Mark 9-10

Mark 9

¹And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

²And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

³And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

⁴And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

⁶Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

⁷And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

⁸And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

⁹And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

¹⁰And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

¹¹And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

¹²And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

¹³But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

¹⁴And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.

¹⁵And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.

¹⁶And he said, What are you questioning them about?

¹⁷And one of the number said to him in answer, Master, I came to you with my son, who has in him a spirit which takes away his power of talking;

¹⁸And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

¹⁹And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

²⁰And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

²¹And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

²²And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.

²³And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.

²⁴Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.

²⁵And when Jesus saw that the people came running together, he gave orders to the unclean spirit, saying to him, You, spirit, who are the cause of his loss of voice and hearing, I say to you, come out of him, and never again go into him.

²⁶And after crying out and shaking him violently, it came out: and the child became like one dead; so that most of them said, He is dead.

²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

²⁸And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

²⁹And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.

³⁰And they went out from there, through Galilee; and it was his desire that no man might have knowledge of it;

³¹For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

³²But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

³³And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house, he put the question to them, What were you talking about on the way?

³⁴But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

³⁵And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.

³⁶And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

³⁷Whoever will give honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives honour not to me, but to him who sent me.

³⁸John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

³⁹But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.

⁴⁰He who is not against us is for us.

⁴¹Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.

⁴²And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

⁴³And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

⁴⁵And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

⁴⁷And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

⁴⁸Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

⁴⁹Everyone will be salted with fire.

⁵⁰Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Mark 10

¹And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.

²And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

³And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?

⁴And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

⁵But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.

⁶But from the first, male and female made he them.

⁷For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

⁸And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

⁹Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

¹⁰And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

¹¹And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

¹²And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

¹³And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

¹⁴And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁵Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

¹⁶And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.

¹⁷And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

¹⁸And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

¹⁹You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

²⁰And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

²¹And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

²²But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

²³And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

²⁴And the disciples were full of wonder at his words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who put faith in wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

²⁵It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

²⁶And they were greatly surprised, saying to him, Who then may have salvation?

²⁷Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

²⁸Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

²⁹Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

³⁰Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land — though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

³¹But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

³²And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were full of wonder; but those who came after him were in fear. And again he took the twelve, and gave them word of the things which were to come on him,

³³Saying, See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given up to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will give an order for his death, and will give him up to the Gentiles:

³⁴And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

³⁵And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

³⁶And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

³⁷And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.

³⁸But Jesus said to them, You have no knowledge of what you are saying. Are you able to take of my cup? or to undergo the baptism which I am to undergo?

³⁹And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

⁴⁰But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

⁴¹And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John.

⁴²And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

⁴³But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

⁴⁴And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

⁴⁵For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

⁴⁶And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.

⁴⁷And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁸And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.

⁴⁹And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

⁵⁰And he, putting off his coat, got up quickly, and came to Jesus.

⁵¹And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

⁵²And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.