her and mother. a
20 Teacher, he declared, all t hese I have
kept s ince I was a boy.
21Jesus looked at him and loved him. One
t hing you lack, he said. Go, sell everyt hing
you have and give to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven. Then come, fol

lowme.
22At this the mans face fell. He went away
sad, because he had g reat wealth.
23Jesus l ooked a
round and said to his dis
ciples, How hard it is for the rich to enter the
kingdom of God!
24T he disciples were a
mazed at his w
ords.
But J esus said a gain, Children, how hard it
isb to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier
for a camel to go t hrough the eye of a nee
dle than for someone who is rich to enter the
kingdom of God.
26T he disciples were even more a mazed,
and said to each other, Who then can be
saved?
27
Jesus looked at them and said, With
man this is impossible, but not with God; all
t hings are possible with God.
28T hen Peter s
poke up, We have left ev
eryt hing to follow you!
29 Truly I tell you, J esus replied, no one
Some manuscripts is for those who trust in riches
Mark 10:1731
Dear Journal,
Im sort of confused. I just read about the rich young
ruler and how he really loved his money. I feel like I love
my money, too. Not that I have a lot of it. But when
Journal
a19Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20 b24
Mark 10
I go to the mall with my friends, I want to buy almost

everything in sight. I love clothes and jewelry and teddy
bears and . . . well, you get the point.
Im worried that I might not be putting Jesus first in
my life. If Jesus told me never to go to the mall again,
could I do it? Im really going to try to be better about my
priorities. Ill write more later,
Janna
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who has left home or brothers or sisters or

mother or father or child ren or fields for
me and the gospel 30w ill fail to receive a
hundred times as much in this present age:
homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, child ren
and f ields a long with persecut ions a nd
in the age to come eternal life. 31But many
who are f irst will be last, and the last first.
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
32T hey were on t heir way up to Jer usalem,

with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples
were astonished, while t hose who fol lowed
were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside
and told them what was going to happen to
him. 33We are going up to Jer usalem, he
said, and the Son of Man will be delivered
over to the chief priests and the teachers of
the law. They will condemn him to death and
will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34who
will mock him and spit on him, flog him and
kill him. Three days later he will rise.
The Request of James and John
35T hen J ames and John, the sons of Zeb

edee, came to him. Teacher, they said, we
want you to do for us whatever we ask.
36What do you want me to do for you?
he asked.
37T hey replied, Let one of us sit at your
right and the other at your left in your glor y.
38You d
ont know what you are asking,
Jesus said. Can you drink the cup I d
rink or
be baptized with the baptism I am baptized
with?
39We can, they answered.
Jesus said to them, You will drink the cup
I drink and be bapt ized with the bapt ism I
am baptized with, 40but to sit at my right or
left is not for me to g rant. These places be
long to t hose for whom they have been pre
pared.
41W hen the ten h
eard about this, they be
came indignant with James and John. 42Jesus
called them together and said, You know
that t hose who are regarded as rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and t heir high of
ficials exercise aut horit y over them. 43Not so
with you. Instead, whoever wants to become
great among you must be your servant, 44and
whoever wants to be f irst must be slave of all.
45For even the Son of Man did not come to
be s erved, but to s erve, and to give his life as
a ransom for many.
Blind Bartimaeus Receives HisSight
46T hen they came to Jericho. As J esus and

his disciples, together with a large crowd,
were leaving the city, a b
lind man, Barti
maeus (which m
eans son of Timaeus), was
sitt ing by the roadside begg ing. 47W hen he
heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began
to shout, Jesus, Son of Dav id, have merc y
onme!
48Many rebuked him and told him to be
quiet, but he shouted all the more, Son of
Dav id, have mercy onme!
49Jesus s
topped and said, Call him.
So they called to the b
lind man, Cheer
up! On your feet! Hes calling you. 50Throw
ing his c loak aside, he jumped to his feet and
came to J esus.
51What do you want me to do for you?
Jesus asked him.
If I Were There...
Jesus was leaving Jericho. Everyone
was crowding around him, when one
voice rose louder than the rest. A
blind beggar sitting by the road was
shouting his head off.
If I were there, and I were this
blind beggar, Id keep shouting as
loud as I could to make sure Jesus
knew I was there. Id feel desperate
to get his attention. When people
told me to be quiet, Id shout even
louder. Id heard of Jesus, and Id
know he could heal me.
If I were there, and Jesus stopped
to talk to me, I might start crying. I
want to see, Id say.
If I were there, the first thing
Id see is Jesus face! If I could even
speak, Id thank him. I would follow
him along the road and tell everyone
who would listen to me what he
what Godhad done for me.
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11
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethpha

ge and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, J esus sent two
of his disciples, 2saying to them, Go to the village a head of
you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied t here,
which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and b
ring it here. 3If
anyone asks you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord
needs it and will send it back here shortly.
4T hey went and f ound a colt outside in the street, tied at
a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing t here
asked, What are you doing, unt ying that colt? 6They an
swered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them
rought the colt to J esus and t hrew t heir
go. 7W hen they b
cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread t heir cloaks
on the road, while others s pread branches they had cut in
the f ields. 9Those who went a head and t hose who followed
shouted,
Hosanna!a
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!b
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!
11
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple
c ourts. He looked a round at everyt hing, but since it was
already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
J esus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears

theTempleCourts
12T he next day as they were leaving Betha ny, Jesus was
hungry. 13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went
to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found
nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
14T hen he said to the tree, May no one ever eat f ruit from
you a gain. And his disciples h
eard him sayit.
15 On reaching Jer usalem, Jesus entered the temple courts
and began driving out t hose who were buying and selling
t here. He overturned the tables of the money changers and
ould not allow
the benches of t hose selling doves, 16a nd w
anyone to carr y merchand ise t hrough the temple courts.
17A nd as he t aught them, he said, Is it not written: My
house will be called a house of prayer for all nationsc? But
you have made it a den of robbers.d
18T he chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this
and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared
him, because the w
hole crowd was a mazed at his teaching.
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem asKing
Sup
er Her
o?
The b
lind man said, Rabbi, I want to see.
52Go, said J esus, your faith has healed you. Immed i
ately he received his sight and followed Jesus a long the road.
Maybe youve seen

movies about Jesus or
pictures people have
painted that show how
gentle Jesus was
maybe he even looked
like a wimp. Well, get
those pictures out of
your mind. Yes, Jesus
was gentle and kind,
but read what he did
in the temple. He
drove out the people
who were buying and
selling. He flipped over
tables and benches and
stopped people from
carrying through the
temple the goods they
wanted to sell. Sounds
almost like a super
hero, doesnt he? But it
wasnt some little thing
that he was angry
aboutit was people
making Gods house,
the temple, a place for
business instead of a
place for prayer and
worship. Jesus cleaned
it out.
Mark 11:1519
a9
AHebrew expression meaning Save! which became an

exclamation of praise; also in verse10 b9Psalm 118:25,26
c17Isaiah 56:7 d17Jer. 7:11
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19W hen evening came, Jesus and his dis

ciples a went out of the city.
20In the morni ng, as they went a long, they
saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21Pe
ter remembered and said to Jesus, Rabbi,
look! The fig tree you c ursed has withered!
22Have
faith in God, Jesus answered.
23 Trulyb I tell you, if any
one says to this
mountain, Go, t hrow yourself into the sea,
and does not doubt in their heart but believes
that what they say will happen, it will be
done for them. 24Therefore I tell you, what
ever you ask for in prayer, believe that you
have received it, and it will be yours. 25And
when you s tand praying, if you hold any
thing a gainst anyone, forg ive them, so that
your Fat her in heaven may forgive you your
sins. [26]c
The Authority of J esus Questioned

27 T hey
arr ived again in Jer usa lem, and

while Jesus was walking in the temple courts,
the c hief priests, the teachers of the law and
the elders came to him. 28 By what aut hori
ty are you doing t hese t hings? they asked.
And who gave you aut horit y to do this?
29Jesus replied, I will ask you one ques
tion. Answer me, and I will tell you by what
aut horit y I am doing t hese t hings. 30Johns
baptismwas it from heaven, or of human
origin? Tellme!
31They discussed it a mong themselves and
said, If we say, From heaven, he will ask,
Then why d
idnt you believe him? 32But if
we say, Of human origin... (They feared
the people, for everyone held that John really
was a prophet.)
33
S o they answered Jesus, We dont
know.
Jesus said, Neit her will I tell you by what
aut horit y I am doing t hese things.
The Parable of the Tenants
12
Jesus then began to speak to them

in parables: A man planted a vine
yard. He put a wall a round it, dug a pit for
the winepress and built a watchtower. Then
he rented the vineyard to some farmers and
moved to another place. 2At harvest time he
sent a servant to the tenants to collect from
them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3But
they seized him, beat him and sent him away

empt y-handed. 4T hen he sent another ser
vant to them; they s truck this man on the
head and treated him shamef ully. 5He sent
still another, and that one they k illed. He
sent many others; some of them they beat,
others they killed.
6He had one left to send, a son, whom he
loved. He sent him last of all, saying, They
will respect my son.
7
But the tena nts said to one another,
This is the heir. Come, lets kill him, and
the inheritance will be ours. 8So they took
him and k illed him, and t hrew him out of
the vineyard.
9What then will the owner of the vine
yard do? He will come and kill t hose tenants
and give the vineyard to others. 10Havent
you read this passage of Scripture:
The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
11 the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyesd?
12T hen the chief priests, the teachers of
the law and the elders looked for a way to
arrest him because they knew he had spo
ken the parable against them. But they were
afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went
away.
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar
13L at
er they sent some of the Pharisees
and Herodia ns to Jesus to c atch him in his
words. 14They came to him and said, Teach
er, we know that you are a man of integrit y.
You arent swayed by others, because you pay
no attention to who they are; but you teach
the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Is it r ight to pay the imperia l taxe to Caesar
or not? 15Should we pay or s houldntwe?
But Jesus knew t heir hy pocr is y. Why
are you trying to trap me? he a sked. Bring
me a denarius and let me look at it. 16They
brought the coin, and he asked them, Whose
image is this? And w
hose inscription?
Caesars, they replied.
17T hen J esus said to them, Give back to
Caesar what is Caesars and to God what is
Gods.
And they were a mazed at him.
a19
Some early manuscripts came, Jesus b22,23 Some early manuscripts If you have faith in God, Jesus
answered, 23truly c26 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt.6:15. d11Psalm
118:22,23 e14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
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Marriage at the Resurrection
18T hen the Sadducees, who say t here is no

resurrect ion, came to him with a quest ion.
19 Teacher, they said, Moses w rote for us
that if a mans brother dies and leaves a wife
but no child ren, the man must marr y the
widow and raise up offspring for his broth
er. 20Now there were seven brothers. The
f irst one married and died without leaving
any children. 21The second one married the
widow, but he also died, leaving no c hild. It
was the same with the t hird. 22In fact, none
of the seven left any child ren. Last of all,
the woma n died too. 23 At the resurrect ion a
whose wife will she be, s ince the seven were
married to her?
24Jesus replied, Are you not in error be
cause you do not know the Scriptures or the
power of God? 25When the dead rise, they will
neither marr y nor be given in marriage; they
will be like the angels in heaven. 26 Now about
the dead risinghave you not read in the
Book of Moses, in the account of the burning
bush, how God said to him, I am the God of
Abraham, the God of I saac, and the God of
Jacobb? 27He is not the God of the dead, but
of the living. You are badly mistaken!
The Greatest Commandment
28One of the teachers of the law came and

eard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had
h
given them a good answer, he asked him, Of
all the commandments, w
hich is the most
important?
29 The most im
portant one, answered
Jesus, is this: Hear, OIsrael: The Lord our
God, the Lord is one.c 30Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and with all
your strength. d 31The second is this: Love
your neighbor as yourself.e There is no com
mandment greater than these.
32Well said, teach
er, the man replied.
You are r ight in saying that God is one and
t here is no other but him. 33To love him with
all your heart, with all your understanding
and with all your strength, and to love your
neighbor as yourself is more important than
all burnt offerings and sacrif ices.
34W hen J esus saw that he had answered
wisely, he said to him, You are not far from
I Believe ...
The Lord commands
me to love him with
my whole self, and he
commands me to love my
neighbor as myself. These
are his most important
commands.
Mark 12:3031
the kingdom of God. And from then on no
one dared ask him any more questions.
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
35W hile Jesus was teaching in the temple

c ourts, he asked, Why do the teachers of the
law say that the Messia h is the son of Dav id?
36Dav id himself, speaki ng by the Holy Spirit,
declared:
The Lord said to my Lord:

Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.f
37Dav id
himself c alls him Lord. How then

can he be his son?
The large c rowd listened to him with de
light.
Warning Against the Teachers

oftheLaw
38As he t aught, Jesus said, Watch out for

the teachers of the law. They like to walk
around in flowing robes and be greeted with
respect in the marketplaces, 39a nd have the
most important seats in the synagogues and
the places of honor at banquets. 40They de
vour widows houses and for a show make
lengthy prayers. T
hese men will be punished
most severely.
a23
Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead, b26Exodus 3:6 c29Or The
Lord our God is one Lord d30Deut. 6:4,5 e31Lev. 19:18 f36Psalm 110:1
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Is Mor
e ss
What do you think

you would do if your
family was down to the
last $1 you had? How
would you spend it?
Jesus watched
the temple crowd
as people gave their
money. He heard the
coins drop into the
collection bin. The
rich people gave lots
of money, and Jesus
nodded. It was good
that they shared
their wealth. Then he
saw a poor widow.
She gave two coins,
worth less than a
penny. Yet giving this
much money was a
true sacrifice for this
woman. It was all the
money she hadit
would have bought
her a little food to eat.
In those days there
wasnt the help for
people that there is
todayshe didnt have
a welfare check coming
or food stamps. But
she had faith that God
would give her the
food, clothes and place
to live that she needed.
Jesus saw her heart.
And he sees your heart,
too. Whatever you
give from the heart is
always big in the eyes
of your Father.
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The Widows Offering
41
Jesus sat down opposite the p
lace where the offer
ings were put and watched the crowd putting t heir money
into the temple treasury. Many rich people t hrew in large
a mounts. 42But a poor widow came and put in two very
small copper c oins, worth only a few c ents.
43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, Truly I tell you,
this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the
others. 44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her
povert y, put in everyt hinga ll she had to liveon.
The Destruction of the Temple and

SignsoftheEndTimes
13
As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples

said to him, Look, Teacher! What massive stones!
What magnificent buildings!
2Do you see all t hese g
reat buildings? replied Jesus.
Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will
be t hrown down.
3As Jesus was sitt ing on the M
ount of Olives opposite the
temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew a sked him privately,
4 Tell us, when will t hese t hings happen? And what will be
the sign that they are all a bout to be fulf illed?
5Jesus said to them: Watch out that no one dec eives
you. 6Many will come in my name, claiming, I am he, and
will deceive many. 7W hen you hear of wars and rumors of
wars, do not be a larmed. Such t hings must happen, but the
end is still to come. 8Nat ion will rise against nat ion, and
kingdom against kingdom. T here will be earthquakes in
various places, and famines. T hese are the beg inning of
birth pains.
9You must be on your g uard. You will be handed over
to the local councils and f logged in the synagogues. On ac
count of me you will stand before governors and k ings as
reached
witnesses to them. 10And the gospel must f irst be p
rought to
to all nations. 11W henever you are arrested and b
tria l, do not worr y beforehand about what to say. Just say
whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking,
but the Holy Spirit.
12Brother will bet ray brother to d
eath, and a fat her his
child. Child ren will rebel against t heir parents and have
them put to death. 13Everyone will hate you because of me,
but the one who s tands firm to the end will be saved.
14When you see the abominat ion that causes desola
tiona standing where itb does not belonglet the reader
understandt hen let t hose who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. 15Let no one on the housetop go down or enter
the h
ouse to take anyt hing out. 16Let no one in the f ield go
back to get t heir cloak. 17How dreadf ul it will be in t hose
days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18Pray that
this will not take place in winter, 19because t hose will be
days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God
a14Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 b14Or he
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created the world, until now and never to
be equaled again.
20If the Lord had not cut short t hose days,
no one would surv ive. But for the sake of the
elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened
them. 21At that time if anyone says to you,
Look, here is the Messia h! or, Look, t here
he is! do not believe it. 22 For false messia hs
and false prophets will appear and perform
signs and wonders to deceive, if possible,
even the elect. 23So be on your g uard; I have
told you everyt hing a head of time.
24But in t hose days, following that dis
tress,
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be
shaken.a
26At that time people will see the Son of
Man coming in clouds with great power and
glor y. 27And he will send his angels and gath
er his elect from the four w inds, from the
ends of the e arth to the ends of the heavens.
28Now l earn this lesson from the fig tree:
As soon as its t wigs get tender and its leaves
come out, you know that summer is near.
29Even so, when you see t hese t hings hap
pening, you know that itb is near, right at the
door. 30Truly I tell you, this generation will
certainly not pass away until all t hese t hings
have happened. 31Heaven and e arth will pass
away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
32
But a bout that day or hour no one
k nows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the
Son, but only the Fat her. 33Be on g uard! Be
a lert c! You do not know when that time will
come. 34Its like a man going away: He leaves
his house and puts his servants in charge,
each with their assigned task, and tells the
one at the door to keep watch.
35 Therefore keep watch bec ause you do
not know when the owner of the house will
come backwhether in the evening, or at
midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at
dawn. 36If he comes suddenly, do not let him
find you sleeping. 37W hat I say to you, I say
to everyone: Watch!
a25Isaiah 13:10; 34:4 b29Or he c33
hundred denarii e7See Deut.15:11.
Mark 14
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
14
Now the Passover and the Festival of

Unleavened B
read were only two days
away, and the chief priests and the teachers of
the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly
and kill him. 2But not during the festival,
they said, or the people may riot.
3W hile he was in Betha ny, reclini ng at the
table in the home of Simon the Leper, a wom
an came with an alabaster jar of very expen
sive perf ume, made of pure nard. She b
roke
the jar and p
oured the perf ume on his head.
4Some of t hose present were sayi ng ind ig
nantly to one another, Why this waste of
perf ume? 5It could have been sold for more
than a years wagesd and the money given to
the poor. And they rebuked her harshly.
6Leave her a lone, said J esus. Why are
you bothering her? She has done a beautif ul
t hing to me. 7The poor you will always have
with you,e and you can help them any time
you want. But you will not always have me.
8She did what she c
ould. She poured perfume
on my body beforehand to prepare for my
buria l. 9Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel
is preached throughout the w
orld, what she
has done will also be told, in memor y of her.
10T hen Jud as Isc ariot, one of the T
welve,
went to the chief p
riests to betray Jesus to
them. 11They were delighted to hear this and
promised to give him money. So he w
atched
for an opportunit y to hand him over.
The Last Supper
12On the f irst day of the Festival of Unleav

ened B
read, when it was customary to sacri
fice the Passover lamb, Jesus disciples asked
him, Where do you want us to go and make
preparations for you to eat the Passover?
13S o he sent two of his disc iples, telling
them, Go into the city, and a man carr y
ing a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
14S ay to the owner of the house he enters,
The Teacher asks: W
here is my g uest room,
where I may eat the Passover with my disci
ples? 15He will show you a large room up
stairs, furnished and r eady. Make prepa ra
tions for us there.
16T he disciples left, went into the city and
found t hings just as Jesus had told them. So
they prepared the Passover.
Some manuscripts alert and pray d5Greek than three
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Mark 14
Mea
l
tion
of Celebra
Mark 14 tells about

the last meal Jesus
ate before he was
crucified. Of course,
the disciples still didnt
understand what was
about to happen, but
Jesus did. The meal
was the Passover, the
meal the Jews eat to
celebrate God rescuing
them from Egypt back
in the days of Moses.
But Jesus gave a new
meaning to some of
the meal. He said the
bread stood for his
body and the wine
stood for his blood.
Today Christians
repeat the bread
and wine (or grape
juice) part of that
meal to remind them
of Jesus death for
their sins. People
call this celebration
Communion or the
Lords Supper. Does it
seem strange to talk
about celebrating
someones death? We
call it a celebration
because of the great
thing Jesus death
does for usit gives
us forgiveness of
our sinsand its a
celebration because
Jesus didnt stay dead!
He came to life again.
Mark 14:2225
17W hen
evening came, Jesus arrived with the T

welve.
they were reclining at the table eating, he said,
Truly I tell you, one of you will bet ray meone who is
eating withme.
19T hey were saddened, and one by one they said to him,
Surely you dont mean me?
20It is one of the T
welve, he replied, one who dips b
read
into the bowl with me. 21The Son of Man will go just as it is
written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son
of Man! It w
ould be better for him if he had not been born.
22W hile they were eati ng, Jesus took b
read, and when he
had given t hanks, he b
roke it and gave it to his disciples,
saying, Take it; this is my body.
23T hen he took a cup, and when he had given t hanks, he
gave it to them, and they all d
rank fromit.
24 This is my blood of thea covenant, which is poured
out for many, he said to them. 25Truly I tell you, I will not
drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I
drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26W hen they had sung a hymn, they went out to the
Mount of Olives.
18W hile
Jesus Predicts Peters Denial

27You
ten:
will all fall away, Jesus told them, for it is writ
I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.b
28But
after I have risen, I will go a head of you into Galilee.

declared, Even if all fall away, I will not.
30 Truly I tell you, Jesus ans wered, tod ayyes, to
night before the rooster crows t wice c you yourself will
disown me t hree times.
31But Peter insisted emphatic ally, Even if I have to die
with you, I will never disown you. And all the others said
the same.
29Peter
Gethsemane
32T hey went to a place c alled Geths ema ne, and Jesus
said to his disciples, Sit here while I pray. 33He took Peter,
James and John a long with him, and he began to be deeply
dist ressed and troubled. 34My soul is overwhelmed with
sorrow to the p
oint of death, he said to them. Stay here
and keep watch.
35Goi ng a litt le fart her, he fell to the g round and p
rayed
that if possible the hour might pass from him. 36Abba,d Fa
ther, he said, everyt hing is possible for you. Take this cup
from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.
37Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleep
ing. Simon, he said to Peter, are you a sleep? C
ouldnt you
keep watch for one hour? 38Watch and pray so that you will
a24
Some manuscripts the new b27Zech. 13:7 c30Some

early manuscripts do not have twice. d36 Aramaic for father
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of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

42R ise! Let us go! Here c
omes my betrayer!
Jesus Arrested
43Just as he was speaking, Jud as, one of

the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd
armed with swords and c lubs, sent from the
chief p
riests, the teachers of the law, and the
elders.
Mark 14:3536
Jesus knew he was about to suffer and die on a cross

for peoples sins. Even though Jesus wanted to do this
for people, it was still a terrible and painful thing to go
through. Life isnt always easy for us, either. There is fun
Journal
not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing,

but the f lesh is weak.
39Once more he went away and p
rayed the
same t hing. 40W hen he came back, he a gain
found them sleeping, because t heir eyes were
heavy. They did not know what to say to him.
41Re
t urning the third time, he said to
them, Are you s till sleeping and resting?
Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son
Mark 14
and joy, but there is also disappointment and pain.

Write in your journal about some of the hardest
things you have faced.
Being Christians doesnt get us out of hard things, just

as being the Son of God didnt get Jesus out of going to
the cross. But God was with him through it, and God goes
with us through our hard times, too. Remind yourself that
Jesus knows what you feel and is with you.
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44Now the bet rayer had arranged a signal

with them: The one I kiss is the man; ar
rest him and lead him away under g uard.
45Goi ng at once to J esus, Judas said, Rabbi!
and k issed him. 46The men seized Jesus and
arrested him. 47Then one of t hose standing
near drew his s word and struck the servant
of the high p
riest, cutting off his ear.
48Am I leading a rebellion, said Jesus,
that you have come out with swords and
clubs to capture me? 49Every day I was with
you, teaching in the temple c ourts, and you
did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must
be fulf illed. 50 Then everyone deserted him
and fled.
51A
young man, wearing nothing but a
linen garment, was fol low i ng Jesus. When
they s eized him, 52he fled naked, leaving his
garment behind.
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
53T hey took Jesus to the high priest, and

all the chief priests, the elders and the teach
ers of the law came together. 54 Peter followed
him at a distance, right into the courtyard of
the high priest. There he sat with the g uards
and w
armed himself at the fire.
55T he
chief priests and the w
hole San
hed rin were look i ng for ev idence a gainst
Jesus so that they could put him to death,
but they did not find any. 56 Many test if ied
falsely against him, but t heir statements did
not agree.
57T hen some s
tood up and gave this f alse
testimony against him: 58We heard him say,
I will destroy this temple made with human
hands and in t hree days will build another,
not made with hands. 59Yet even then t heir
testimony did not agree.
60T hen the high
priest stood up before
them and a sked Jesus, Are you not going
to answer? What is this testimony that t hese
men are bringing against you? 61 But Jesus
remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high p
riest asked him, Are you
the Messia h, the Son of the B
lessed One?
62I am, said Jesus. And you will see the
Son of Man sitt ing at the r ight hand of the
M ighty One and coming on the clouds of
heaven.
63T he high priest tore his clothes. Why
do we need any more witnesses? he a sked.

64You have heard the blasphemy. What do
you think?
They all condemned him as worthy of
death. 65Then some began to spit at him; they
blindfolded him, struck him with t heir f ists,
and said, Prophesy! And the g uards took
him and beat him.
Peter Disowns J esus
66W hile Peter was below in the courtyard,

one of the servant g irls of the high priest
came by. 67W hen she saw Peter warming
himself, she looked closely at him.
You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,
she said.
68But he den ied it. I dont know or un
derstand what youre talking about, he said,
and went out into the entryway.a
69W hen the servant girl saw him t here, she
said a gain to t hose standing a round, This
fellow is one of them. 70Again he deniedit.
After a litt le while, t hose standing near
said to Peter, Surely you are one of them,
for you are a Galilean.
71He began to call down curse s, and he
swore to them, I d
ont know this man y oure
talking about.
72 Immed iately the rooster crowed the sec
ond time.b Then Peter remembered the word
Jesus had spoken to him: Before the roost
er crows t wice c you will disown me three
times. And he b
roke down and wept.
Jesus Before Pilate
15
Very early in the morning, the chief

priests, with the elders, the teachers of
the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their
plans. So they b
ound Jesus, led him away and
handed him over to Pilate.
2Are you the king of the Jews? asked Pi
late.
You have said so, J esus replied.
3T he c
hief priests accused him of many
t hings. 4So again Pilate asked him, Arent
you going to answer? See how many t hings
they are accusing youof.
5But Jesus s
till made no reply, and Pilate
was amazed.
6Now it was the custom at the fest ival to
release a prisoner whom the people request
a68
Some early manuscripts entryway and the rooster crowed b72 Some early manuscripts do not have
the second time. c72 Some early manuscripts do not have twice.
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The Soldiers Mock J esus
16T he sold iers led Jesus away into the palace (that is,
the Praetoriu m) and called together the whole company
of soldiers. 17They put a purple robe on him, then twisted
together a crown of t horns and set it on him. 18A nd they
began to call out to him, Hail, king of the Jews! 19Again
and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit
on him. Falling on t heir k nees, they paid homage to him.
20A nd when they had mocked him, they took off the purple
robe and put his own c lothes on him. Then they led him
out to crucif y him.
The Crucifixion of J esus
21A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the fat her of Al

exander and Ruf us, was passing by on his way in from the
country, and they forced him to carr y the c ross. 22T hey
brought Jesus to the p
lace c alled Golgot ha (which m
eans
the place of the skull). 23T hen they offered him wine
mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24And they cruci
fied him. Div iding up his clothes, they cast lots to see what
each w
ould get.
25It was nine in the morni ng when they crucif ied him.
26T he written not ice of the c
harge against him read: the
king of the jews.
27They crucif ied two rebels with him, one on his right and
one on his left. [28]a 29Those who passed by h
urled insults at
him, shaking their heads and saying, So! You who are going
to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30come down
from the cross and save yourself! 31In the same way the
chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among
themselves. He s aved others, they said, but he cant save
himself! 32Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down
now from the cross, that we may see and believe. Those
crucif ied with him also h
eaped insults on him.
a28
No
Courag
ed. 7A man c alled Barabbas was in prison with the insurrec

tionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8The
crowd came up and a sked Pilate to do for them what he
usua lly did.
9Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?
asked Pi late, 10k nowing it was out of self-interest that the
chief p
riests had handed J esus over to him. 11But the chief
priests s tirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas
instead.
12What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king
of the Jews? Pilate asked them.
13 Crucif y him! they shouted.
14Why? What c
rime has he committed? a sked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, Crucif y him!
15 Wanti ng to satisf y the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas
to them. He had J esus f logged, and handed him over to be
crucif ied.
Mark 15
Pilate had power.

He was the Roman
governor of Judea. Yet
with all his power, he
lacked courage to do
what he knew was
right. Pilate caved in
to the desires of the
jeering crowd, which
was being influenced
by the chief priests. In
his heart Pilate knew
Jesus was innocent, but
he heard the people
screaming to crucify
Jesus. Being liked was
more important to
him than doing right.
Do you sometimes go
along with the crowd?
When do you allow
friends and others
to influence you into
doing wrong?
Mark 15:15
Some manuscripts include here words similar to Luke22:37.
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Mark 15
B
ead odie
The normal custom

in the Roman Empire
was to leave crucified
bodies hanging on
their crosses. But
sometimes bodies were
given to families that
asked for them. Joseph
of Arimathea was bold
to ask for Jesus body.
He wrapped Jesus in
linen cloth. Spices were
put between the layers
of linen. These helped
to cover the odor when
a dead body began to
decay.
Mark 15:4247
The Death of J esus
33At noon, darkness came over the whole land unt il t hree
in the afternoon. 34And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried
out in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? (which
means My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?).a
35W hen some of t hose standing near h
eard this, they
said, Listen, hes calling Elijah.
36Someone ran, f illed a s
ponge with wine vinegar, put it
on a staff, and offered it to J esus to d
rink. Now leave him
a lone. Lets see if Elijah c omes to take him down, he said.
37With a loud cry, J esus b
reathed his last.
38T he curt ain of the temple was torn in two from top
to bottom. 39And when the centurion, who stood t here in
front of Jesus, saw how he died,b he said, Surely this man
was the Son of God!
40Some women were watching from a distance. A mong
them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James
the younger and of Joseph,c and Salome. 41 In Galilee t hese
women had followed him and c ared for his n
eeds. Many
other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were
also there.
The Burial of Jesus
42It was Prepa rat ion Day (that is, the day before the Sab
bath). So as evening approached, 43 Joseph of Arimat hea, a
prominent member of the Council, who was himself wait
ing for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and a sked
for Jesus body. 44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was
already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if
Jesus had already died. 45W hen he learned from the centu
rion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46So Joseph
bought some linen cloth, took down the body, w rapped it
in the linen, and p
laced it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then
he r olled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47Mary
Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw w
here he
was laid.
Jesus Has Risen
16
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary

the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so
that they m
ight go to a noint Jesus body. 2Very early on the
f irst day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on t heir
way to the tomb 3and they a sked each other, Who will roll
the s tone away from the entrance of the tomb?
4But when they l ooked up, they saw that the stone, which
was very large, had been rolled away. 5As they entered the
tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a w
hite robe sitting
on the r ight side, and they were alarmed.
6Dont be a
larmed, he said. You are looking for J esus
the Naza rene, who was crucif ied. He has risen! He is not
here. See the place where they laid him. 7But go, tell his
a34Psalm 22:1 b39
Some manuscripts saw that he died with

such a cry c40Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph; also in verse47
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disciples and Peter, He is going a head of you
into Galilee. T
here you will see him, just as
he told you.
8 Trembling and bew ildered, the women
went out and fled from the tomb. They said
nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.a
[The earliest manuscripts and some other

ancient witnesses do not have verses 920.]
9When Jesus rose early on the first day of the
week, he appeared f irst to Mary Magdalene, out of
whom he had driven seven demons. 10She went and
told those who had been with him and who were
mourning and weeping. 11When they heard that
Jesus was a live and that she had seen him, they did
not believeit.
12Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form
to two of them w
hile they were walking in the coun
Mark 16
try. 13These returned and reported it to the rest; but

they did not believe them either.
14Lat
e r Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they
were eating; he rebuked them for t heir lack of f aith
and t heir stubborn refusal to believe t hose who had
seen him after he had risen.
15He said to them, Go into all the w
orld and
preach the gospel to all creation. 16Whoe ve r be
lieves and is baptized will be saved, but whoe ver
does not believe will be condemned. 17And these
signs will accompany those who believe: In my
name they will d
rive out demons; they will s peak in
new tongues; 18they will pick up s nakes with their
hands; and when they d
rink deadly poison, it will
not hurt them at all; they will p lace t heir hands on
sick people, and they will get well.
19After the Lord Jesus had spok en to them, he
was taken up into heaven and he sat at the r ight
hand of God. 20Then the disciples went out and
preached eve rywhere, and the Lord worked with
them and conf irmed his word by the signs that ac
companiedit.
a8
Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after
verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After
this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of
eternal salvation. Amen.
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Why was this book written?

Mark shows people who Jesus is by telling what Jesus did.

For whom was this book written?

What happens in this book?

Who is important in this book?

Jesus is the important person in this book.

When did this happen?

Where did this happen?

What are some of the stories in this book?

I will send my messenger ahead of you,

The Baptism and Testing ofJesus

Jesus Announces the Good News

Jesus Calls His First Disciples

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

You may remember

Anointed One. b1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.

c2Mal. 3:1 d3Isaiah 40:3 e8Or in f13

f at her Zebedee in the boat with the h

Five hundred years

Jesus Drives Out an ImpureSpirit

21T hey went to Capernau m, and when the Sabbath came,

Jesus Heals Many

Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place

Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy

40A man with leprosya came to him and b

The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man

A few days later, when J esus a gain entered Capernaum,

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners

Jesus Questioned About Fasting

Johns disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.

Jesus taught at the

the s kins, and both the wine and the wine

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23One Sabbath Jesus was going t hrough the

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

Another time Jesus went into the syna

Crowds Follow Jesus

answered, How can the g uests of

7Jesus withd rew with his disciples to the

13Jesus went up on a mountainside and c alled to him

J esus Accused by His Family and byTeachers

20T hen Jesus entered a h

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

The leaders of the Jews

The Parable of the Sower

Again Jesus began to t each by the lake. The c rowd that

Some manuscripts twelvedesignating them apostles

b21Or his associates

by parables, and in his teaching said: 3Lis

21He said to them, Do you

dont you put it on its stand? 22 For whatever

The Parable of the Growing Seed

26He also said, This is what the kingdom

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30Again he said, What

Jesus Calms the Storm

35T hat day when even ing came, he said

J esus Restores a Demon-Possessed

They went a cross the lake to the region of