The Gospel According
to
Mark
The Gospel According
to
Mark
Chapter 1
1 This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;1
2 Just as it is written through the prophet Isaiah,1 “Behold, I send My messenger ahead of you, to keep you in the way and lead you into the land I have prepared for you”2
3 “A voice crying out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord. Make His paths straight!’3”
4 John the Baptist went out into the wilderness preaching the baptism of repentance into the remission of sins.
5 At that time all of Jerusalem, together with all the land of Judea was going out to him and were all being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
6 Now John wore camel’s hair with a girdle of animal skin around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
7 And he would preach, saying, “One mightier than I comes after me of whom I’m unworthy to bow down to untie the straps of His sandals,
8 I have baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire4”
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee to be baptized by John in the Jordan River.
10 Afterward at once coming out of the water, he saw the heavens open, and the Spirit descending like a dove and remaining upon Him;1
11 Then a voice came from out of the heavens, saying, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I Am well pleased”
12 Then at once the Spirit led Him into the wilderness.
13 But while He was in the wilderness for forty days He was tempted by the satan; and was among the wild beasts, and angels were ministering unto Him.
14 But after John had been put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, preaching the good tidings of God.1
15 Saying, “The set times have been fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the good tidings”
16 Now as He was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
17 So He said unto them, “Come follow Me, and I will teach you to become fishers of men”5
18 And at once they forsook their nets and followed Him.
19 After going a short distance farther, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in a boat tending the nets.
20 And right away He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men to follow Him.
21 Then they entered into Capernaum and He began to teach in the synagogue, early upon the Sabbath day.
22 And they were astonished by His doctrine; for He would teach as one having authority, and not as one of the scribes.
23 Then suddenly! In their synagogue, there was a man with an impure spirit; and he cried out,
24 saying, “Let us be! What is there between us and you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who You are: the Holy One of God!”
25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be you silent, and come out of him!”
26 Then the unclean spirit convulsed him, cried out in a loud voice, and came out of him.
27 And all of them marveled, to such extent that they began talking about Him, saying, “What is this remarkable doctrine? With authority He commands even the impure spirits, and they obey Him”
28 Then word of Him spread quickly in every direction throughout the entirety of the surrounding regions of Galilee.1
29 And immediately upon coming out of the synagogue, they went unto the house of Simon, together with Andrew, James and John.
30 And Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a high fever; and immediately they spoke to Him concerning her.
31 So He went to her, lifting her up by hand, and the fever left her, then she attended them.
32 Once evening had come after the sunset, they brought Him all those who were sick and those who were demonically possessed.
33 And the entire city gathered at the door.
34 And He healed many who were sick with various ailments, and drove out many demons; but He would not permit the demons to speak, for they knew He was The Christ.1
35 Afterward, early in the morning while it was still dark, He got up and went unto a secluded place and there He was praying.
36 Therefore Simon and those with him were searching for Him;1
37 After they had found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You”
38 And He said unto them, “Let us go into the neighboring towns, so that I may preach to the people there also; for this purpose, I Am come”
39 Then He went throughout all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
40 At that time a leper came to Him, kneeling down before Him and pleading with Him, and saying unto Him, “If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me”1
41 And He was moved with compassion. So He stretched out His hand, touched him and said, “I Am willing; be clean”
42 And at once it departed from him and he was cleansed.
43 After sincerely warning him, at once He sent him away,
44 and said unto him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to a priest and present the sacrifices for your cleansing which Moses commanded, as a testimony unto them”
45 But he went out and began declaring to all and spreading the word, to such an extent that He could no longer enter a city openly, but stayed in unpopulated areas; at that time they began coming to Him from every direction.
1. The Mt.Sinai Bible - 300-400 A.D.
2. Malachi 3:1 - DSS - 350-250 B.C.
3. Isaiah 40:3 - DSS - 225-125 B.C.
4. The Codex Guelferbytanus - 400-500 A.D
5. P137 - 10-100 A.D.
Chapter 2
1 And after several days, once again He entered into Capernaum, and it was reported that He was in the house.
2 And many had gathered, to such an extent that there was no longer room, not even around the entrance; and He was preaching the word to them.
3 Then they came, bearing a paralytic unto Him, carried by four men.1
4 But they were unable to get close to Him on account of the crowd, so they uncovered the roof where He was; and breaking through the roof, they lowered the matt upon which the paralytic was lying.
5 And upon seeing his faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven”
6 But some of the scribes sitting there, were reasoning within their hearts,
7 “How can He say such things? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except only, the One God?”1
8 But Jesus immediately knew in His Spirit what they were reasoning within themselves, so He said unto them, “Why are you thinking these things within your hearts?
9 Which is easier to say unto a paralytic, ‘your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘get up, and take your mat and walk’?
10 But so that you know that the Son of Man has the power on the earth to forgive sins” Then He said unto the paralytic.
11 “I say unto you, get up! Take your mat and go to your house”
12 So at once he got up, and took his matt, and left in front of everyone, and they all marveled, and began giving praise unto God, saying, “Something like this has never been witnessed throughout all Israel”1
13 Then He departed once again unto the sea; and the entirety of the multitude was coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
14 Afterward as He was walking along, He saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting in a tax collector’s booth, and He said unto him, “Follow me” And he got up and followed Him.
15 Now it came to pass while Jesus was sitting at the table in His house, and many farmers and sinners sat with Jesus and His disciples; for there were now many who followed Him.
16 But the scribes of the Pharisees, after they saw Him eating with the farmers and sinners, began saying to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking1 with farmers and sinners? This is your Teacher?”
17 After hearing this Jesus said unto them, “It is not the healthy who have need of a healer, but those who have a sickness; I Am not come to call the righteous, but sinners”1
18 At that time the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, “Why are the disciples of John and the disciples1 of the Pharisees fasting, but your disciples fast not?”
19 So Jesus said unto them, “The sons of a Bridegroom do not fast while the Bridegroom is with them, as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they will not fast.
20 However the day will come when the Bridegroom is taken away from them, and then on that day they will fast.
21 But no one sews an unprepared piece of cloth onto old clothing; or else when it is filled, the new will pull away from the old, and the separation occurring will worsen.
22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; or else the wineskins will burst, and the wine will flow out and the wineskins will be destroyed; instead new wine should be put into new wineskins”
23 And it came to pass while Jesus was going through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and along the way His disciples began to pick the heads of grain.
24 Therefore the Pharisees said to Him, “Behold! Why are they doing something that is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
25 But He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those with him did when they were hungry and had need;
26 How they entered into the house of God, during the time of the high priest Abiathar, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful to be eaten by him, but only by priests, and he also gave unto those who were with him”a 1
27 Then He said unto them, “The Sabbath was made for mankind, and not mankind for the Sabbath
28 Therefore the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath”
1. P88 - 200-300 A.D.
a. The verse references - 1 Samuel 2:1-1-6.
Chapter 3
1 And once more He entered into the synagogue. And there was a man with a withered hand.
2 Now they were watching if He would heal him on the Sabbath, that they might charge Him.
3 And He said to the man who had a withered hand, “Step forward, into the center”
4 Then He said unto them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath, to do good or to do evil, to save life or destroy it?” But they were silent.
5 After looking upon them in anger, being sorrowful for the hardness of their heart, He said unto the man, “Stretch out your hand” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored unto the likeness of the other.
6 After going out, the Pharisees immediately devised a plot against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.
7 Afterward Jesus withdrew together with His disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from the land of Galilee, and from Judea followed after Him,
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and across the Jordan River, as well as, the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number heard of all the things He was doing and came to Him.
9 And He instructed His disciples that a boat should be made ready for Him, lest the multitude press upon Him;
10 Because He had healed many, to such an extent that those with ailments would rush upon Him in order to touch Him,
11 and when any of the impure spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and cry out, saying, “You are the Son of God!”1
12 And He would sternly warn them that they should not make Him known.
13 Afterward He went into a mountain, and invited those whom He wanted, and some went with Him.
14 Then He appointed the twelve and gave them the name apostles, that they might be with Him and so that He could send them forth to preach,
15 And with the power to heal the sick and cast out demons.
16 Then He ordained the twelve and bestowed upon Simon, the surname, Peter;
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; He surnamed both, the Boanerges, which means, “The Sons of Thunder”
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, along with Thaddaeus and Simon the zealot,
19 and Judas Iscariot, the one who also betrayed Him.
20 After they had entered into a house, once again a multitude gathered, to such an extent that they could not even eat their food.
21 But when His own people heard him, they went to take hold of Him, saying, “He must have lost His mind”
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He’s with beelzebub!” and “By of the prince of demons He casts out the demons”
23 So He called them to Him, speaking unto them in parables, “How could satan cast out satan?
24 And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if satan has risen against himself, truly he is divided, therefore he cannot stand, rather he has been brought to an end.
27 But no one upon entering into the house of a strong man can pillage his vessels, without first tying up the strong man, and then he can pillage his house.
28 Truly I tell you, that all sins can be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they might blaspheme;
29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, will not be forgiven throughout the ages, but is guilty of an eternal sin”;a
30 Because of this they were saying, “He has an evil spirit”
31 Afterward, His mother and His brothers came and they were standing outside having sent someone to inform Him.
32 Now a crowd was sitting with Him, and they said to Him, “Look! your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you”
33 So to explain this He said unto them, “Who is My mother and My other brothers?”2
34 Then He looked upon those around and about Him, saying, “Behold! My mother and My brothers!
35 For whoever does the will of God, such as these are My brother, sister and mother”
1. The Mt.Sinai Bible - 300-400 A.D. a. The verse references - Exodus 20:7
2. The Codex Alexandrinus - 400-500 A.D.
Chapter 4
1 Afterward once again He began teaching beside the sea. And a large crowd gathered unto Him to such an extent that He stepped onto a boat upon the sea, and sat down; while the entire crowd was by the sea upon the shore.
2 And He was teaching them many things in parables, and speaking to them through His doctrine.
3 “Listen! Behold! the sower went forth to sow;
4 and it came to pass as He was sowing, truly, some fell beside the way, and the birds came and devoured them.1
5 But others fell upon the rock bed, where there was not much soil; and right away they sprung up because they had no deep soil.
6 But after the sun had risen up, they were burnt; and because they had no root, they wasted2 away.
7 Still others fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprung up and suffocated them, and they produced no crop.
8 But others fell upon the good soil, and growing and maturing they yielded a harvest, some thirty, some sixty, even a hundredfold”
9 Then He said, “Whoever has the ears to hear; let them listen”
10 Afterward when He was alone, those who were around Him with the twelve disciples were asking Him about one of His parables.2
11* So He said unto them, “Unto you the mystery of the kingdom of God has been given, but unto the outsiders all these things are spoken2 in parables,
12 So that, ‘they shall hear, but not understand, and see, but not perceive’3 otherwise they might, ‘repent, and be healed’3”
13 Then He said unto them, “Can you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parables?
14 The sower sows the word.
15 And these are the ones upon the way, where the word was sown; but after they hear, at once satan comes and snatches away the word that was sown within them.1
16 And these are the ones so sown upon the rock bed, when they hear the word, at once they receive it with joy;
17 But having no root within themselves, instead they endure for a time; but when tribulation or persecution comes on account of the word, at once they fall away.
18 Now the ones who were sown among the thorns; are those who hear the word,
19* but the cares of this age, and the deceptions of the world2 enter in choking the word and they become unfruitful.
20 But those whom were sown upon the good soil; are those who hear the word and receive it, afterward producing a crop, one thirty, and another sixty, even a hundredfold”
21 Then He said unto them, “No one brings a lamp forth to put it under a bowl or place it under a bushel, no, but rather so that it might be put upon a lampstand.
22 For there is nothing hidden, that shall not be revealed; and nothing kept secret that will not come unto the light.
23 Whoever has the ears to hear, let them listen”
24 And He continued speaking unto them, “Be careful what you listen to. With the measurement you measure, it shall be measured unto you, and will be added unto you.1
25* For whoever holdsa unto Him, more shall be given; but whoever does not hold,a even what they have will be taken away from them”
26 And He said, “Likened unto this is the kingdom of heaven,1 just as a man sows seed upon the earth;
27 then lies down to sleep, and awakens at midnight and dawn, although the seed sprouts and flourishes in a way that he himself might not understand.
28 The earth produces its harvest; first the wheatgrass, then the ear, then the mature grain in the midst of the other heads of grain.
29 But when the grain is brought forth, shortly afterward he puts it to the sickle, for the harvest has come”
30 Then He said unto them, “Unto what shall I liken the mystery of the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we compare it?1
31 It is like a mustard seed, which, is the leastb of all the seeds upon the earth, when it is sown upon the earth,
32 then after its sown, it grows and becomes the greatest of all the garden herbs, and it brings forth great branches; so that the birds of heaven can come and live under its branches”
33 And with many parables such as these He spoke the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;
34 But outside of a parable He would not speak to them; but among His own disciples, He would explain all these things.
35 And on that same day, when evening had come, He said unto them, “Let us cross over unto the other side”
36 Therefore after sending away the multitude, they went with Him just as before by boat, and there were other boats with them.
37 At that time a great tempest stirred up the winds and the waves were breaking into the boat, to such an extent that the boat was quickly being filled.
38 But He was at the stern, sleeping on a pillow; after waking Him, they then said to Him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are dying?”
39 Then after He got up, He rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the winds diminished and a great peace came about.
40 And He said unto them, “Why do you fear? Do you still not have faith?”
41 And they were awestruck with great fear, and said unto one another, “What manner of Man is this, that even the winds and the waves obey Him?”
1. The Mt.Sinai Bible - 300-400 A.D. a. The word in ancient Greek can be interpreted as, “Has or hold” i.e. in this case God’s ways.
2. The Codex Bezae - 400-500 A.D. “To hold to a certain body of knowledge”
3. Isaiah 6:9-10 - DSS - 300-200 B.C. b. Cannot be translated as “smallest” Because there are seeds smaller than a mustard seed.
Chapter 5
1 After they had come to the other side of the sea, within the land of Gerasenes.1
2 And He had gotten off the boat, at once from out of a sepulture a man with an impure spirit met Him there,
3 who had been living among the tombs. And no one could bind him, not even with shackles;
4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but the shackles were torn off by him and the chains broken into pieces, and no man was strong enough to subdue him.
5 And all throughout the night and day amidst the tombs and in the mountains he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 But after seeing Jesus from a far, he ran and fell down before Him;
7 and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, “What is there between me and You, Jesus Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torture me!”
8 Then Jesus said unto him, “spirit of impurity, come out of this man!”
9 And He asked him, “What is your name?” And it spoke to Him, saying, “my name is legion; for we are many”
10 And they were begging Him desperately, so that He would not send them forth out of the country.
11 (Now a large herd of pigs was there feeding beside the mountain)
12 And they begged Him saying, “Send us into those pigs, that we might enter into them”2
13 And He permitted them. After all of the impure spirits had come out they entered into the pigs; and the herd (of about two thousand) rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and drowned within the waters.
14 Then even the herdsmen themselves fled and reported it in the fields and in the city. So the people came to see what had happened.
15 When the people came to Jesus and saw the man who was demonically possessed sitting down, clothed and of sound mind, the one who had the “legion” Then they were frightened.
16 And those who saw it gave an account to them as to what had happened to the demonically possessed man, and about the pigs.
17 Then they instructed Him that He was to depart from their borders.
18 When He had stepped onto a boat, the man who was demonically possessed was asking that he might go with Him.
19 But He would not permit it, instead He said to him, “Go home unto your people and declare unto them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has shown you mercy”3
20 Therefore He went and began to proclaim throughout Decapolis everything Jesus had done; and all the people marveled.
21 After Jesus had crossed over by boat to the other side, once again a great multitude gathered unto Him; while He was beside the sea.
22 And behold!3 One of the leaders of the synagogues, named Jairus, came to Him, and after he saw Him, he fell down before His feet.
23 And desperately pleaded with Him, saying, “My little girl is sick unto the point of death; therefore come lay your hands upon her, so that she will be healed and live”
24 So He went with him; and a great multitude followed after Him and was pressing upon Him.
25 And there was a woman with a bleeding issue of twelve years,
26 and she had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all she had and benefitted none, but had become worse.
27 When she heard about Jesus, she went into the crowd behind Him, and touched His garment.
28 For she was thinking unto herself, “If I can just touch His garment, I will be healed”
29 And at once the flow of her blood stopped; and she knew that her body had been healed of the affliction.
30 But at once Jesus knew within Himself that power had gone forth, and turning to the crowd, He said, “Who touched my garments?”
31 But His disciples said to Him, “You can see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
32 And He was looking around to find who did this thing.
33 Now the woman was afraid, even trembling when she realized what had happened unto her, and she came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
34 And He said unto her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you; go in peace and be free of your affliction”
35 As He was still speaking a man from the synagogue came, saying, “Your daughter is dead; why are you still troubling the Teacher?”
36 But when Jesus heard1 what he said, He said unto the leader of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid, simply have faith”
37 And He allowed no one to follow along with Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
38 And coming to the dwelling of the leader of the synagogue; then He saw an outcry, along with weeping and much wailing.
39 And entering in, He said unto them, “Why are you troubled and weeping? The little girl is not dead, but asleep”
40 Therefore they began laughing at Him. But after He had driven all of them out, He took along the child's father and mother, and entered into where the little girl was.
41 And after He had taken little girl by the hand, He said unto her, “Talitha koum!” which is interpreted as, “Little girl, I say unto you get up!”
42 And right away the little girl got up and began to walk, in truth she was twelve years old. And they were greatly amazed.3
43 Then He sternly charged them so that no one would come to know of this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
1. The Mt.Sinai Bible - 300-400 A.D.
2. The Codex Alexandrinus - 400-500 A.D.
3. P45 - 100-200 A.D.
Chapter 6
1 Afterward He went from there and came into His own country; and His disciples followed Him.
2 And when the Sabbath had come He began teaching in their synagogue; but many people were listening confounded, saying, “Where did He get these things? And who gave Him such wisdom? That such miracles happen through His hands?
3 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son by Mary, and His brothers James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not His brethren from around us?” And they were offended by Him.1
4 So Jesus said unto them, “A prophet is not without honor except in His own land and among His kinsmen and in His own house”
5 And He did not work any miracles there except healing a few sick people by the laying of hands.
6 And He was astonished by their disbelief. Afterward Jesus went throughout the surrounding villages preaching.
7 And He called the twelve and began sending them out two by two, and gave them authority over impure spirits;
8 And He instructed them, “Take nothing on the journey, except only a staff, no food, no pouch, no money in your sashes:
9 and wear sandals; but not two cloaks”
10 And He said unto them, “Whenever you enter into a house, abide there until you would depart from that town.
11 And whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, depart from there and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony unto them. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorra on the day of judgment than in that city”2
12 After going forth, they were preaching that the people should repent.
13 And they were casting out many demons and anointing many sick people with oil and healing them.
14 When King Herod heard of Him (because His name had become well known) then he said, “This is John the Baptist risen from the dead, and this is why these powers are working through Him”
15 But others were saying, “This is Elijah” still others said, “He is a Prophet, similar in regard to the other prophets”
16 But after Herod had heard, he said, “John whom I beheaded; has risen”1
17 For Herod had ordered that John be arrested and bound in prison, on the behalf of Herodias, his brothera Philip’s wife, since he had married.
18 For John had said unto Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother”
19 Because of this Herodias was hostile to him and would have had him killed, but was not permitted;
20 for Herod was fearful of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he was watching over him. But after listening to him, he was greatly confused;1 but he would gladly listen to him.
21 Then came an opportune day at the time of Herod's birthday, he held a dinner for his noblemen and the military commanders together with the foremost men of the land Galilee;
22 and when his step-daughter by Herodias entered in and danced, indeed she pleased Herod, as well as, the dinner guests, so Herod said to the damsel, “Ask me anything you desire and I will give it to you”1
23 Then he swore to her, “Whatever you ask, I will give you; up to half my kingdom”3
24 So she went to her mother and said, “What should I ask?” And she answered, “The head of John the Baptist”
25 So in haste she immediately went to the king and asked, saying, “I desire that at once you would bring me the head of John the Baptist on a platter”
26 Now the King was deeply distressed, but on account of the oath and the dinner guests, he was unwilling to reject her.
27 Therefore at once the King sent for an executioner and ordered him to bring his head. And after going forth, he decapitated him within the prison,5
28 Then he brought his head upon a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 After his disciples had heard, they came and took his body and buried him in a grave.
30 Afterward the apostles gathered unto Jesus; and they reported to Him all the great things they had done and taught.
31 Then Jesus said unto them, “Come, let us go to a solitary place and rest a while”4 For many were coming and going, and they had no opportunity to eat.
32 So they went by boat unto a solitary place by themselves.
33 But when the people saw them leaving, at that time a great many learned of it and ran by foot out of all their cities to travel ahead of Him and there they gathered unto Him.
34 After emerging, He saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; so He began teaching them many things.
35 Then after many hours His disciples came unto Him, saying, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late;
36 send them away so that they can go into the surrounding region and villages, and buy themselves something to eat”1
37 But in response He said unto them, “You are to give them something to eat” But they said to Him, “Are we to go spend two hundred Denarii on food and give them something to eat?”1
38 But He said unto them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look” After having learned they said, “Five, and two fish”1
39 Then He instructed all of them to sit down group by group upon the green grass.1
40 So they sat down in groups by the hundreds and by the fifties.1
41 After He took the five loaves and the two fish, then looking up into heaven, He gave a blessing and broke the loaves and gave it unto the disciples, so that they could present it to the people; and He divided the two fish among all.1
42 And everyone ate and was satisfied,
43 Afterward they picked up twelve full baskets from the broken pieces, and from the fish.1
44 And those who ate were five thousand men.1
45 Then at once He urged His disciples to get into a boat and go ahead of Him to the other side unto Bethsaida, while He dismissed the multitude.1
46 After sending them away, He went into the mountains to pray.
47 When evening had come the boat was in the midst of the sea, but He was alone upon the land.1
48 And He saw them straining on account of rowing, for a great tempest1 opposed them. And around the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking upon the sea; and He would have passed them.
49 And when they saw Him walking upon the sea, they thought that He was a ghost, and cried out;1
50 For all of them saw Him and were aghast. But at once He spoke to them and said unto them, “Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid”1
51 And He got into the boat with them, and the winds diminished; and among themselves they were greatly astonished, and were wondering;5
52 because they had not understood through the loaves, but rather their hearts were hardened.3
53 After they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret and put to shore.
54 After they had gotten out of the boat, at once they recognized Him,
55 and ran throughout the entire region, and began to carry those who were sick on beds unto wherever they heard Jesus was.1
56 And wherever He would journey, to villages, or unto cities, or into the countryside, they laid the sick in the streets and would beseech Him that they might touch even the hem of His garment; and as many as touched were saved.
1. P45 - 100-200 A.D. a. The word in ancient Greek can also be interpreted as, “A religious brother”
2. The Codex Alexandrinus - 400-500 A.D.
3. The Mt.Sinai Bible - 300-400 A.D.
4. Codex Bezae - 400-500 A.D.
5. Codex Vaticanus - 400-500 A.D
Chapter 7
1 At that time the Pharisees gathered to Him, together with certain members of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of His disciples eating food with defiled hands (meaning unwashed)2
3 (For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not often eat without first washing their hands, holding unto the traditions of the elders;2
4 even after they had come from the market place, unless they had washed they would not eat; and truly there were many things which they had received to keep, the washing of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels)3
5 And because of this the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but instead they eat their food with unwashed hands?”
6 So in response, He said to them, “You hypocrites! Isaiah did well to prophesy about you, just as it is written,1 ‘Say to the people who come to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but in their hearts are far off, depart from Me.4
7 their worship of Me is to teach the doctrine of mankind’4
8 Leaving behind the instruction of God, you hold to the doctrine of mankind”3
9 And He went on, saying unto them, “Truly, you set aside the commandments of God, so that you can continue in your own tradition
10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’4 and, ‘Whoever speaks evil against their father or mother is to be put to death’;5
11 But all of you say, ‘If anyone says to their father or mother, whatever is mine that could have helped you is Corban’ (which means an devoted to God)
12 Therefore you no longer allow them to do anything for their father or mother;3
13 casting aside the word of God through your own tradition which you have passed down; and you do many similar things”3
14 Then after calling the multitude again, He said unto them, “Listen and understand:2
15 there is nothing outside of a man eaten by him that can defilea him; but rather the things carried out of the man, these are what defile a man.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear”7
17 Afterward when He had entered into a house away from the multitude, His disciples asked Him about the parable.
18 So He said unto them, “Are you so unsure? Do you not yet understand that everything which is outside eaten by a man cannot defile a man?
19 Because it does not enter into his heart, but rather into his stomach, then is expelled into the void ridding you of the food”8
20 And He said, “The things which proceed out of a man, that is what defiles a man.
21 For from within the heart of a man comes forth all the thoughts of evil, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
22 adultery, covetousness, hatred, false testimony, lust, evil looks, blasphemy, arrogance, wicked foolishness,
23 all such evil things come from within and that defiles a man”2
24 After rising up from there, He withdrew unto the border of Tyre and Sidon. And entered into a house intending that no one know of it; but was unable avoid public notice.
25 Upon hearing about Him, at once a woman who had a young daughter with an impure spirit came falling down at His feet.3
26 And that women was a Greek of Syrophenician descent. And she was pleading with Him, so that He would cast the demon out of her daughter.3
27 So He said unto her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs”
28 But she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat from the crumbs of the children”3
29 Then He said unto her, “On account of this reply, go; the demon has departed from your daughter”
30 And after returning unto her own house, she found the child lying upon the bed and that the demon had departed.3
31 Then once more departing from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon3 unto the Sea of Galilee, within the vicinity of Decapolis.
32 And they brought unto Him one who was deaf with a speech impediment, and they called him so that He could lay hands upon him.3
33 After He had taken him aside by himself, away from the multitude, He stuck His fingers in his ears, after He spat, He touched his tongue.3
34 And looking up into the heavens, He sighed and said unto him, “Ephphatha!” which means, “Be you opened!”
35 And at once his ears were opened fully,3 and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he started to speak normally.
36 Afterward He charged them that they tell no one; but the more He charged them, the more they proclaimed it.
37 And they were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all these good things; He makes both the deaf hear and the mute speak”
1. The Codex Bezae - 400-500 A.D. a. The word in ancient Greek can also
2. The Mt.Sinai Bible - 300-400 A.D. be interpreted as, “Spiritually defile”
3. P45 - 100-200 A.D.
4. Isaiah 29:13 - DSS - 300-200 B.C.
5. Exodus 20:12 - Nash Papyrus - 300-200 B.C.
6. Exodus 21:17 - Codex Alexandrinus - 400-500 A.D.
7. The Codex Alexandrinus - 400-500 A.D.
8. Tatian’s Gospel - 400-500 A.D.