Mark 1
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The Messiah’s Herald
1The beginning # 1:1 Jn 1:1; Php 4:15 of the gospel # 1:1–8 Mt 3:1–12; Lk 3:1–18 of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. # 1:1 Some mss omit the Son of God,# 1:1 Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 2As it is written in Isaiah # 1:2 Mt 3:3; 4:14; 12:17 the prophet: # 1:2 Other mss read in the prophets,# 1:2 Lk 16:29
See, I am sending my messenger # 1:2 Mt 13:49 ahead of you;
he will prepare your way. # 1:2 Other mss add before you,# 1:2 Mal 3:1,# 1:2 Mal 3:1
3 A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: # 1:3 Jn 1:23
Prepare the way for the Lord; # 1:3 Lk 10:1; 17:5
make his paths straight! # 1:3 Is 40:3,# 1:3 Is 40:3
4John came baptizing # 1:4 Or John the Baptist came,# 1:4 Lk 7:29; Ac 22:16 in the wilderness # 1:4 Rv 12:6 and proclaiming a baptism of repentance # 1:4 Lk 3:3; Ac 13:24; 19:4; 26:20 for the forgiveness # 1:4 Mt 9:2; Lk 24:47 of sins. # 1:4 Jn 15:22; Ac 26:18 5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem # 1:5 Mt 23:37; Jn 11:36 were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan # 1:5 Gn 13:10; Ps 114:3; Lk 3:3 River, confessing # 1:5 Ac 19:18 their sins. # 1:5 Jn 15:22; Rm 6:23; 1Pt 4:1 6John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts # 1:6 Rv 9:3,7 and wild honey. # 1:6 Rv 10:9–10
7He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful # 1:7 Rv 18:8 than I am is coming after me. # 1:7 Jn 1:15 I am not worthy # 1:7 Mt 3:11 to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals. # 1:7 Lk 3:16; Ac 13:23–25 8I baptize you with # 1:8 Or in water, # 1:8 Jn 1:26,31,33; Ac 1:5; 8:36; 11:16 but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” # 1:8 Jn 1:33
The Baptism of Jesus
9In # 1:9–11 Mt 3:13–17; Lk 3:21–23 those days Jesus came from Nazareth # 1:9 Mt 2:23; 4:13; 21:11; Lk 1:26; 2:4,39,51; 4:16; Jn 1:45–46 in Galilee # 1:9 Mt 17:22 and was baptized in the Jordan by John. 10As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens # 1:10 Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11And a voice # 1:11 Jn 5:37 came from heaven: # 1:11 Rv 14:13 “You are my beloved # 1:11 Lk 20:13; Eph 1:6; Phm 1 Son; # 1:11 Ps 2:7 with you I am well-pleased.” # 1:11 Is 42:1
The Temptation of Jesus
12Immediately # 1:12–13 Mt 4:1–11; Lk 4:1–13 the Spirit # 1:12 Jn 1:33 drove # 1:12 3Jn 10 him into the wilderness. # 1:12 Mt 3:1; Rv 12:6 13He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted # 1:13 Jms 1:13 by Satan. # 1:13 Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10 He was with the wild animals, # 1:13 Rv 6:8 and the angels # 1:13 Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6 were serving him.
Ministry in Galilee
14After # 1:14–15 Mt 4:17; Jn 4:45 John was arrested, # 1:14 Mt 3:12; Lk 3:20; 9:7–9; Jn 3:24 Jesus went to Galilee, # 1:14 Mt 17:22 proclaiming # 1:14 Mk 13:10 the good news # 1:14 Other mss add of the kingdom,# 1:14 Or gospel,# 1:14 Mk 1:1 of God: # 1:14 Rm 15:16; 1Th 2:2,8–9 15“The time # 1:15 Ps 37:39; Lk 20:10; Jn 7:8 is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God # 1:15 Mt 3:2; 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31,43; Mk 4:11; 9:1; 10:14; 12:34; 14:25; 15:43 has come # 1:15 Mk 9:1 near. # 1:15 Rm 13:11; 1Pt 4:7 Repent # 1:15 Ac 3:19; 26:20 and believe # 1:15 Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8–10 the good news! ”
The First Disciples
16As # 1:16–20 Mt 4:18–22; Lk 5:1–11 he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee, # 1:16 Mt 4:18; 15:29; Jn 6:1 he saw Simon # 1:16 Mt 16:17 and Andrew, # 1:16 Jn 6:8 Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea # 1:16 Mk 7:31 — for they were fishermen. 17“Follow me,” # 1:17 Mt 4:19 Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for # 1:17 Or you to become fishers of,# 1:17 Mt 4:18–19; Lk 5:2 people.” # 1:17 Mt 4:19 18Immediately they left their nets and followed # 1:18 Lk 5:11; Jn 8:12 him. # 1:18 Lk 18:28 19Going on a little farther, he saw James # 1:19 Ac 12:2 the son of Zebedee # 1:19 Jn 21:2 and his brother John # 1:19 Jn 21:7 in a boat putting their nets in order. 20Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. # 1:20 Lk 18:28
Driving Out an Unclean Spirit
21They # 1:21–26 Lk 4:31–35 went into Capernaum, # 1:21 Lk 10:15 and right away he entered the synagogue # 1:21 Mk 3:1; Jms 2:2 on the Sabbath # 1:21 Mk 2:23; Lk 13:10 and began to teach. # 1:21 Mt 28:20; Ac 4:2; 2Tm 4:11 22They were astonished # 1:22 Mk 6:2 at his teaching # 1:22 Mt 7:28; 22:33; Mk 11:18; Lk 4:32; Ac 2:42; 17:19 because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes.
23Just then a man with an unclean # 1:23 2Co 6:17 spirit # 1:23 Lk 11:24 was in their synagogue. # 1:23 Jms 2:2 He cried out, 24“What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? # 1:24 Mk 14:67 Have you come to destroy # 1:24 Jn 6:27 us? I know who you are — the Holy # 1:24 1Co 7:14 One of God! ” # 1:24 Lk 4:34; Jn 6:69; Eph 4:30
25Jesus rebuked # 1:25 2Tm 4:2 him saying, “Be silent, # 1:25 Mt 22:12 and come out of him! ” 26And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, # 1:26 Mk 9:26; Lk 9:39 shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.
27They were all amazed, # 1:27 Mk 10:24,32 and so they began to ask # 1:27 Mk 8:11 each other, “What is this? A new teaching # 1:27 Mk 11:18; Ac 2:42 with authority! # 1:27 Other mss read “What is this? What is this new teaching? For with authority,# 1:27 Jd 25 He commands even the unclean # 1:27 2Co 6:17 spirits, # 1:27 Lk 11:24 and they obey him.” 28At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee. # 1:28 Mt 17:22
Healings at Capernaum
29As # 1:29–31 Mt 8:14–15; Lk 4:38–39 soon as they left the synagogue, # 1:29 Jms 2:2 they went into Simon # 1:29 Mt 16:17 and Andrew’s # 1:29 Jn 6:8 house # 1:29 Mk 9:33 with James # 1:29 Ac 12:2 and John. # 1:29 Jn 21:7 30Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. 31So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. # 1:31 Mk 5:41 The fever # 1:31 Lk 4:38 left her, # 1:31 Other mss add at once and she began to serve # 1:31 Phm 13 them. # 1:31 Rm 12:13
32When # 1:32–34 Mt 8:16–17; Lk 4:40–41 evening came, after the sun had set, they brought to him all those who were sick # 1:32 Lk 5:31 and demon-possessed. # 1:32 Mt 9:32 33The whole town was assembled at the door, 34and he healed # 1:34 Ac 8:7 many who were sick with various diseases # 1:34 Ac 19:12 and drove out # 1:34 3Jn 10 many demons. # 1:34 Rv 9:20; 18:2 And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. # 1:34 Mk 3:11–12; 5:7
Preaching in Galilee
35Very # 1:35–38 Mt 4:23–25; Lk 4:42–44 early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place; # 1:35 Mt 14:13; Mk 6:31–32; Lk 4:42; 9:12; Rv 12:6 and there he was praying. # 1:35 Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12 36Simon # 1:36 Mt 16:17 and his companions searched for him, 37and when they found him they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”
38And he said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach # 1:38 Mk 1:4 there too. This is why I have come.”
A Man Cleansed
39He went into all of Galilee, # 1:39 Mt 17:22 preaching in their synagogues # 1:39 Mk 3:1 and driving out demons. 40Then # 1:40–44 Mt 8:2–4; Lk 5:12–14 a man with leprosy # 1:40 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 42; see Lv 13–14,# 1:40 Mt 11:5 came to him and, on his knees, # 1:40 Other mss omit on his knees,# 1:40 Mt 17:14 begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” # 1:40 1Jn 1:7 41Moved with compassion, # 1:41 Other mss Moved with indignation,# 1:41 Lk 15:20 Jesus reached out his hand and touched # 1:41 Jn 20:17 him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.” 42Immediately the leprosy # 1:42 Lk 5:12 left him, and he was made clean. 43Then he sternly warned # 1:43 Mt 9:30; Mk 14:5; Jn 11:33,38 him and sent him away # 1:43 3Jn 10 at once, 44telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; # 1:44 Mk 5:43; 7:36; 8:26,30; 9:9; 16:8; Lk 5:14 but go and show # 1:44 Rv 1:1 yourself to the priest, # 1:44 Ac 4:1 and offer # 1:44 Heb 5:1; 8:3 what Moses commanded for your cleansing, # 1:44 Lv 13–14; Heb 1:3 as a testimony # 1:44 Mk 6:11; 1Tm 2:6 to them.” # 1:44 Or against them 45Yet he went out and began to proclaim # 1:45 Mk 1:4; Jn 18:32 it widely and to spread the news, # 1:45 Mk 4:14 with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But he was out in deserted places, and they came to him from everywhere.
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Mark 1
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John baptised people
1This story is good news. It is all about Jesus Christ, God’s son. The story starts like this.
2-3A long time before Jesus was born, God told a man called Isaiah to write in God’s book about something God was going to do for Jesus. And it happened the way Isaiah wrote. He wrote this,
“God will send a man to get everything ready for him.
That man will talk about him and make a way for people to listen to him.
That man will be out in the bush, and he will call out to people, and he will say, ‘You mob get ready.
God is coming to this country, so you have to get ready for him.
It is like when a big boss comes, and you have to make a good road for him.’ ”#Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1
4-6Isaiah was talking about a man called John. God sent him to get things ready for Jesus, so he started to tell people God’s message. He lived out in the bush and wore rough clothes made out of camel’s hair, and a leather belt. He ate grasshoppers and bush honey.#2 Kings 1:8
John talked to people out there in the bush. He said, “You mob have to be really sorry for the wrong way you are living. You have to turn right around and live God’s way.” He also told them, “If you do that, I will baptise you. That means, I will take you through a special washing ceremony. And God will not do payback for the bad things you did.”
A lot of people went out into the bush to listen to John. They came from the city called Jerusalem and from other towns in that country called Judea. Some people told John that they were sorry for the wrong things they did, so he baptised them in the Jordan River.
7John told them, “A man will come to this country later. He is more important than me, and he is stronger than me. I’m not good enough to untie his shoes. I’m just nothing. 8You see, I baptised you just with water, but this new man will put the Holy Spirit in you. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.”
John baptised Jesus
9At that time, Jesus was living in a town called Nazareth, in Galilee country. Then Jesus left his home, and he walked all the way south to a place on the Jordan River. John was baptising people there. 10After he got to that place, Jesus went down into the water and John baptised him. As he came up out of the water, Jesus looked up, and he saw the sky split open, and he saw the Holy Spirit. It looked just like a pigeon, and it flew down to Jesus. 11And God said to Jesus, “You are my son. I love you very much, and I’m very happy with you.”#Genesis 22:2; Psalm 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 12:18; Mark 9:7
Satan tested Jesus
12Straight away, the Holy Spirit sent Jesus out into the bush. 13Jesus stayed out there for 40 days. And Satan went to him and tried to trick him. Satan is the boss over all the bad spirits. He tried to make Jesus do something bad. But Jesus didn’t do it. There were wild animals in that place, but angel messengers went and looked after Jesus.
Jesus went back to Galilee
14One day, that country’s government boss was angry with John the Baptiser, so he sent some soldiers to grab John and put him in jail. After that, Jesus went back to Galilee country, and he told everyone God’s good news. 15He said, “Now is the right time for God to take people into his family. You mob have to take notice and turn right around and live God’s way. You have to believe this good news.”#Matthew 3:2
Jesus told some fishermen to leave their job and follow him
16One day, Jesus walked next to a big lake, called Lake Galilee, and he saw 2 men throwing a net into the water to catch fish. That was their job. One man was called Simon, and the other man was his brother Andrew.
17Jesus said, “I want you 2 to come with me. I want you to stop catching fish and start catching people for me.” 18Straight away, Simon and Andrew dropped their nets and followed Jesus.
19Jesus kept walking along next to the water, and he saw James and John getting their nets ready to catch fish. And their father Zebedee was with them too. 20Like before, Jesus called out to James and John to stop their work and follow him. Straight away, they left their father and the other work-men in the boat, and they followed Jesus.
Jesus forced a bad spirit to leave a man
21Jesus and his followers went to a town called Capernium. On Saturday they went to the Jewish meeting house, and Jesus taught God’s word to the people. You see, Saturday was their day to rest and show respect to God. 22Jesus talked with clear and strong words, and the people listened to him, and they were really surprised. They knew that he was teaching God’s words really straight. The Jewish law teachers didn’t talk like that.#Matthew 7:28-29
23Then, in the middle of the meeting, a man with a bad spirit in him called out, 24“Leave us, Jesus from Nazareth. Why do you trouble us bad spirits? Are you going to finish us up? We know you. You are God’s special man.”
25Jesus talked to the bad spirit strongly. He said, “Be quiet. Come out of him.”
26The bad spirit knocked the man down and made him shake and scream out loud as it came out of him, and then it went away.
27All the people were watching, and they were really surprised. They asked each other, “What’s going on? This man is teaching us something new, and he has so much power. He tells bad spirits to get out of people, and they do what he tells them to do. They just go away.”
28Then all those people went out and told everyone about Jesus. Everyone in Galilee country heard that story about him.
Jesus made a lot of sick people better
29After that, Jesus left the meeting house and went with Simon and Andrew to their house. James and John went with them. 30Simon’s mother-in-law was sick. She was lying in her bed, really hot and sweating a lot. They told Jesus, “She is very sick.” 31So he held her hand and started to lift her up. Straight away, she got better. Then she got up, and she gave them some food to eat.
32Late that afternoon, just after the sun went down, all the people from that town got all the sick people, and the people with bad spirits in them, and they brought them all to Simon’s house. 33A big mob of people were there outside that house. 34Jesus made lots of sick people better, and he forced lots of bad spirits to go out of people. The bad spirits knew that Jesus was God’s son, but Jesus wouldn’t let them tell everyone. He forced those bad spirits to be quiet.
Jesus prayed
35The next day, Jesus got up very early, before the sun came up, and he walked out from the town to pray by himself. 36Then Simon and the others went and looked everywhere for Jesus. 37After they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”
38But Jesus said to them, “Come on, let’s go. I have to go to the other towns around here too, and tell everyone the good news. That’s the job I came to do.”
39So Jesus went all around Galilee country, talking to people in their meeting houses, and telling them God’s story. And he forced bad spirits to go out of lots of people.#Matthew 4:23; 9:35
A man had a bad skin sickness, but Jesus made him better
40A man walked up to Jesus. He had a really bad skin sickness. He got down on his knees in front of Jesus to show him respect, and he kept on asking Jesus to make him better. That man said, “I know that if you want to, you can make me better.”
41Jesus felt really sorry for the sick man, and said, “I do want to make you better.” Then Jesus touched him with his hand, and said, “You are better now.” 42And straight away, that man was better.
43-44Then Jesus told him strongly, “I don’t want you to tell anyone about this. But I want you to go to God’s ceremony house and show your skin to the leader of the Jewish ceremonies there, so that he can see that you are better. And you have to do the right ceremony that Moses gave us, to say thank you to God. When you do that ceremony, everyone will know that you are better.”#Leviticus 14:1-32
45But the man didn’t do what Jesus said. He went away and told everyone, “Jesus made me better.” After people heard the man’s story they went to Jesus from everywhere. Lots of people went to him and stood around him. So he couldn’t go into the towns any more, because there were too many people. So he had to stay out in the bush. But people still came from everywhere and found him, even in the bush.
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