Mark 1-3

Mark 1

¹The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

²Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

³The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

⁴John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

⁵And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

⁶And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

⁷And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

⁸I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

⁹And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

¹¹And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

¹²And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land.

¹³And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

¹⁴Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

¹⁵And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

¹⁶And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

¹⁷And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

¹⁸And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.

¹⁹And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

²⁰And he said, Come after me: and they went away from their father Zebedee, who was in the boat with the servants, and came after him.

²¹And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.

²²And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.

²³And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

²⁴Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.

²⁵And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

²⁶And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

²⁷And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.

²⁸And news of him went out quickly everywhere into all parts of Galilee round about.

²⁹And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

³¹And he came and took her by the hand, lifting her up; and she became well, and took care of their needs.

³²And in the evening, at sundown, they took to him all who were diseased, and those who had evil spirits.

³³And all the town had come together at the door.

³⁴And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

³⁵And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.

³⁶And Simon and those who were with him came after him.

³⁷And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

³⁸And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.

³⁹And he went into their Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching and driving out evil spirits.

⁴⁰And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

⁴¹And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.

⁴²And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean.

⁴³And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply,

⁴⁴See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

⁴⁵But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

Mark 2

¹And when he came into Capernaum again after some days, the news went about that he was in the house.

²And a great number had come together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he gave them teaching.

³And four men came to him with one on a bed who had no power of moving.

⁴And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

⁵And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to him, Son, you have forgiveness for your sins.

⁶But there were certain of the scribes seated there, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷Why does this man say such things? he has no respect for God: from whom does forgiveness come but from God only?

⁸And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

⁹Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?

¹⁰But so that you may see that the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins on earth, (he said to the man,)

¹¹I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house.

¹²And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.

¹³And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

¹⁴And when he went by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and he said to him, Come with me. And he got up, and went with him.

¹⁵And it came about that he was seated at meat in his house, and a number of tax-farmers and sinners were at table with Jesus and his disciples: for there were a great number of them, and they came after him.

¹⁶And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?

¹⁷And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.

¹⁸And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

¹⁹And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

²⁰But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

²¹No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

²²And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

²³And it came about that on the Sabbath day he was going through the grain-fields; and while they were walking, his disciples took the heads of grain.

²⁴And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

²⁵And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

²⁶How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

²⁷And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

²⁸So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

Mark 3

¹And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.

²And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

³And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.

⁴And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

⁵And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

⁶And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.

⁷And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

⁸And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and the other side of Jordan, and the country about Tyre and Sidon, a great number, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

⁹And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;

¹⁰For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.

¹¹And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

¹²And he gave them special orders not to say who he was.

¹³And he went up into the mountain, and sent for those whom it was his pleasure to have with him: and they went to him.

¹⁴And he took twelve to be with him, so that he might send them out as preachers,

¹⁵And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

¹⁶To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;

¹⁷And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

¹⁸And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;

¹⁹And Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

²⁰And he went into a house. And the people came together again, so that they were not even able to take bread.

²¹And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

²²And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

²³And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

²⁴If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

²⁵And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;

²⁶And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

²⁷But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

²⁸Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

²⁹But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

³⁰Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

³¹And his mother and brothers came and were outside, and sent for him, requesting to see him.

³²And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

³³And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?

³⁴And looking round at those who were seated about him, he said, See, my mother and my brothers!

³⁵Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.