priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, (63)saying: Sir, we
remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive: After three
days I will rise. (64)Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made
secure until the third day lest his disciples come and steal him away,
and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error
will be worse than the first. (65)Pilate said to them: Ye have a
watch; go, make secure, as ye know how. (66)And they went, and made
the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone, in connection with the watch.
XXVIII.
AND late in the sabbath, as it was dawning into the first day of the
week, came Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary to view the
sepulchre. (2)And behold, there was a great earthquake. For an angel
of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone,
and sat upon it. (3)His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow; (4)and for fear of him the keepers shook, and
became as dead men. (5)And the angel answering said to the women: Fear
not ye; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus, who was crucified. (6)He
is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come hither, see the place
where the Lord lay. (7)And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he
is risen from the dead. And behold, he goes before you into Galilee;
there ye shall see him. Behold, I told you.
(8)And going out quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy,
they ran to bring his disciples word. (9)And behold, Jesus met them,
saying: All hail! And they, coming to him, laid hold of his feet, and
worshiped him. (10)Then Jesus says to them: Be not afraid; go, bear
word to my brethren, to go away into Galilee, and there they shall see
me.
(11)And as they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the
city, and reported to the chief priests all the things that were done.
(12)And having assembled with the elders, and taken counsel, they gave
much money to the soldiers, (13)saying: Say, that his disciples came
by night, and stole him away while we slept. (14)And if this shall be
heard by the governor[28:14], we will persuade him, and make you
secure. (15)And they, taking the money, did as they were taught. And
this saying was reported abroad among the Jews, until this day.
(16)And the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into the mountain
where Jesus had appointed them. (17)And seeing him, they worshiped
him; but some doubted.
(18)And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying: All power was given to
me in heaven and on earth. (19)Go therefore, and disciple all the
nations, immersing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit; (20)teaching them to observe all things, whatever
I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you alway, unto the end of the
world.
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK.
I.
THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God, (2)as it
is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger
before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; (3)the voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his
paths. (4)John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the
immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. (5)And there went out
to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they
were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
(6)And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle
about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. (7)And he preached,
saying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet
of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. (8)I indeed
immersed you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.
(9)And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan. (10)And straightway
coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens parted, and the Spirit
as a dove descending upon him. (11)And there came a voice out of
heaven: Thou art my beloved son; in thee I am well pleased.
(12)And immediately the Spirit drives him forth into the wilderness.
(13)And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was
with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.
(14)And after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee,
publishing the good news of the kingdom of God[1:14], (15)and saying:
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and
believe in the good news.
(16)And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew,
Simon's brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
(17)And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will cause you to
become fishers of men. (18)And immediately leaving the nets, they
followed him.
(19)And going a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and
John his brother, who also were in the ship mending the nets. (20)And
straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the
ship with the hired servants, they went after him.
(21)And they enter into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath he
went into the synagogue, and taught. (22)And they were astonished at
his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the
scribes.
(23)And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And
he cried out, (24)saying: What have we to do with thee[1:24], Jesus,
Nazarene! Didst thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the
Holy One of God. (25)And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace,
and come out of him. (26)And the unclean spirit, tearing him, and
crying with a loud voice, came out of him. (27)And they were all
amazed; so that they questioned among themselves, saying: What is
this[1:27]? A new teaching, with authority! And he commands the
unclean spirits, and they obey him. (28)And immediately his fame
spread abroad into all the surrounding region of Galilee.
(29)And immediately, having come out of the synagogue, they entered
into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (30)And the
mother-in-law of Simon was lying sick with fever; and immediately they
tell him concerning her. (31)And he came and raised her up, taking
hold of her hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she
ministered to them.
(32)And evening having come, when the sun set, they brought to him all
that were sick, and those possessed with demons. (33)And all the city
was gathered together at the door. (34)And he healed many that were
sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and suffered not
the demons to speak, because they knew him.
(35)And rising very early, by night, he went out, and departed into a
solitary place, and there prayed. (36)And Simon, and they who were
with him, followed after him. (37)And having found him, they say to
him: All are seeking thee. (38)And he says to them: Let us go
elsewhere, into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also;
for, for this I came forth. (39)And he was preaching in their
synagogues, throughout all Galilee, and casting out the demons.
(40)And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down
to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.
(41)And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand and
touched him, and says to him: I will; be thou cleansed. (42)And
immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
(43)And sternly charging him, he forthwith sent him away; (44)and says
to him: See thou say nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses commanded, for a
testimony to them. (45)But he, going forth, began to publish it much,
and to spread abroad the report; 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.
II.
AND again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was heard
that he is in the house. (2)And straightway many were gathered
together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door; and
he spoke the word to them.
(3)And they come to him, bringing one that was palsied, borne by four.
(4)And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude,
they uncovered the roof where he was; and having broken it up, they
let down the bed whereon the palsied man lay. (5)And Jesus, seeing
their faith, says to the palsied man: Child, thy sins are forgiven.
(6)But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in
their hearts: (7)Why does this man speak thus? He blasphemes. Who can
forgive sins but one, God? (8)And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his
spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why
reason ye these things in your hearts? (9)Which is easier, to say to
the palsied man, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up
thy bed, and walk? (10)But that ye may know that the Son of man has
power on earth to forgive sins, (he says to the palsied man,) (11)I
say to thee, arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. (12)And he
arose, and immediately taking up the bed went forth before all; so
that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying: We never saw it thus.
(13)And he went forth again by the sea-side; and all the multitude
came to him, and he taught them.
(14)And passing along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the
place of receiving custom, and said to him: Follow me. And rising up
he followed him. (15)And it came to pass, as he reclined at table in
his house, that many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus
and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. (16)And
the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with the sinners and
publicans, said to his disciples: How is it that he eats and drinks
with the sinners and the publicans? (17)And Jesus, hearing it, says to
them: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. I
came not to call righteous men, but sinners.
(18)And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting[2:18];
and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the
Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? (19)And Jesus said to
them: Can the sons of the bridechamber fast[2:19], while the
bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with
them, they can not fast. (20)But days will come, when the bridegroom
will be taken from them; and then they will fast in that day. (21)No
one sews a piece of unfulled cloth upon an old garment; else the new
filling up of the old takes from it, and a worse rent is made. (22)And
no one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine bursts the skins,
and the wine is destroyed, and the skins[2:22].
(23)And it came to pass, that he went through the grain-fields on the
sabbath; and his disciples began to go forward[2:23], plucking the
ears of grain. (24)And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they
on the sabbath that which is not lawful? (25)And he said to them: Did
ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself
and they who were with him; (26)how he went into the house of God, in
the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show-bread, which it
is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who
were with him? (27)And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the sabbath. (28)So that the Son of man is Lord also
of the sabbath.
III.
AND he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there,
having his hand withered. (2)And they watched him, whether he would
heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. (3)And he says to
the man having the withered hand: Arise, and come into the midst.
(4)And he says to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to
do evil; to save life, or to kill? But they were silent. (5)And
looking round on them with anger, being grieved for their hardness of
heart, he says to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it
forth; and his hand was restored.
(6)And going out, the Pharisees immediately took counsel with the
Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. (7)And Jesus
withdrew with his disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from
Galilee followed; and from Judaea, (8)and from Jerusalem, and from
Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan, and they about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. (9)And
he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him
because of the multitude, that they might not throng him. (10)For he
healed many, so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as
had plagues. (11)And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down
before him, and cried, saying: Thou art the Son of God. (12)And he
strictly charged them that they should not make him known.
(13)And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he would;
and they went to him. (14)And he appointed twelve, that they should be
with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, (15)and to have
authority to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons. (16)And Simon he
surnamed Peter; (17)and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother
of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder;
(18)and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,
and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the
Cananite[3:18], (19)and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
And they come into the house. (20)And the multitude comes together
again, so that they could not even eat bread. (21)And hearing of it,
his kinsmen went out to lay hold of him; for they said: He is beside
himself.
(22)And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said: He has
Beelzebul, and through the prince of the demons he casts out the
demons. (23)And calling them to him, he said 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 rose up
against himself, and is divided, he can not stand, but has an end.
(27)No one can enter into a strong man's house, and plunder his goods,
except he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his
house. (28)Verily I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of
men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme. (29)But he
that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness
forever, but is guilty of eternal sin; (30)because they said: He has
an unclean spirit.
(31)And his brothers and his mother come; and standing without they
sent to him, calling him. (32)And a crowd was sitting about him; and
they say to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers without are
seeking thee. (33)And he answered them, saying: Who is my mother, or
my brothers? (34)And looking round on those who sat about him, he
said: Behold my mother, and my brothers! (35)For whoever shall do the
will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
IV.
AND he began again to teach by the sea-side. And there was gathered to
him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat
down in the sea; and all the 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)Hearken; behold, the sower went forth to sow. (4)And it came to
pass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and
devoured it. (5)And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not
much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had not depth of
earth. (6)But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had
not root, it withered away. (7)And another fell among the thorns; and
the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. (8)And
another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up
and increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a
hundredfold. (9)And he said: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
(10)And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve
asked him concerning the parables. (11)And he said to them: To you is
given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without,
all things are done in parables; (12)that seeing they may see, and not
perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply
they should turn, and be forgiven. (13)And he says to them: Know ye
not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?
(14)The sower sows the word. (15)And these are they by the way-side;
where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately
and takes away the word that was sown in them. (16)And these are they
likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the
word, immediately receive it with gladness; (17)and have no root in
themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or
persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended.
(18)And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they
that hear the word, (19)and the cares of the world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in
choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (20)And these are they that
are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it,
and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.
(21)And he said to them: Is the lamp brought that it may be put under
the bushel, or under the bed? Is it not, that it may be put on the
lamp-stand? (22)For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor
was done in secret, but that it should come abroad. (23)If any one has
ears to hear, let him hear.
(24)And he said to them: Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you.
(25)For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even
what he has shall be taken from him.
(26)And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast the
seed upon the earth, (27)and sleeps and rises night and day, and the
seed sprouts and grows up, he knows not how. (28)For the earth brings
forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full
grain in the ear. (29)But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts
forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
(30)And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what
comparison shall we set it forth? (31)As a grain of mustard; which,
when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in
the earth. (32)And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater
than all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds
of the air can lodge under its shadow.
(33)And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they
were able to hear. (34)But without a parable he spoke not to them; and
in private he explained all things to his disciples.
(35)And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them: Let us
pass over to the other side. (36)And dismissing the multitude, they
take him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with
him. (37)And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat
into the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled. (38)And
he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and
say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? (39)And awaking,
he 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 ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? (41)And they
feared exceedingly, and said one to another: Who then is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?
V.
AND they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the
Gerasenes. (2)And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there
met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, (3)who had his
dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even
with chains. (4)Because he had often been bound with fetters and
chains; and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters
broken in pieces, and no one could tame him. (5)And always, night and
day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and
cutting himself with stones. (6)But seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and
bowed down to him, (7)and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have
I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by
God, do not torment me. (8)For he said to him: Come forth, unclean
spirit, out of the man. (9)And he asked him: What is thy name? And he
says to him: My name is Legion; because we are many. (10)And he
besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
(11)And there was there, by the mountain, a great herd of swine
feeding. (12)And all the demons besought him, saying: Send us into the
swine, that we may enter into them. (13)And immediately Jesus gave
them leave. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the
swine. And the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, about two
thousand, and were choked in the sea. (14)And they who fed them fled,
and reported it in the city and in the country. And they came to see
what it was that was done. (15)And they come to Jesus, and see him who
was possessed with demons, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him
who had the legion, and they were afraid. (16)And they who saw it
related to them how it befell him who was possessed with demons, and
concerning the swine. (17)And they began to beseech him to depart from
their borders.
(18)And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been possessed
with demons besought him that he might be with him. (19)And he
suffered him not; but says to him: Go into thy house, to thy friends,
and announce to them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and
had compassion on thee. (20)And he departed, and began to publish in
the Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all wondered.
(21)And Jesus having passed over again in the ship to the other side,
a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. (22)And
there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And
seeing him, he fell at his feet, (23)and besought him much, saying: My
little daughter lies at the point of death. I pray thee come, and lay
thy hands on her, that she may be healed and live. (24)And he went
with him; and a great multitude was following him, and thronging him.
(25)And a certain woman, who had a flow of blood twelve years, (26)and
had suffered much by many physicians, and spent all that she had, and
was not at all benefited but rather grew worse, (27)hearing of Jesus,
came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. (28)For she said:
If I touch even his garments, I shall be made whole. (29)And
straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she perceived
in her body that she was healed of that plague. (30)And immediately
Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,
turned about in the crowd, and said: Who touched my garments? (31)And
his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging thee,
and sayest thou: Who touched me? (32)And he looked around to see her
who had done this. (33)But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing
what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all
the truth. (34)And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee
whole; go in peace, and be healed of thy plague.
(35)While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the
synagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou
the Teacher any further? (36)And Jesus, overhearing the word that was
spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue: Be not afraid; only
believe. (37)And he suffered no one to follow with him, save 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 wailed greatly. (39)And entering in, he says to them: Why
do ye make a tumult, and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping.
(40)And they laughed him to scorn. But he, putting them all out, takes
the father of the child, and the mother, and those who were with him,
and enters in where the child was. (41)And taking the hand of the
child, he says to her: Talitha kumi; which is interpreted, Damsel, I
say to thee, arise. (42)And straightway the damsel arose, and walked;
for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with
a great astonishment. (43)And he charged them strictly that no one
should know this. And he commanded that something should be given her
to eat.
VI.