CODEX
SINAITICUS: The New Testament translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript
Discovered by Constantine
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Copyright ©2004 Jackson H.
Snyder II
ACCORDING
TO MARK
Mark 1
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way:
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make ready
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 It was John who baptized in the wilderness and preached
the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out to him all the country of Judea and
all they of
6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair and a girdle of
leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7 And he preached, saying: After me comes he that is
mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and
loose.
8 I have baptized you in water, but he shall baptize you
in the Holy Spirit.
9 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the
10 And immediately going up out of the water he saw the
heavens rent, and the Spirit like a dove coming down upon him.
11 And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my
beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
12 And immediately the Spirit drives him into the
wilderness.
13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by
Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.
14 But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into
15 that the time is fulfilled and the
16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon
and Andrew the brother of Simon throwing a net about in the sea; for they were
fishers.
17 And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make
you become fishers of men.
18 And immediately leaving the nets they followed him.
19 And going forward a little he saw James the son of
Zebedee and John his brother, who were also in the ship mending the nets.
20 And he immediately called them; and leaving their
father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants they went away after him.
21 And they entered into
22 And they were astonished at his teaching; for he taught
them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with
an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
24 Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus the
Nazarene? thou hast come to destroy us. We know thee who thou art, the Holy One
of God.
25 And Jesus rebuked him: Be silent, and come out of him.
26 And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, and
having cried out with a loud voice came out of him.
27 And all were amazed, so that they inquired one of
another, saying: What means this? A new teaching according to authority: he
also commands the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
28 And his fame immediately went forth everywhere into the
whole surrounding country of
29 And immediately on going out of the synagogue, they
came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
30 And the mother-in-law of Simon lay ill of a fever and
they immediately tell him of her.
31 And he came to her and raised her up, taking her by the
hand. And the fever left her, and she ministered to them.
32 But after evening had come, when the sun went down,
they brought to him all that were sick, and those possessed with demons;
33 And the whole city was collected together at the door.
34 And he cured many that were sick with various diseases,
and cast out many demons, and permitted not the demons to speak, because they
knew him.
35 And very early while yet night, he rose up and went
out, and went away to a desert place, and there prayed.
36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after
him.
37 And found him, and said to him: All seek for thee.
38 And he said to them: Let us go elsewhere to the next
towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth.
39 And he went through the whole of
40 And there came to him a leper, entreating him and
kneeling, saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And moved with pity he stretched forth his hand and
touched him and said: I will; be clean.
42 And the leprosy immediately departed from him, and he
was made clean.
43 And after charging him in a threatening manner, he
immediately sent him forth,
44 and said to him: See that thou say nothing to any one,
but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things that
Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
45 But he went out and began to proclaim it much, and
publish the matter abroad, so that he could no longer openly enter into a city,
but was without in desert places; and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark 2
1 And entering again into
2 And many came together, so that the house could no longer
contain them, nor the space about the door; and he spoke the word to them.
3 And they came bringing to him a palsied man borne by
four.
4 And not being able to bring him near to him on account
of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and digging through,
they let down the bed on which the palsied man lay.
5 And Jesus seeing their faith says to the palsied man:
Son, thy sins are forgiven.
6 But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning
in their hearts:
7 Why speaks this man thus? He blasphemes: who can forgive
sins but one, God?
8 And Jesus immediately perceiving by his spirit that they
thus reasoned in themselves, said to them: Why reason these things in your
hearts?
9 Which is easier, to say to the palsied man: Thy sins are
forgiven, or to say: Rise and take up thy bed and go?
10 But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has
authority to forgive sins, he says to the palsied man:
11 I say to thee, rise, take up thy bed and go to thy
house.
12 And he arose and immediately taking up his bed, he went
out before all, so that they all were astonished, and glorified. God, saying:
Thus never saw we.
13 And he went forth again to the sea; and all the
multitude came to him, and he taught them
14 And passing by he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting
at the customs-house, and said to him: Follow me And he rose up and followed
him.
15 And it came to pass that he was reclining at table in
his house, and many publicans and sinners reclined at table with Jesus and his
disciples; for there were many, and there followed him,
16 also the scribes of the Pharisees. And seeing that he
ate with the publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples: Why does he eat
and drink with the publicans and sinners?
17 And hearing it Jesus says to them: They that are in
health have no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call
righteous men, but sinners.
18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were
fasting. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the
disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the
bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the
bridegroom with them, they can not fast.
20 But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken
away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.
21 No one sews a piece of unfulled cloth on an old
garment: otherwise, that which fills up takes from it, the new from the old,
and a worse rent is made.
22 And no one puts new wine into old bottles: otherwise,
the wine bursts the bottles, and the wine and bottles are lost.
23 And it came to pass that he was going on the sabbath
through the fields of grain; and his disciples began to go on the way pulling
the ears of grain.
24 And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing
on the sabbath that which is not lawful?
25 And he said to them: Did you never read what David did,
when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him?
26 how he entered into the house of God, in the days of
Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the loaves of the presence, which it is not
lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to those also that were with him?
27 And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and
not man for the sabbath:
28 So then the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Mark 3
1 And he entered again into a synagogue; and a man was
there that had a withered hand;
2 And they watched him if he would cure him on the
sabbath, that they might accuse him.
3 And he says to the man that had the withered hand: Rise
and come into the midst.
4 And he says to them: Is it lawful on the sabbath to do
good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.
5 And looking around on them with anger, being grieved at
the hardness of their heart, he says to the man: Stretch forth the hand. And he
stretched it forth, and his hand was restored to health.
6 And the Pharisees went out immediately with the
Herodians, and took counsel against him, that they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a
great multitude followed from Galilee and from
8 And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan
and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what things he did, came
to him.
9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should
wait upon him because of the multitude, that they might not throng him;
10 For he cured many, so that they fell upon him, that
they might touch him, as many as had scourges.
11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down
before him and cried out, saying: Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he charged their minds that they should not make
him known.
13 And he went up into the mountain, and called to him
whom he would; and they came to him.
14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him,
and that he might send them forth to preach,
15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.
16 And he appointed the twelve; and Simon he surnamed
Peter.
17 And James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of
James; and these he surnamed Boanerges, which is sons of thunder;
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew,
and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the
Canaanite,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up, and he
came into a house;
20 And a multitude again came together, so that they were
able not even to eat bread.
21 And his relatives hearing it came forth to take him;
for they said: He is beside himself.
22 And the scribes that came down from
23 And he called them to him and spoke to them in
parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that
kingdom can not stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house
can not stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, he is divided;
and he can not stand, but has an end.
27 But no one is able, on entering into the house of the
strong man, to seize upon his instruments, unless he first bind the strong man,
and then he will plunder his house.
28 Verily I say to you that all shall be forgiven the sons
of men, the sins and the blasphemies, whatever things they shall blasphemously
utter;
29 But whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit,
has forgiveness never, but is guilty of an eternal sin.
30 Because they said: He has an unclean spirit.
31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing
without sent to him calling him.
32 And a multitude sat about him; and they said to him:
Behold, thy mother, and thy brothers, and thy sisters without seek thee.
33 And he answered and said to them: Who is my mother, and
who are my brothers?
34 And looking around on those sitting round about him, he
says: Behold my mother and my brothers.
35 Whoever shall have done the will of God, this is my
brother and sister and mother.
Mark 4
1 And again he began to teach by the sea. And there came
together to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship and sat
in the sea, and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said to
them in his teaching:
3 Hear; Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
4 And it came to pass while he sowed some fell by the way,
and the birds came and ate it up.
5 And other fell on the rocky place, where it had not much
earth; and it immediately sprung up because it had not depth of earth;
6 And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because
it had no root it withered.
7 And other fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and
choked it and it produced no fruit.
8 And others fell on good ground and yielded fruit,
growing up and increasing, and produced to thirty and to sixty and to a
hundred.
9 And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve
asked him about the parables.
11 And he said to them: To you is given the mystery of the
12 that seeing they may see and may not perceive; and
hearing they may hear and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn and it;
should be forgiven them.
13 And he says to them: Know you not this parable, and how
will you know all parables?
14 The sower sows the word.
15 But these are they that are by the way side where the
word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the
word that is sown in them.
16 And these are they in like manner that were sown on the
rocky places; who when they hear the word immediately with joy receive it;
17 And yet they have no root in themselves, but endure for
a time: then when affliction or persecution arises because of the word they
immediately take offense.
18 And others are they that were sown over the thorns:
these are they that hear the word,
19 And the cares of the age, and the deceitfulness of
riches, and the desires about other things entering in choke the word, and it
becomes unfruitful.
20 And they that were sown on good ground are those who
hear the word and receive it, and bring forth fruit in thirties, and in
sixties, and in hundreds.
21 And he said to them: Is a lamp brought that it may be
put under the measure or under the bed? Is it not brought that it may be put on
the lampstand?
22 For there is nothing hid, unless that it may be made
manifest: nor was any thing concealed, but that it might come into open view.
23 If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. With what
measure you measure it shall be measured to you, and more shall be given to
you.
25 For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has
not, even that which he has shall be taken from him.
26 And he said: So is the
27 And should sleep and awake night and day, and the seed
should spring up and grow, he knows not how.
28 The earth of its own accord brings forth fruit, first
the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 But when the fruit shall have presented itself,
immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is ready.
30 And he said: How shall we liken the
31 It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown
on the earth, is less than all the seeds that are on the earth;
32 And yet when it is sown, it springs up and becomes
greater than all garden-plants, and; makes great branches, so that the birds of
heaven can lodge under its shadow.
33 And with many such parables spoke he the word to them,
as they were able to hear;
34 But without a parable spoke he not to them; but
privately he explained all things to his disciples.
35 And on that day when it was evening he says to them:
Let us pass over to the other side.
36 And leaving the multitude they took him as he was in
the ship, and there were also other ships with him.
37 And there came a great storm of wind, and the waves
beat into the ship, so that the ship was now full.
38 And he was sleeping in the prow on the boat-cushion;
and they awoke him and said to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea:
Peace be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said to them: Why are you so fearful? How have
you no faith?
41 And they were afraid with great fear, and said one to
another: Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Mark 5
1 And they came to the other side of the sea to the,
country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there
met him a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit,
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and not even with
a chain was any one any longer able to bind him,
4 Because he had often been bound with fetters and chains,
and the chains had been pulled asunder by him and the fetters had been broken;
and no one was able to subdue him;
5 And always night and day among the tombs and in the
mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6 And seeing Jesus at a distance he ran and worshipped
him;
7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I
to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou
torment me not.
8 For he said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man.
9 And he asked him: What is thy name? And he said to him:
My name is legion, for we are many.
10 And they besought him much that he would not send them
out of the country.
11 But there was there near the mountain a great herd of
swine feeding;
12 And they besought him, saying: Send us to the swine
that we may enter into them.
13 And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out
and entered into the swine; and the herd, about two thousand, rushed down the
steep into the sea, and were choked in the sea.
14 And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city
and in the country; and they came I to see what it was that had been done.
15 And they come to Jesus and see him that had the demon,
sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him that had had the legion, and they
were afraid.
16 And they that had seen told them how it had happened to
the demon and concerning the swine.
17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their
borders.
18 And as he was entering the ship, he that had been
possessed with the demon besought him that he might be with him.
19 And he permitted him not, but said to him: Go to thy
house to thy own, and tell them what things the Lord has done for thee, and has
had mercy on thee.
20 And he went away, and began to proclaim in
21 And when Jesus had again passed over in the ship to the
other side, a great multitude came together to him, and he was by the sea.
22 And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue,
named Jairus; and seeing him he falls at his feet,
23 and beseeches him much, saying: My little daughter is
at the point of death, I pray that thou wouldst come and lay thy hand on her,
that she may be saved and live.
24 And he went away with him; and a great multitude
followed him, and they pressed upon him.
25 And a woman that had had an issue of blood for twelve
years,
26 And had suffered many things under many physicians, and
had spent all that she had, and was in no way benefited, but rather grew worse.
27 Hearing of the things concerning Jesus, came behind in
the multitude, and touched his clothes;
28 For she said: If I may touch even his clothes, I shall
be saved.
29 And immediately the fountain of her blood dried up, and
she knew in her body that she was restored to health from that scourge.
30 And Jesus immediately perceiving in himself that power
had gone forth from him, turned about in the multitude and said: Who touched my
clothes?
31 And his disciples said to him: Seest thou the multitude
thronging thee and sayest thou: Who touched me?
32 And he looked around to see her that had done this.
33 But the woman being afraid and trembling, knowing what
had been done for her, came and fell before him and told him all the truth.
34 And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has saved thee:
go in peace, and be well of thy scourge.
35 While he was yet speaking there came some from the
house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying: Thy daughter is dead, why trouble
the Teacher further?
36 But Jesus, disregarding the word that was spoken, said
to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not, only believe.
37 And he permitted no one to follow with him but Peter,
and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the
synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those who wept and bewailed much;
39 And entering in he says to them: Why make a tumult and
weep? The child is not dead, but sleeps.
40 And they derided him. But he, having put them all out,
takes the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goes in
where the child was.
41 And he took the child by the hand and said to her:
Talitha kumi, which is translated: Maiden, I say to thee, arise.
42 And the maiden immediately rose up and walked; for she
was twelve years old. And they were immediately astonished with great
astonishment.
43 And he charged them much that no one should know this
and commanded that there should be given her to eat.
Mark 6
1 And he went out thence, and came into his own country;
and his disciples followed him.
2 And when the sabbath had come he began to teach in the
synagogue; and many hearing were astonished, saying: Whence has this man these
things, and what the wisdom that is given to this man? and are such mighty
deeds done through his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother
of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?
And they were offended at him.
4 And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor,
unless in his own country, and among his relatives, and in his own house.
5 And he was able to do no mighty work there, except that
he laid his hands on a few sick persons and cured them.
6 And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went
about the villages round about teaching.
7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them
forth two and two; and gave them authority over unclean spirits;
8 And charged them to take nothing for the journey but a
staff only; no bread, no bag, no brass in the girdle,
9 But be shod with sandals: and put not on two coats.
10 And he said to them: Wherever you enter a house, there
abide till you go forth thence.
11 And whatever place shall not have received you nor heard
you, when you go out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet, for a
testimony against them.
12 And they went forth and preached that men should
repent;
13 and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil
many sick and cured them.
14 And Herod the king heard, for his name had become
known, and said: John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and for this reason
the powers are active within him.
15 But others said: It is Elijah; but others said: He is a
prophet like one of the prophets.
16 But Herod, when he heard, said: John whom I beheaded,
he has risen.
17 For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound
him in prison because of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, for he had
married her.
18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to
have thy brother’s wife.
19 And Herodias was angry with him, and desired to kill
him, and was not able.
20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous
and holy man, and he kept him in safety, and hearing him he was much perplexed,
and heard him with pleasure.
21 And a suitable time having come, when Herod on his
birthday had made a supper for his great men, and the officers of thousands,
and the first men of
22 and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in
and danced, she pleased Herod and those that reclined with him at table; and
the king said to the maiden: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give
thee.
23 And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask I will
give thee to the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went out and said to her mother: What shall I
ask? And she said: The head of John the Baptist.
25 And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she
asked, saying: I will that thou at once give me in a dish the head of John the
Baptist.
26 And the king though he became very sad, because of the
oaths and; those that reclined at table with him would not reject her.
27 And the king immediately sent an executioner and
ordered to bring his head.
28 And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought
his head in a dish, and gave it to the maiden; and the maiden gave it to her
mother.
29 And his disciples heard it and came and took away his
corpse, and laid him in a sepulcher.
30 And the apostles came together to Jesus, and told him
all things that they had done and taught.
31 And he says to them: Do you yourselves come apart to a
desert place, and rest a little. For many were coming and going, and they had
leisure not even to eat.
32 And they went away by ship to a desert place apart.
33 And many saw them going and knew them, and ran thither
on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.
34 And coming out he saw a great multitude, and was moved
with pity for them, because they were as sheep that had no shepherd, and began
to teach them many things.
35 And as much time had already passed, his disciples came
and said: The place is desert, and already much time is spent:
36 dismiss them, that they may go into the country and
villages round about and buy for themselves what they may eat.
37 But he answered and said to them: Do you give them to
eat. And they say to him: Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of
bread, and give them to eat?
38 But he says to them: How many loaves have you? Go, see.
And having learned they say: Five and two fishes.
39 And he ordered them that all should recline by
table-parties on the green grass.
40 And they reclined in oblong squares, by hundreds and by
fifties.
41 And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he
looked up to heaven and blessed; and broke the loaves, and gave to the
disciples to set before them; and the two fishes he divided among all.
42 And all ate and were filled:
43 And they took up of the broken pieces twelve
provision-baskets full, and of the fishes.
44 And those that had eaten the loaves were five thousand
men.
45 And he immediately constrained his disciples to enter
the ship, and go before him to the other side to
46 And having sent them away he went into the mountain to
pray.
47 And when evening had come, the ship was in the midst of
the sea, and himself alone on the land.
48 And seeing them toiling in rowing, for the wind was
against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on
the sea. And he intended to pass by them.
49 But seeing him walking on the sea they thought that it
was a specter, and cried out;
50 for they all saw him and were alarmed. But he
immediately talked with them, and said to them: Take courage, it is I, be not
afraid.
51 And he went up to them into the ship and the wind
ceased. And they were greatly astonished in themselves beyond measure.
52 For they had not learned by means of the loaves, but
their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over to the land they came to
Gennesaret, and drew to shore.
54 And when they had come out of the ship, they
immediately knew him,
55 And ran about that whole country, and began to carry
the sick about in beds where they heard that he was.
56 And wherever he went into villages, or cities, or the
country, they laid the sick in the markets, and besought him that they might
touch even the fringe of his mantle; and as many as touched him were saved.
Mark 7
1 And there came together to him the Pharisees and some of
the scribes that had come from
2 And seeing some of his disciples that they ate bread
with common, that is, with unwashed hands,
3 for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash
their hands often, eat not. Holding the tradition of the elders;
4 And when they come from market, unless they immerse
themselves, they eat not; and there are many other things that they received to
hold, the immersion of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels:
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why walk
not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with
common hands?
6 And
he said to them: Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written.
This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me;
7 but in
vain do they offer reverence to me, teaching teachings the commandments of men.
8 Leaving the commandment of God you hold the tradition of
men.
9 And he said to them: Well do you set aside the
commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother, and:
He that curses father or mother let him surely die.
11 But you say: If a man shall say to his father or
mother: That, by whatever thou mightest receive aid from me, is corban, which
is a gift.
12 You no longer permit him to do any thing for his father
or mother,
13 Making the word of God of no effect by your tradition
which you have delivered. And many things like these you do.
14 And again calling the multitude to him he said to them:
Hear me, all of you, and understand.
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into
him can defile him; but the things that proceed from a man are they that defile
a man.
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17 And when he had entered the house apart from the
multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 And he said to them: So even you are without
understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without by entering into a
man can defile him?
19 because it goes not into his heart, but into his belly,
and is cast out into the sink, making all meats clean.
20 But he said: That which proceeds from a man, that
defiles a man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, lewdness, thefts, murders,
22 Adulteries, covetousness, wicked counsels, deceit,
wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, haughtiness, folly:
23 All these wicked things proceed from within, and defile
a man.
24 But he arose and went away thence into the borders of
25 But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean
spirit, immediately heard of him, and came in and fell at his feet;
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and
she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 And he said to her: Let the children first be filled;
for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little
dogs.
28 But she answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yet
the little dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
29 And he said to her: Because of this saying go, the
demon has gone out of thy daughter.
30 And she went away to her house, and found the little
child lying on the bed, and the demon gone out.
31 And again going forth out of the borders of
32 And they bring to him one deaf and that spoke with
difficulty; and they beseech him to lay his hand on him.
33 And taking him aside from the multitude, he put his
fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue.
34 and looking up to heaven he sighed, and said to him:
Ephphatha, which is, Be opened.
35 And his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue
was immediately loosed, and he spoke plainly.
36 And he charged them to tell no one; but as much as he
charged them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
37 And they were exceedingly amazed, saying: He has done
all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak,
1 In those days, the multitude again being great, and they
having nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them:
2 I have pity on the multitude, because they have now
continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat.
3 And if I send them away to their homes fasting, they
will faint on the way; and some of them have come from far.
4 And his disciples answered him: Whence shall any one be
able to satisfy these with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them: How many loaves have you? They said:
Seven.
6 And he commanded the multitude to recline on the ground;
and taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke, and gave to his disciples
to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
7 And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed and set
them before them.
8 And they ate and were satisfied, and took up what
remained of the broken pieces, seven provision-baskets.
9 And they were about four thousand; and he sent them
away.
10 And immediately entering the ship with his disciples,
he came into the regions of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with
him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12 And sighing deeply in his spirit, he said: Why does
this generation seek for a sign? Verily I say to you: No sign shall be given to
this generation.
13 And leaving them he again embarked, and went to the
other side.
14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and except one
loaf they had nothing with them in the ship.
15 And he charged them, saying: Take heed, beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned one with another: Because we have no
bread.
17 And perceiving it he said to them: Why reason because
you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive, neither understand? Have you your
heart yet hardened?
18 Having eyes see you not, and having ears hear you not,
and do you not remember,
19 when I broke the five loaves among the five thousand,
and how many traveling-baskets full of broken pieces you took up? They say to
him: Twelve.
20 When the seven also among the four thousand, how many
provision-baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? And they say: Seven.
21 And he said to them: Do you not yet understand?
22 And they come to
23 And taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him
out of the village; and having spit on his eyes, he laid his hands on him, and
asked him if he saw anything.
24 And he looked up and said: I behold men, for I perceive
them as trees walking.
25 Then he again laid his hands on his eyes; and he saw
clearly and was restored, and beheld all things distinctly.
26 And he sent him away to his house, saying: Go not into
the village.
27 And Jesus and his disciples went forth into the
villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to
them: Who do men say that I am?
28 They answered him, saying: John the Baptist, and
others, Elijah, but others, One of the prophets.
29 And he asked them: But you, who say you that I am?
Peter answering said to him: Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them to tell no one concerning him.
31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must
suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and
the scribes, and be put to death, and rise after three days.
32 And he uttered this saying plainly. And Peter took him
and began to rebuke him.
33 But turning and looking on his disciples he rebuked
Peter and said: Get behind me, Satan, for thou thinkest not the things of God,
but the things of men.
34 And calling the multitude to him with his disciples, he
said to them: Whoever will follow after me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross, and follow me.
35 For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but
whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world
and to lose his life?
37 For what would a man give as a ransom for his life?
38 For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and of my
words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man shall also be
ashamed of him, when, he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy
angels.
Mark 9
1 And he said to them: Verily I say to you that there are
some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the
2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James,
and John, and led them up into a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was
transfigured before them;
3 And his clothing became shining, very white, as no
fuller on earth can whiten.
4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they
were conversing with Jesus.
5 And Peter answering said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good
that we are here, and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses,
and one for Elijah.
6 For he knew not what he should answer; for they were
greatly afraid.
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and there
came a voice from the cloud: This is my beloved Son, hear him.
8 And suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one
but Jesus alone with themselves.
9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he
charged them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, unless
when the Son of man should have risen from the dead.
10 And they kept the saying among themselves, inquiring
what to rise from the dead is.
11 And they asked him, saying: Why say the Pharisees and
the scribes that Elijah must first come?
12 And he said to them: Elijah coming first restores all
things. And how is it written of the Son of man? that he must suffer many
things, and be set at naught.
13 But I say to you that Elijah also has come, and they
have done to him what things they wished, as it is written of him.
14 And coming to the disciples, they saw a great multitude
about them, and scribes disputing with them.
15 And immediately all the multitude seeing him were
greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked them: Why are you disputing with them?
17 And one from the multitude answered him: Teacher, I
brought to thee my son that has a dumb spirit.
18 And wherever he seizes him he throws him down; and he
foams and gnashes with his teeth and pines away; and I spoke to thy disciples
that they would cast him out, and they were not able.
19 And he answered and said to them: O faithless
generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring
him to me.
20 And they brought him to him. And when he saw him, the
spirit immediately threw him into convulsions, and he fell upon the ground, and
rolled foaming.
21 And he asked his father: How long is it since this came
on him? He replied: From a child;
22 And he has often thrown him into the fire and into the
water, to destroy him; but if in any way thou canst, have pity on us and help
us.
23 But Jesus said to him: What is this “If thou canst”?
All things are possible to him that believes.
24 The father of the child immediately crying out said: I
believe; help thou my unbelief.
25 But Jesus, seeing that the multitude was running
together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him: Dumb and deaf spirit, I
charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And after crying out and throwing him into strong
convulsions he came out; and he became like one dead, so that many said: He is
dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and
he arose.
28 And when he came into the house, his disciples asked
him privately: Why were we not able to cast him out?
29 And he said to them: This kind can come out by nothing
but by prayer.
30 And going out thence they passed along through
31 For he taught his disciples and said to them that the
Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him,
and when he has been killed he will rise after three days.
32 But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to
ask him.
33 And they came into
34 But they were silent; for they had disputed one with
another on the way who was greatest.
35 And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to
them: If any one will be first, he shall be last of all and minister of all.
36 And he took a little child and set him in the midst of
them, and took him in his arms and said to them:
37 Whoever shall receive one of these little children in
my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him
that sent me.
38 John said to him: Teacher, we saw one casting out
demons in thy name, and he follows not us; and we forbade him, because he
follows not us.
39 But Jesus said: Forbid him not; for there is no one who
shall do a mighty deed in my name, and be able hastily to speak evil of me;
40 For he that is not against us, is for us.
41 For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in
my name, because you are Christ’s, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his
reward.
42 And whoever shall offend one of these little ones that
believe, it were better for him if an upper millstone were hung about his neck,
and he were thrown into the sea.
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better
for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go away into hell,
into the unquenchable fire.
44 [no verse]
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better
for thee to enter into life lame, than having two feet to be thrown into hell.
46 [no verse]
47 And if thy eye offend thee, pull it out: it is better
for thee to enter into the
48 Where their worm dies not and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good; but if the salt become saltless, by what
means will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with
another.
Mark 10
1 And rising up he came thence into the borders of Judea
and beyond the
2 And the Pharisees came and asked him if it is lawful for
a man to put away his wife, tempting him.
3 But answering he said to them: What did Moses command
you?
4 They replied: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce
and put her away.
5 But Jesus said to them: Because of the hardness of your
heart he wrote for you this commandment.
6 But from the beginning of creation, male and female made
he them;
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and his
mother,
8 And the two shall be one flesh: so no longer are they
two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man put
asunder.
10 And in the house the disciples again asked him about
this matter.
11 And he said to them: Whoever puts away his wife and
marries another commits adultery against her;
12 And if she puts away her husband and marries another,
she commits adultery.
13 And they brought to him little children that he might
touch them. But the disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14 And Jesus seeing it was displeased, and said to them:
Let the little children come to me; forbid them not; for to such belongs the
15 Verily I say to you: Whoever shall not receive the
16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them much,
putting his hands upon them.
17 And as he went forth into the road, one ran to him, and
kneeling to him asked him: Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit
eternal life?
18 But Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None
is good but one, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
testimony. Thou shalt not defraud, Honor thy father and thy mother.
20 And he said to him: Teacher, all these have I kept from
my youth.
21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him:
One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come follow me.
22 But becoming sad at that saying he went away sorrowful;
for he had great possessions.
23 And looking around, Jesus says to his disciples: How
hardly shall they that have riches enter into the
24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus
again answering says to them: Children, how hard it is to enter into the
25 it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle, than for a rich man to enter into the
26 But they were more amazed, saying among themselves: Who
then can be saved?
27 Looking on them, Jesus says: With men, impossible, but
not with God; for all things are possible with God.
28 Peter began to say to him: Behold, we have left all
things and followed thee.
29 Jesus replied: Verily I say to you, there is no one
that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or
children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,
30 But he shall receive a hundred fold now at this time,
houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land with
persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
31 But many first shall be last, and last first.
32 And they were in the road going up to
33 Behold, we are going up to
34 And they shall mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge
him, and put him to death, and after three days he shall rise.
35 And there came to him James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, saying to him: Teacher, we wish that thou wouldst do for us whatever
we ask of thee.
36 And he said to them: What will you that I should do for
you?
37 And they said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one
on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy glory.
38 But Jesus said to them: You know not what you ask. Are
you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with
which I am baptized?
39 They said to him: We are able. Jesus said to them: The
cup that I drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized
you shall be baptized;
40 but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine
to give, but it shall be given to those for whom it has been prepared.
41 And when the ten heard they began to be displeased with
James and John.
42 And calling them to him, Jesus says to them: You know
that those who are accounted to rule the Gentiles exercise lordship over them,
and their great men exercise authority over them.
43 Not so however is it among you; but whoever will become
great among you, shall be your minister,
44 And whoever of you will become first, shall be servant
of all.
45 For the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
46 And they come to
47 And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to
cry out and say: Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me.
48 And many rebuked him that he should be silent; but he
cried much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood and said: Call him. And they called the
blind man, saying to him: Take courage, rise, he calls thee.
50 And throwing aside the mantle, he sprang up and came to
Jesus.
51 And answering him, Jesus said: What wilt thou that I
shall do for thee? And the blind man said to him: Rabboni, that I may receive
sight.
52 Jesus said to him: Go, thy faith has saved thee. And he
immediately received sight, and followed him in the way.
Mark 11
1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and to Bethany at
the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
2 And said to them: Go into the village that is opposite
to you, and, immediately on entering it, you shall find a colt tied, on which
no man has ever yet sat: loose and bring him.
3 And if any one say to you: Why do you this? say: The
Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him hither again.
4 And they went and found the colt tied at the door
without at the turn of the street, and they loosed him.
5 And some of those standing there said to them: What do
you loosing the colt?
6 And they answered them as Jesus’ had said; and they gave
them permission.
7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their
clothes upon him, and he sat on him.
8 And many spread their mantles in the road, but others,
bundles of straw, having cut them from the fields.
9 And those that went before, and those that followed,
cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord:
10 blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David:
Hosanna in the highest.
11 And he went into Jerusalem into the temple; and having
looked around on all things, the hour being now late, he went out to Bethany
with the twelve.
12 And, on the morrow, as they came out from Bethany, he
was hungry.
13 And seeing a fig-tree at a distance having leaves, he
came if perhaps he might find anything on it; and when he came to it he found
nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.
14 And answering he said to it: No more for ever may any
one eat fruit from thee. And his disciples heard him.
15 And they came to Jerusalem. And entering into the temple
he began to drive out those that sold and those that bought in the temple, and
he overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those that
sold doves,
16 And permitted no one to carry a vessel through the
temple;
17 and taught and said to them: Is it not written that my
house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a
den of robbers.
18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard, and sought
how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude were
astonished at his teaching.
19 And when it became late he went forth out of the city.
20 And as they passed by in the morning they saw the
fig-tree withered from the roots.
21 And Peter calling it to mind said to him: Rabbi, See,
the fig-tree that thou cursedst has withered.
22 And Jesus answered and said to them: Have faith in God.
23 Verily I say to you that whoever shall say to this
mountain: Be taken up and thrown into the sea, and shall not doubt in his
heart, but shall believe that what he says shall take place, it shall be done
for him.
24 Wherefore I say to you, all things whatever you pray
for and ask, believe that you receive, and you shall have them.
25 And when you stand praying, forgive if you have any
thing against any one, that your Father who is in the heavens may forgive you
your offenses.
26 [no verse]
27 And they came again into Jerusalem. And as he was
walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and
the elders,
28 and said to him: By what authority doest thou these
things? Or who gave thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things?
29 But Jesus said to them: I will ask you one word, and
answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these, things.
30 The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men? Answer
me.
31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say:
Of heaven, he will reply: Why then did you not believe him?
32 but shall we say: Of men, they feared the people; for
all held John that he was a prophet indeed.
33 And they answered Jesus and said: We know not. And
Jesus said to them: Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 12
1 And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted
a vineyard, and put a hedge about it, and dug an under winevat and built a
tower, and let it out to vinedressers and went into another country.
2 And at the time he sent to the vinedressers a servant,
that he might receive from the vinedressers of the fruits of the vineyard.
3 And they took him and scourged him, and sent him away
empty.
4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they
wounded him in the head and dishonored him.
5 And he sent another; and him they killed, and many
others, scourging some, and killing some.
6 Yet one had he, a son beloved: he sent him to them last,
saying: They will reverence my son.
7 But those vinedressers said among themselves: This is
the heir: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of
the vineyard.
9 What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and
destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others.
10 Have you not read this scripture? A stone that the
builders rejected, this became the head of the corner:
11 this was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him and feared the
multitude: for they knew that he had Spoken the parable against them. And
leaving him they went away.
13 And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, that they may entrap him in a word.
14 And they come and say to him: Teacher, we know that
thou art true, and thou carest for no one; for thou lookest not on the person
of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to
Caesar or not? Must we give or not give?
15 But he, perceiving their hypocrisy, said to them: Why
tempt me? Bring me a denarius that I may see it.
16 They brought it. And he said to them: Whose image is
this, and the superscription? They said to him: Caesar’s.
17 And Jesus said to them: Return to Caesar the things
that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they were
astonished at him.
18 And the Sadducees, who say that there is no
resurrection, came to him, and questioned him, saying:
19 Teacher, Moses wrote for us that, if any one’s brother
die, and leave a wife, and leave no child, his brother shall take his wife, and
raise up offspring for his brother.
20 There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife,
and dying left no offspring.
21 And the second took her, and died leaving no offspring;
and the third in like manner;
22 and the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman
also died.
23 In the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them
shall she be the wife? For the seven had her as a wife.
24 Jesus said to them: Do you not therefore err, not
knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?
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