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28:II M AT T H E W 64
Prec autions taken by the leaders of the people
Wh ile they were on their way, some of the guard went off into the city to tell 11
the chief priests all that had happened. -These held a meeting with the elders 12
and , after some discussion , handed a conside ra ble sum of money to the soldiers
with these instructions, 'This is what you must say: "His disciples came duri ng 13
the night and stole him away while we were asleep". -And should the governor 14
come to hear of this, we undertake to put things right with him ourselv es and THE G OSPE L ACCO RD ING TO
to see that you do not get into trouble .' -The soldiers too k the money and carried IS
out their instruc tions, an d to th is day that is the story am ong the Jews.
Appearance in Galilee. The mission to the world
SA INT MAR K
Meanwhile the eleven disciples set out for Galil ee, to the mountain where 16
Jesus had ar ranged to meet them .• When they saw him they fell down before 17 I. PRELUDE TO THE PUBLIC MINISTRY OF JESUS
8: 10 +
Lk 24:9-10 him, tho ugh some hesitated .! -Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, 'All 18
Jn J:J5 + The preaching of John the Baptist IIM t 3: 1- 12
authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.• Go , therefore , make 19
Mk 16: 15-1 6
Lk 24:47
Ac 1:8 +;
2:38 +
disciples of all the nations; baptise them in the name of the Father a nd of the
Son and of the Ho ly Spirit," -a nd teach them to observe all the co mmands I 20
i 1 The beginn ing of the Good News- abo ut Jesus Christ, the Son of God.·
writte n in the book of the pro phet Isaiah:
-u is
IILk 3:3-17
10:29
Lk 1:19

18:20
Ps 125:2 gave you . And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.' M13:1
I n 14:18-21 Look, I am going to send my messenger before you;
he will prepare your way.
A voice cries in the wilderness: 1'40:3
I n 1:23
Prepare a way for the Lord,
make his paths straight,
4 and so it was that Jo hn the Bapt ist appeared in the wilderness, proc laiming-
a baptism of repe ntance for the forgiveness of sins. ·AIl Judaea and all the people Mt3:6+

of Jer usalem made the ir way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river
Jordan they confessed their sins. -John wore a garment of carnel-skin,« an d
he lived on locusts and wild honey. -In the course of his preach ing he said ,
'Someone is following me, someone who is more powerful than 1 am , and 1 am In 1:27

not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sa ndals . •1 have bap tised you
with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.' In 1:26.33
Ac 1:5; 11:16

Jesus is baptised Mt3: 13-17

IILk 3:21-22
It was at th is time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Ga lilee and was baptised
10 in the Jor da n by John. -No sooner had he come up out of the water than he
saw th e heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him . In 1:32-34
11 And a voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son, the Beloved; my favou r rests
on you'.
Tempta tion in the wilderness IIM t 4:1- 11
IILk 4: 1-13
12
13 Im mediately afterwards the Spirit dro ve him out into the wilderness -and he
remained there for for ty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild Jb 1:6 +

beasts, and the angels loo ked after him. n:

appea ra nce that is coupled wit h a n apostolic mission
(MI28: 16-20; Lk24:36-49; I n 20: 19-23; cf. Mk 16:
14-18) . As well as this d is ti nct ion there a re two
tr adit io ns as to where the ap pea ra nces look place:
I. a ll in G a lilee (Mk 16:7 : M t 2R: IO.J6 -20l; 2. all in
Ju d ae a (L k a nd JI1 20 ). By way o f ap pendi x, I n 21 adds
a n a p pea ra nce in G a lilee whic h th o ugh it bears the
cha ra cter o f an a ppea ra nce 10 indi vid u a ls (it is fo r
Pe ter an d J o h n p redo minan tly) is ne vertheless coupled
with an a po sto lic m issio n (~ ivcn to Pe ter) . T he primi tive
apos tol ic oreac ntne tha t Pa u l reproduces in 1 Co 15 :3 ~ 7
lis ts 5 a ppea ra nce s (a pa r t fro m t he a ppea ra nce to Pa u l
h imse lf) wh ich ar c no t eas ily har m oni sed with t he
gos pe l acco un ts ; in pa r ticular he ment io ns a n a p pea ra nce
to J am es of wh ic h t he Gospel 10 the Hebre ws a lso spea ks.
A ll thi s Rives the im pre ss io n tha t different gro up s,
wh ich ca nnot now be easil y ide n tified , have give n r ise
<l:
::s;
to d ifferen t s trands of tradit ion . Bu t t hese very div er -
geod es o f tra dit io n a re fa r better wit nesses th a n a ny II. THE GALILEAN MINISTRY
art ificia l o r co nt r ived u nifo rm ity to the a nt iq uit y o f
the ev ide nce a nd th e his to rica l qua lity o f all t hese
mani fes tatio ns of th e risen C hr ist. Je sus begins to preach IIMt4:1 2-17 =:J
IILk 4: 14-15 ...J
28 f. A n a lterna tive t ra nslatio n with less grammatical
s upport ' those who had hesita ted ' . O n the do ubts 14 After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclai med
Mt men tio ns her e cr. Mk 16:11.14; Lk 24: 11.4 1: Jn 20; Rm 1:1
24-2 9.
IS the Good News from God. · 'The time has come' he said 'and the kingdom of Ep 1:10
g , It may be t ha t th is form ul a, so fa r as t he ful ncss Go d is close at han d. Repent, and believe the Good News.' M tJ:2+ ;
8:10 + .
o f its exp ress ion is co ncern ed . is a re flect io n o f the
litu rg ica l usage es ta b lished lat er in the p rim itive
co m m u nit y, It will be re mem be red th at Ac s pe a ks o f 1 a . Goode-New s, O ld E ng lish ' god-soc! ' , Greek b . O m . 'So n of Go d' .
ba p tis tng ' in t he n am e of Jes us', cf. Ac 1:5 -1-. BUI euaggelton, he nce Lat. evangeltum. T he wo rd is used c . Var. 'J ohn appeared , banusln s in the wilderness
whatever the va ria tio n in fo rm ula . the u nd er lyin g in t he N .T . to mean , not a book , b u t th e G o od News a nd pr oc la iming . . . '
re al ity remai ns th e sam e. of salvati on , Jes us h imself being bo th it s messen ger d . Var. 'Jo hn wore a ga rmen t o f ca mel-ha ir wi th
and its mes sage. a leat her belt round his waist', cr. Mt 3:4 .
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IIMt 4: 18-22 IIMt9:1-8

The first four disciples are called Cur e of a paralytic IILk 5: 17-26
IILk 5: 1-11
As he was walking along by th e Sea of G alilee he saw Simon an d his brother
And rew casting a net in the lake - for they were fishermen . -An d Jesus said to
16
17
I 2 When he returned to Ca pern aum some time late r, wor d went round that he
was ba ck ; -and so man y peop le collected that there was no room left, even
3:20; 6:3 1

them, ' Fo llow me an d I will make you into fishers of men' . -And at once they 18 in fro nt of th e do or. H e was pre aching the word to th em -when some peopl e
left their nets and followed him. came br inging him a paralytic carr ied by four men, -but as the crow d made
G oing on a little fur th er, he saw James so n of Ze bedee and his brother John; 19 it imp ossible to get the man to him, they stri pped the roof over the place whe re
they too were in th eir boat, mend ing their nets. He called them at once -and, 20 Jesus was ; and when they had made an ope ning, they lowered the stretch er on
M!8 :10 +
leavin g their fat her Zeb edee in the boat with the men he employed, they went 5 which the paraly tic lay. -Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ' My child,
aft er him. 6 your sins are for given' . •N ow some scribes were sitting there, and th ey th ought
7 to themselves, ·'How can th is man ta lk like that? He is blaspheming. Who can
IILk 4:31 -37 J esus teaches in Caperna um and cures a demoniac
8 for give sins but G od?' -Jesus, inwardl y aware th at this was what t hey were
Th ey went as far as Capern aum, and as soon as the sabbat h came he wen t 21 thinking , said to them, 'Wh y do you have these th oughts in your hearts?
11 M! 7:28 f to the synagogue and bega n to teach. •And his teaching ma de a deep impression 22 Which of these is eas ier: to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forg iven " or t o
on them becaus e, unlike t he .scribes, he ta ught them with authori ty. 10 say, " Get up, pick up your stretcher and walk"? . But to pro ve to you that the
In th eir synagogue just the n there was a man po ssessed by an uncl ean spirit, 23 11 Son of Man has au thor ity on ear th to forg ive sins,'- ·h e said to the pa ra lytic-
Mt 8:29 +
Mt 2:23 +
and it shouted, · 'What do you want wit h us,' Jesus of Nazareth? Have yo u come! 24 12 'larder you : get up, pick up your stretcher, an d go off home.' -And the man
Ac 3:14 + to destro y us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God. ' > -But Jesus said 25 got up, picked up his stre tcher at once and walked out in front of everyone, so
M t 9:33
Mk 1:34 + sharply, ' Be qu iet! Come out of him!' -And the unclean spirit threw the ma n int o 26 that they were all astound ed and praised G od saying, ' We have never seen
con vulsions and with a loud cry went out of him. •T he peo ple were so aston ished 27
anything like this' .
that they started asking each other what it all meant. 'Here is a teaching that is
IIMt9:9
4 :41 new' they said 'and with au th ority behind it: he gives orders even to unclean The call of Levi IILk 5:27-28
spirits " and they obey him.' -And his rep uta tio n ra pidly spread everywhere, 4: 1
28 13 He went out aga in to the shore of the lake ;" an d all the people came to him ,
thro ugh all the surround ing Galilean coun try side. 14 and he taught them .•As he was walk ing on he saw Levi the so n of Alphaeus,
sitt ing by the customs house, and he said to him, ' F ollow me' . And he got up and
11 M ! 8:14- 15
liL k 4: 38-39
Cure of Simon's mother-in-law
followed him .
7:24: 13:3 On lea ving the synagogue, he went with James and J ohn straight to t he house 29
IIMt 9:10 -13
of Simon and Andrew. -N ow Simon's mo ther-in-law had gone to bed with fever, 30 Ea ting with sinners IIL k 5:29-32
a nd they told him a bout her str aightaw ay. ·He went to her, took her by the hand 7:24
31
15 When Jesus was at dinner in his house, a number of tax collectors an d sinners
an d helped her up. And the fever left her and she began to wait on the m. were also sitting at the tab le with Jesus and his disciples ; for there were many of
16 them among his followers . •Whe n the scribes of the Pharisee party saw him eati ng
IIL ~ r: ~iU? A number of cures
with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, 'Why doe s he eat with
Th at evening, after sun set, they brought to him all who were sick and those 32 17 tax collectors and sinne rs?' •When Jesus heard this he said to them, 'It is not the
who were possessed by devils. -T he whole tow n came crowding round t he door, 33 healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous,
3:12 :9:30
M ! 8:4 : 9:30:
and he cured ma ny who were suffering from diseases of one ki nd or an ot her; 34
but sinners.'
12:16 : 17:9
L k 5: 14: 8:
he also cast out many devils , but he would not allow them to spea k, becau se the y
IIM t 9:14-17
56 ; 9:21 knew who he was.' A discussion on fasting IILk 5:33- 39

18 One day when Jo hn's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people
IILk 4 :42 -44 J esus quietl y leaves Cap ernaum and travels through Galilee
came and said to him, 'Why is it tha t John' s disciples and th e disciples of the
M ! 14:23 0 :
In t he mo rni ng, long befo re dawn, he got up and left the house, and went 35
19 Pharisees fast , but your discip les do not?' -Jesus replied, 'Surely the bridegroom's
26;360
L k 3:21 +
off to a lonely place an d prayed there. -Simo n and his com panions set out in 36 attendants wou ld never think of fast ing while the brid egroom is still with them?
search of him, -a nd whe n the y found him they said, ' Everyb ody is loo king for 37 As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they could no t think of fasting .
yo u' . ·He answered, 'L et us go elsewher e, to the neighbo uring count ry to wns, 38
20 But the time will come for th e bridegro om to be taken awa y from them , and then ,
Lk 4:44
I n 18:37
so that 1 can preach there too, beca use th at is why I ca me'. ' -And he went all 39
21 on that day , they will fast. -N o one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old
IIM t 4:23
Lk 4:14-15 ;
thro ugh Galilee, pr eaching in their synag ogues and casting o ut devils. cloak; if he does, the pat ch pulls away from it, the new fro m th e old, and the tea r
118:1
IIM t 8:2-4 Cure of a leper
IIL k 5:12-16 e . Lit . ' What is there to us and to you?' cf. Jn 2:4 +. was n a tio nalistic and warlike . in sharp contrast wi th his
own id eal, Jesus had to be very ca re fu l, a t least on
A leper cam e to him and pleaded on his knees: 'If you want to' he sa id 'you 40 f . V aT. ' Y ou h ave com e".
g. God is t he ' Hol y O ne' par excellence. a nd a ll Isra elit e so il, cr. 5:19, to avoid givi ng a fa lse and d an ger -
5:30 + can cure me' . •Feeling sor ry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand a nd touc hed ::0
41 th at bel on gs to him is ho ly. L v 17:1 + : this is p re- o us impression of his missi o n , d . I n 6:15; Mt 13:13+ . ...J
him. 'O f co urse I want to !' he said. 'Be cured!' -A nd the leprosy left him at once 42 emin en tly true of Jesus who is God's Son and his chosen T h is po licy of s ile nce Ctbe m essianic secret ' ) is n o t an
M essiah. 1:10f , th e appointed head of ' the n at ion of inv ent ion of M k' s, as some have cla imed . but is in fac t
and he was cured . -Jesus immediately sent him away and ste rn ly ordered him, 43 s ain ts' . O n 7: 18 +. i.e. of the company o f the elec t. C hr ist's own, th o ug h M k h as given it spe cial emphas is .
1:34 1' ' Mind you say nothi ng to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest , and 44 the C h r ist ian commu nity, A c 9:13 +. Cf. Lk 1:35 ; 4:34; W ith th e exception of Mt 9: 30. M t and Lk rec ord the
L k 17: 14 I n 6:6 9; Ac 3:14 +; 4:27. 30; Rv 3 :7. injunc ti o n to silence only in passages which ar e p ar all el
L v 14 :1-32 ma ke t he offering for your healing presc ribed by Moses as evidence of you r b. O r punctu ate ' H er e is a teac h ing th at is new ; w ith Mk, frequent ly omittin g it even in these cases.
with authority he gives orders even to u nclea n spiri ts'. I. Li t. 'cam e ou t' i.e . fr om Capernaum, v. 35 .
recovery' . -The man went away, but t hen sta rted talki ng ab out it freely a nd 45
i , Jesus for bids the news that he is the M essia h to T h is is the primary se nse. b ut it is possib le that an ot her
telling the story everywhe re, so th at Jesus could no longer go openly into any town, be spread b y the dev ils. 1:25.34 : 3:12, b y those he cured . lies behind it . namely. t he 'comin g fo rt h' of Jesus fr om
but had to stay o utside in places where no body lived. Even so, people fro m 1:44: 5:4 3 ; 7:36; 8:26. even by th e ap os tles. 8: 30 ; 9:9. G od . I n 8:42; 13:3 ; 16:27f. 30 . Cf. Lk 4 :43 .
T he silence is not to be broken till a fte r his death,
all around wo uld come to him. Mt 10:27 -r- , Since th e prevaili ng idea of the M essia h 2 a . T h e ' Se a of G alilee' (' Lake of T iber ias ') .
 I
II 2:22 MA R K 68 69 MARK 4:15
gets worse. -And nobody puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does , the wine 22 26 a household is divided against itself, that ho usehold can never stand. -N ow if
will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins too. No! New wine, fresh Sat an has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot stand either-it is
skins!' 27 the end of him. -But no one can ma ke his way into a strong man's ho use and
IIM' 12:1-8 burgle his property unless he has tied up the strong man first. Only then can he
!ILk 6:1- 5 Picking corn on the sabbath
burgle his house.
One sabbath day he happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and 23 28 'I tell you solemnly, all men 's sins will be forgiven, and all th eir
his disciples began to pick ears of corn as they went along. -And the Pharisees 24 29 blasphemies; -but let anyone blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and he will never L k 12:10
said to him, 'Look, why are they doing something on the sabbath day that is 30 ha ve forgiveness: he is guilty of an etern al sin.' -This was because they were
forbidden?' -And he replied, 'Di d you never read what David did in his time of 25 saying, 'An unclean spirit is in him'.
1 S 21:2-7 need when he and his followers were hun gry-·how he went into the house of 26
L v 24: 5-9 IIM ' 12:46 -50
God when Ab iat har > was high priest, and ate the loaves of offering which onl y The true kinsmen of Jesus IIL k 8:19-21
the priests are allo wed to eat, and how he also gave some to the men with him?' 31 His mother and brothers now arrived and, standing outside, sen t in a message
D t 5:14 And he said to them, 'T he sabbath was ma de for man, not man for the 27
2 M 5:19 32 asking fo r him .• A crowd was sitting rou nd him at the time th e message was passed
sa bbath ; -so the Son of Man is ma ster even of the sabbath' . 28 to him, 'Your mother and br ot hers and sisters are out side asking for you' .
IIM'12:9-14 Cure of the man with a withered hand
U He replied, 'Who are my mother an d my brothers?' -And looking round at
IILk 6: 6-11 those sitti ng in a circle about him , he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.
He went again into a synagogue, and there was a man there who ha d a withered
3 hand . -A nd they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the sa bbat h
da y, hoping for something to use against him . -He said to the man wit h the
1

3
35 An yone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and
mot her.'
IIM'13 ; 1-9
withered ha nd, 'Stan d up out in the mid dle! ' -T hen he said to the m, 'I s it 4 Parable of the sower

Lk 14:4
E p4: 18
against the law on the sabbath day to do goo d, o r to do evil; to save life, or to
kill ?' But they said nothing. •Th en, grieved to find them so obstinate, he loo ked 5
I 4 Agai n he began to teach by the lakeside, but such a huge crowd gath ered
round him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there. T he people were
IILk 8:4- 8
2:13
Lk 5:1.3

angrily round at them, and said to the ma n, 'Stretch out you r han d' . He st retche d
it ou t and his hand was better. •The Pha risees went out and at once began to
plot with the Herodians - again st him, discussing how to destroy him.
IILk 6:17- 19 The crowds follow Jesus
IIM t 4 :23. 25 ; Jesus withd rew with his disciples to the lakeside, and grea t crowds from
12:15-16
Galilee followed him. Fro m Judaea, b -Jerusalem, Idumaea, Transjordania and
the region of Tyre and Sidon, great numbers who had hear d of all he was doing
came to him. -And he asked his disciples to have a boat ready for him because
of the crowd, to keep him from being crus hed .• For he had cured so many that all
5:30+ who were afflicted in an y way were crowding fo rwar d to touc h him. -And the
M t 8:29+
IILk 4 :4 1
uncl ean spirits, when ever they saw him, wo uld fall down before h im and shout,
1:34+ 'You a re the Son of G od !' -But he warned them strong ly not to make him kno wn.
liM ' 12:16
IIM' 10:1-4 The appointment of the Twelve
IIL k 6:12-16
He now went up into the hills a nd sum mo ned tho se he wanted. So th ey came 13
~ 6: 7
to him -and he appointed twelve; th ey were to be his companions and to be sent 14
M t 10:2-5
out to preach, -wit h power to cast out devils. -A nd so he appointed the Twel ve: l ~
M I 16:18+ Simon to whom he gave the name Peter, -James the son of Zebedee and J ohn 17
i n 1:42
Lk 9 :54 the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or 'Sons of Thunde r' ;
then A ndrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Ja mes the so n of 18
Alphaeus, Tha ddae us, Simo n the Zealot -and J udas Iscariot, the man wh o 19
was to bet ray him. '
H is relati ves are concerned about J esus
2:2 ; 6:3 1 He went home again, and once more such a crowd collected that they coul d
not even have a meal. -When his relatives heard of this, they set out to take
in 10:20 charge of him , convinced" he was out of his mind.
iif:l~ lrit n Allegations of the scri bes
The scribes who had com e down from Jerusalem were saying , 'Beelzebul is 22
in him' and, 'It is through the pri nce of devils that he cas ts devils out' . -So he called 2 3
them to him and spo ke to the m in parables, 'How can Satan cast o ut Satan ?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kin gdom cannot last. -A nd if ~1
2 all along the sho re, at t he water 's edge. -He taught them many thin gs in para bles,
6
3 and in the course of his teach ing he said to th em, ·'Listen ! Imagine a sower
4 going out to sow . -Now it happened that, as he sowed , some of the seed fell on
5 the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate it up. -So me seed fell on rocky
ground where it found litt le soil a nd sp rang up straightaway, beca use there was
6 no depth of ea rth; -an d when the sun came up it was scorched and, not having
any roots, it withered away. -So me seed fell into thorns, and the thorn s
grew up and chok ed it, and it produced no crop. -And s ome seeds fell into rich
9
soil and , growing ta ll and stro ng, pr oduced crop ;" an d yielded thirty , sixty,
10
9 even a hundredfold .' -And he said, 'Lis ten , anyone who has ears to hea r !'
11
Why Jesus speak s in parables ilf:l~ k~~~?iiI 5
12
10 When he was alone, the Twelve, together with the others who formed his 7: 17
II company, asked what the para bles mean t. -He told them, 'T he secret of the ~:;; J6j~;
kingdom of G od is given to you, but to those who a re ou tside everything comes
12 in parables, -so t hat" they may see and see again, but not perceive; may hear and Is 6:9- 1O+
hear again, but not understand; otherwise they might be converted and be for given' .
nM'13:18-23
The parable of the sower explained liL k 8:11-15
13 He said to them, 'Do you not understand this parable? T hen how will you i n 12: 16
:1 understand an y of the pa rables ?' -What the sower is sowing is the word . -Those
on the edge of the path where the word is sown are people who ha ve no sooner
b. The high pr iest of I S 21 :1-7 was in fact Law.
A h im elech . E it her his son Ab ia t har is named here d . Li t. ' beca use they sa id' . Others t ra nslate
beca use. as high pr iest in Dav id 's re ign. 2 S 20 :25 . ' beca use it was told (them)' .
20
he was th e better known, or e lse M k is follo wing a :::>
..J
21 d ifferen t tr ad ition according to which A bi a thar wa s 4 a . Va r. (Vu lg,) 'p rod uced its cro p wh ich grew
A h imelech 's fat her (2 S S: 17 He br .). ta ll and strong' .
3 a . T he term s ign ifies no t officia ls of t he co ur t of b . T he conjunctio n (M t avoi ds it) is eq u iva lent to
Ile rod A n u p as. te rra rch of Galilee . cf . Lk 3: 1+ . 'in order t ha t the scri pt ure mi gh t be fu lfilled th a t sa ys .. .'
h ut p o li tical ly m ind ed Jews act ive ly su pportin g his c. T he a p os tles' incomprehens io n of C hri st's
dy nas ty and en joy ing his fa vour. wo rks an d words is a favo urite the me of Mk: 6:52;
b. Punc tuatio n unc er tain . 'F ro m J uda ea . . Sidon' 7 : 18: X:17- 18,21,33 : 9 :10 .32: 10:38 . W ith the exc ep t ion
may be read wi th what p reced es or wit h wha t follo ws . o f certai n par a llel p lac es ( Mt 15:16 : 16:9. 23: 20: 22 ;
c. He re M k o m its th e discou rse of Mt 5-7 a nd Lk L k 9: 45) and of Lk 18:34 : 24:25.45 . ?viI and Lk o ften
6:2 0-49. evidentl y as su m ing t hat his readers wo uld be pass su ch rem a r ks over in silence. or eve n emend [hem:
in terested m or e in what C hr is t was a nd d id t han in co mpare M t 14:33 wit h Mk 6:51 -52, and sec MI 13:5 1.
t he minutiae of his leach ing wit h re ga rd to th e Je wis h C f. I n 14 :26 + .
 4:16 71 MARK 5:35
MARK 70
heard it t han Satan comes and carries away the word that was sown in th em. from the tombs towards him . -The man lived in the tombs and no one could
Similarly, those who receive the seed on patches of rock are peopl e who , when 16
secure him an y more , even with a chain ; -beca use he had often been secured
first they hear the wor d, welcome it at once with joy. -But they have no root 17
with fett ers and chai ns but had snapped the cha ins and bro ken the fetters, a nd no
in t hem, they do not last ; shou ld so me trial come, or some persecution on 5 one had the stren gth to control hi m. -All night and all day, among the to mbs
account of the word, they fall away at once. -Then there are others who receive 18
6 and in t he mountains, he would howl and gash himse lf wit h stones . •Cat ch ing
the seed in thorns. These have hear d the word, -but t he worr ies of this world, 19
7 sight of Jes us from a distance, he ran up and fell at his feet -and shouted at the
the lure of riches and all the other passions come in to choke the word , and so top of his voice, 'W hat do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High G od?
it produces nothing.• And t here are those who have received the seed in rich 20
8 Swear by Go d you will not tortu re me!' ·-For Jesus had been saying to him,
soil: they hear the word and accept it and yield a ha rvest, thirty an d sixty and a 9 'C ome out of the man, unclean spir it' . · 'W hat is your name?' Jesus asked. 'My
10 name is legion,' he answered 'for t here are many of us.' -And he begged him M t 12:45
hundredfold. ' Lk8:2: 11:26
11 earnestly not to send t hem out of t he district. -Now there was there on the
IILk 8:16 -17 Parable of the lamp 12 mou ntain side a great herd of pigs feeding, -and the unclean spirits begged
IIM t 5:15
:ILk 11:33 He also said to them, 'Would you bri ng in a lamp to put it under a tub or 21 13 him , ' Send us to the pigs, let us go into them '. -So he gave the m leave. Wit h that,
under the bed? Sure ly you will put it on the lamp-stand? -For there is noth ing 22 the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two
IIM l 10:26
IILk 12:2 hidden but it must be disclosed, not hing kept secret except to be brou ght to light. thousan d pigs charged down the cliff into the la ke, a nd there they were drowned.
If anyone has ears to hea r, let him listen to th is.' 23 14 Th e swineherds ran off and told their story in the tow n and in the co unt ry roun d
15 about ; and the people came to see what had rea lly happ ened . •T hey came to
IIL k 6:38 Parable of the measure Jesus an d saw the demo niac silti ng there, clot hed and in his full senses-the very
IIM l 7:2 He also said to them , 'T a ke no tice of what you are hearin g. The am ount yo u 24 16 man who had had the legion in him before -and they were afraid. -And those
11 M ' \3:12 measure out is the amount you will be given-and more besides; -for the man 25 who had witnessed it reported what had happened to the demo niac and what had
IIL k 8:18 :
19:26 who has will be given mo re; from the man who has not, even what he has will be 17 become of the pigs. •T hen they bega n to implo re Jes us to leave the neighb ourhood.
tak en away.': 18 As he was getting into the boat, the ma n who had been possessed begged to be
19 allowed to stay with him. -Jesus wou ld not let him but said to him, ' G o home 1:34 +
Parable of the seed growing by itself
to your peo ple and tell the m all that the Lord in his mercy has done for you' .
Jm 5:7
He also said, 'This is what the kingdom of G od is like . A man throws seed on 26 20 So the man went off and pro ceeded to spread througho ut the Decapolis all t hat Mt 4:25 +
the lan d.•Night a nd day, while he sleeps , when he is awake, the seed is sprouting 27 Jesus had done for him. An d everyo ne was amazed .
and gro wing; how, he does not know . -O f its own accor d the land prod uces first 28
Cure of the woman with a haemorrhage. The daughter of Jairus raised to life IIM t 9: 18-26
the shoot , then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. -A nd when the crop is ready, 29 IILk 8:40- 56
JI 4: 13
R v 14: 15- 16 he loses no time: he sta rts to rea p becau se the harv est has come." 21 When Jesus had crossed aga in in t he boat to the ot her side, a lar ge cro wd 2:13

IIM l I 3:3 1-32

Parable of the mustar d seed 22 gath ered round him and he stayed by the lakes ide. -T hen one of the synagogue
IIL k 13: 18- 19
23 officials came up, Jai rus by name, and seeing him , fell at his feet -a nd pleaded
He also said, 'W ha t can we say the kingdom of God is like? What pa rabl e can 30
with him ea rnest ly, saying, ' My littl e daughter is despera tely sick. Do come and
we find for it? -It is like a must ard seed which at the time of its sowin g in the 31
24 lay your ha nds on her to make her bett er and save her life.' -Jesus went with him
soil is the smallest of all the seeds on earth ; -yet once it is sow n it grow s int o the 32
and a large crowd followed him ; they were pressing a ll round him.
D n 4:9 . 18
biggest sh rub of them all and puts ou t big branches so that the birds of the air 25 Now the re was a wom an who had suffered from a haemorrhage for
can shelter in its shade.' 26 twelve years ; -after long and painful treat ment under various doctor s, she had T b 2:10

IIM r 13:34- 35 The use of parables spent all she had without being a ny t he bett er for it, in fact, she was getti ng
27 worse . -She had hear d about Jesus , and she came up behind him th rough the crowd 6:56
Using many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, so far as they were 33
28 a nd touched his cloak . · ' If I can to uch even his clothes,' she had told herse lf
ca pa ble of und erstandi ng it. -He would not speak to them except in parab les, 34
2" 'I shall be well again.' -A nd the source of the bleeding dried up instantly, and she
bu t he explained everything to his disciples when they were alon e.
,1(1 felt in herself that she was cured of her complaint. -I rnmediately awa re that
lI ~g~1 8. The calm ing of the sto rm power had gone out from him. >Jesus tu rned ro und in the crowd and said, 'Who
IILk 8:22 -25 31 to uched my clothes?' -H is disc iples sa id to him , 'Y ou see how the crowd is
With the co ming of evening that same day , he said to them, 'Le t us cross over 35
to the other side' . -And leaving the crowd beh ind they took him , ju st as he was, 36
J2 pressing ro und you and yet you say, "W ho tou ched me?" -But he co ntinued
in the boat; and there were other boats with him. -Then it began to blow a gale 37
13 to look all rou nd to see who had done it. -The n the woma n ca me forward,
and the waves were brea king into the boat so that it was almost swamped . -But 38
frightened and trembling' beca use she knew what had hap pened to her, and she
he was in the stern , his head on the cush ion , asleep. -They woke him and said 39
,1·1 fell at his feet an d to ld him t he whole truth .• ' My daughter,' he sa id 'yo ur faith Ml8:10 +

to him, 'Master, do you not ca re? We are going down!' And he woke up an d
rebuk ed the wind and said to the sea , 'Quiet no w! Be calm !' And the wind
dro pp ed, an d all was cal m again . -Then he said to them, 'Why are you so
M l 8:10 +
frightened? How is it that you have no faith?'! -They were filled with awe and said
1:27
to one anot her, 'W ho can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.'
IIM l 8:28-34
IILk 8: 26- 39 The Gerasene demonia c
They reached the country of the Gerasenes - on the ot her side of the lake, -and
5 no soon er had he left the boat than a man with an unclean spirit came out
has restored you to health ; go in peace and be free fro m your complaint.' ::>
..J
1\ While he was still speaking some peo ple arrived from the hous e of the
40 synagogue official to say , ' Your daug hter is dead: why put the Master to any
41
d . T wo p roverbs (v v . 240 are here used to ill us trate
the att it ude re q u ired of those who would listen to
C hrist 's word. b . T h is pow e r is re gar ded as a p hys ica l emanat io n
e . T he king do m will a chieve its fu ll deve lop me nt that heal s. cr. l. k 6: 19. by cont act : d . M k 1:4 1: 3: 10 :
111 vir tue of its own h id den . intrins ic power. 6:56 : 8: 22.
r. Var. ' Have yo u no fait h yet? '
5 a , va r. ' G ad a re nes", cf . MI . or 'Ger gesenes' ,
c . NO L o n ly from a se nse or sha me b ut a lso be ca use
the com pl a in t invol ved legal impuri ty. L v 15:25 .
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further trouble?' -But Jesus had overheard this remark of theirs and he said to 36
M t8: 10 + the official, 'D o not be afraid ; only have faith '. -And he allowed no one to go 37
with him except Peter and Ja mes and John the bro ther of James ." -So they ca me 38
to the official's house and Jesus noticed all the commotion , with peopl e weeping
and wailing unr estrainedly. . He went in and said to them, 'W hy all th is 39
Ac 20:10 com motion and crying? T he child is not dead , but asleep.' -But they laughed 40
Ac 9:40 at him . So he turn ed themall out and , ta king with him the child's fat her and
mother and his own compani ons, he went into the place where the child lay.
And taking the child by the hand he said to her, 'Talitha, kum!" which means, 41
'Li ttle girl, I tell you to get up ' . -The little girl got up at once and began to wa lk 42
about, for she was twelve years old . At this the y were overcome with asto nishmen t,
1:34 + and he orde red them strictly not to let anyone know about it, and told them 43
to give her something to eat.
11 M' 13:53-58 A visit to Nazareth
IILk 4:16-30
Go ing from tha t district, he went to his home town and his disciples accompa-
6 nied him. •With the coming of the sabb ath he began teac hing in the synagogu e
a nd most of them were astonished when they heard him . They said, 'Where did
I 30
(he ma n get all th is? What is th is wisdom that has been gra nted him, and these
22 When the dau ghter of this same He rod ias came in and dan ced, she delighted
Herod and his guests ; so the king said to the girl, 'A sk me anything you like
and 1 will give it you' . •And he swore her an oath, 'I will give you an yth ing you Es' 5:3
23
24 ask , even half my kingdom' . •She went out and said to her mother, ' What shall
25 I ask for ?' She replied, 'The head of John the Bapt ist' . •The girl hur ried straight
back to the king and mad e her request, 'I want you to give me John the Bapt ist's
head , here and now, on a dish' . -The king was deeply distressed but , thinking
26
of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he was reluctant to break his word
27 to her. -So the king at once sent one of the bodygu ard with orders to bring
28 John's head . -The man went off and beheaded him in prison ; then he br ought
the head on a dish and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mo the r.
29 When John 's disciples heard about th is, they came and took his body and laid
it in a tomb .
II M ' 14:13-2 1
Firs t miracle of the loaves M k 8:1- 10
II Lk 9: 10- 17
The a postles rejo ined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. IIJ n 6:1-13
3 1 Then he said to them, ' You must co me away to some lonely place all by yours elves
and rest for a while' ; for there were so many comin g and going that the apostles 2:2: 3:20
32 had no time even to eat. -So they went off in a boat to a lonely place where they

15:40
miracles that are worked thro ugh him? -Th is is the carpenter, surely, the son 3 33 could be by themselves.• But people saw them going, and many cou ld guess where ;
M' 12:46 +
In 6:42
of Mary , the bro ther of James and Joset - and Jude and Simon? His sisters, too , are and from every town they all hu rried to the place on foot and reached it before
they not here with us?' And they would not accept him. -And Jesus said to them , 4 34 them. -So as he stepped as hore he saw a large crowd; and he too k pity on them Mt 9:36
'A prophet is on ly despised in his own coun try, among his own relat ions and because they were like sheep witho ut a shepherd , and he set himself to teach them
7:32
I Tm4: 14+
in his own house' ; -a nd he could work no miracle ther e, though he cured a few 5 35 at some length .• By now it was getting very late, and his disciples came up to him

M' 8:10+
sick people by laying his hand s on them. -He was a mazed at their laek of faith. 6 36 and said, 'Thi s is a lonely place and it is getting very late, -so send them away ,
and they can go to the farms and villages rou nd about, to buy themselves
11 M ' 10:1.
9- 14
The mission of the Twelve 37 something to eat' . •He replied, 'G ive them something to eat yourselves' . The y
11~Z:ii6: He made a tour ro und the villages, teachi ng. -Then he summoned the Twelve 7 answered, ' Are we to go and spend two hundred denarii on bread for them to
= 3: 14f and began to send the m out in pairs giving them authority over the unclean spirits, 38 eat ?' . 'How many loaves have you?' he asked 'Go and see.' And when they had
And he instr ucted them to take nothing for the journey except a slaff"- no bread, 8 39 found out they said, 'Fi ve, and two fish' . -Then he ordered them to get all the
no haversack , no coppers for their purses. •They were to wear sa nda ls but, he 9 40 people together in groups on the green grass, -and they sat down on the grou nd
added, ' Do not take a spare tuni c' . -And he said to them, ' If you enter a house 10 41 in squares of hundreds and fifties. •Then he took the five loaves and the two fish,
anywhere, stay there unt il you leave the distric t. -And if any place does not II raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing ; then he broke the loaves and
welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off hand ed them to his disciples to distr ibute among the people. He also shared out
the dust from unde r you r feet as a sign to them.' -So they set off to preach 12 :j the two fish amo ng them all. -They all ate as much as they wan ted . •They
J m 5:14f repentance; -and they cast ou t many devils, and ano inted many sick people with 13 44 collected twelve basketfuls of scraps of bread and pieces of fish. -Those who had
oil and cured the m. eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men .
II M ' 14:1-2 IIMt 14:22-33
IILk 9:7-9 Herod and Jes us J esus walks on the water IIJ n 6:16-2 1
Meanw hile King Herod had heard about him, since by now his name was well- 14 45 Directly after this he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to Lk 9:10
known . Some were saying ,« 'Jo hn the Baptist has risen fro m the dead, and tha t 46 Bethsaida ,: while he himself sent the crowd away . -After saying good-bye to
is why miraculous powers are at work in him' . -Others said, ' He is Elija h' ; 15 47 them he went off into the hills to pray. •When evening came, the boat was far ou t
Mt 16:14 + others again , ' He is a prophet, like the prophets we used to have'.• But when 16 48 on the lake. and he was a lone on the land . ·He could see they were worn out
Herod heard this he said, 'It is John whose head I cut off; he has risen from the with rowi ng, for the wind was against them; and about the fou rth watch of the
dead'. night he ca me towards them, walk ing on the la ke. He was going to pass them by,
49 but when they saw him walking on the lake they tho ught it was a ghost and cried
[fl M t 14:3- 12
Lk 3:19-20
John the Baptist beheaded 50 out ; -for they had all seen him and were terrified. But he at once spoke to them,
Now it was this same Herod who had sent to have John arrested, and had 17 51 and said, 'Cou rage ! It is I! Do not be afraid.' -T hen he got into the boat with them, ::>
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him chained up in prison because of Herodias, his bro ther Philip's wife whom he 52 and the wind dropped. They were utt erly a nd co mpletely dumbfounded, -because
had ma rried. -Fo r John had told Herod, ' It is against the law for you to have 1'8 they had not seen what the miracle of the loaves meant ; their minds were closed. 4: IH
your brother's wife' , -As for Herodias, she was furious with him and wanted to 19
Ac 24:25 kill him; but she was not abl e to , -because Herod was afra id of John, knowing 20 d . T hese a re to be priv ileged witnesses of th e trans- d . Va r. (Yu la .) 'h e d id ma ny th in gs". Alt ernat ive,
him to be a good and holy man, and gave him his protection. When he had hear d Ilgurarion . 9:2, a nd o f the a gon y, 14:33 ; cf. 1:29 ; 13:3. b ut less probable, tr a nsla tio n ' ... Rav e him his pr ote ct-
e . Ara mai c : C hris t's nat ive to ngu e . io n . He heard h im s peak a nd asked him all kinds of
him speak he was greatl y perplexed, d and yet he liked to listen to him. 6 a . Var . 'J o se' o r 'J oseph ' , Que sti o ns a nd lik ed to lis ten to him.'
An opportunity came on Herod' s birthday when he gave a banquet for the 21 b. In M t a nd Lk th e sta ff is fo rb idden . bu t th e
sense is th e sa me : t he m ission a ry m us t be de ta ched .
nobl es of his court, for his ar my officers and for the leading figures in Galilee. c , Var . ' H e was say ing' . c . A dd . 'o n the ot her side', cf. M t 14:22.
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I IIMt 14:34-36 Cures at Gennesaret
Having made the crossing, they ca me to land at Gennesaret and tied up. -No ~l
sooner had they stepped out of the boat than people recognised him, -and star ted 55
hurryi ng all thro ugh the co untryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever
they heard he was, -And wherever he went, to village, or town, or farm, they 56
5:27-28
Ac 5:15 laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the
fringe of his cloak. And all those who touc hed him were cured .
1I ~~ligi? The traditions of the Pharisees
25 unr ecognised. ·A woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about
26 him stra ightaway and came and fell at his feet. -Now the woman was a pagan,
by birth a Syrophoenician, and she begged him to cast the devil out of her Mt 8:29+
27 da ughter. -And he said to her, 'The children should be fed first, because it is not
28 fair to take the children's food and throw it to the house-dogs' . -But she spoke
up: 'Ah yes, sir,' she replied 'b ut the house-dogs under the table can eat the
29 children 's scraps'. -And he said to her, ' For saying this, you may go home happy:
30 the devil has gone out of your dau ghter'. -So she went off to her home and found
the child lying on the bed and the devil gone.

7Th e Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gat hered
round him, -and they noticed that some of his disciples were eat ing with
Lk II :38 unclean hands, that is, with out washing them. -For the Pharisees, and the Jews
I
2
3 31
Healing of the deaf man
Returning from the district of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon towards the Sea Mt 15:29

G~ndi~ in general , follow the tradition of the elders" and never eat without washing their 32 of Galilee, right through the Decapol is region . -And they bro ught him a deaf
a rms as far as the elbow; -and on return ing fro m the mar ket place they never 4 man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on n~1:1 4+
eat without first spr inkling> themselves. There are also man y oth er observa nces 33 him . ·He took him aside in private, away from the crowd , put his fingers into the
which have been handed down to them concerning the washing of cu ps and pots 34 ma n's ears and touched his to ngue with sp ittle. -Then looking up to heaven he
and bron ze dishes. -So these Pharisees and scribes as ked him, 'W hy do your 5 35 sighed ; and he said to him, ' Ephpha tha' , that is, 'Be opened' . -And his ea rs were Mt8:3 +

disciples not respect the trad ition of the elders but eat their food with unclean opened, a nd the ligament of his to ngue was loosened and he spoke clearly.
hands?' -He answered, 'It was of you hypocrites that Isaia h so rightl y prophesied 6 36 And Jes us orde red them to tell no one about it, but the more he insisted, the 1:34 +

in th is passage of scripture: 37 mor e widely they published it. -T heir ad mira tion was unbo unded . 'He has do ne 9:25
Mt9:3:; ;
Is 29: 13 This people honours me only with lip-service, all thin gs well,' they said ' he makes the deaf hea r and the dumb speak.' 15:31

while their hearts are far f rom me. Second miracle of the loaves IIMt 15:32- 39
The worship they offer me is worthless,
the doctrines they teach are only human regulations. 1 8 And now once again a great crowd had gat hered, and they had nothing to eat.
So he called his disciples to him and said to them , ·'1 feel sor ry for all these
6:30-44

You put aside the commandment of Go d to cling to human tradi tions.' -And
he said to them, 'How ingeniou sly you get round the commandment of G od
E~r~:i2: in order to preserve you r own tradition! -For Moses said: Do your duty to your 10
5~ ~~i~ f ather and your moth er, a nd, Anyone who curses fa ther or mother must be put to
death. -But you say, "If a man says to his father or mo ther: Anything I have I I
tha t I might have used to help you is Corban' (that is, dedicated to Go d), -then 12
he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or moth er" .
In this way you make God's word null and void for the sake of you r tradition 13
which you have handed down. And you do ma ny other th ings like this.'
IIM t 15:lD -20 On clean and unclean
10
He called the peopl e to him again and said , 'Listen to me, all of you , and 14
understan d. •Nothing that goes into a man from outs ide can make him unclean ; 15
it is the things that come ou t of a man tha t make him unclean . •If anyone has 16
ea rs to hea r, let him listen to thi s.:«
4: 10
When he had gone back into the house , away from the crowd , his disciples 17
4: 13+
question ed him a bout the parable.' -He said to them , 'Do you not und erstand 18
either? Ca n you not see that whatever goes into a man from out side cannot
Ac 10:9- 16
R m 14 mak e him unclean, · because it does not go into his heart but through his stomach 19
Co l 2: 16.
2 1-22 and passes out into the sewer?' (Thus he pronounced all foods clean .)" -And he 20
went on, 'It is what comes ou t of a ma n that makes him unclean. •For it is fro m 21
Jr 17:9
within, from men's hearts, that evil intentions emerge : fornic ation, theft, murder,
R m 1:29 +
adultery, avaric e, malice, deceit , indecency, envy, slander, pride , folly. -All thes e n 14
.) evil thin gs come from within and make a man unclea n.'
people ; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them off home hung ry they will collapse on the way ; some have come
4 a great distance.' -H is disciples replied, 'W here could anyone get brea d to feed
5 these people in a desert ed place like this?' -He asked them, 'H ow many loaves
6 have you?' 'Seven' they said. -T hen he instru cted the crowd to sit down on the
ground, and he took the seven loaves, and after giving thank s he broke them and
hand ed them to his disciples to distr ibute ; and they distribut ed them among the
crowd .• They had a few small fish as well, and over these he said a blessing and
ordered them to be distributed also. •T hey ate as much as they wanted, and they
9 collected seven basketfuls of the scraps left over . -Now there had been about four
thousand people . He sent them away -a nd immed iately, getting int o the boat
with his disciples, went to the region of Da lma nutha."
The Pharisees ask for a sign from heaven IIM t 12:38 -
39 : 16:1-4
II The Pharisees came up and start ed a discussion with him ; they demand ed Lk 11:16
12 of him a sign from heaven , to test him. -And with a sigh that came straigh t from
the heart he said , 'Why does this generat ion de mand a sign? I tell you solemnly,
13 no sign shall be given to this generation.' -And leaving them again and re-em-
bark ing he went away to the opposite shore .
The yeast of the P harisees and of Herod IIMt 16:5- 12
15
The disciples had forgotten to take any food and they had only one loaf with
them in the boa t. -Then he gave them this warn ing, 'Ke ep you r eyes open ; be IILk 12:1
I" on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod'. •And
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fll III. J OUR N EYS OUTSIDE GA L I LE E

7 a. T he 'tradition of th e elders' comprises the
inju nct io ns and p rac tice s added by the rabbis to the
Mosaic law.
incl ud es even brief en igmati c sayings.
r. Lit. ' making all foods clean': the clause (possibly
a Rloss) is o bscure and vario us ly int erp ret ed .
b. Va r. 'ba thing ' . Or ' they ne ver eat wh a t come s g . Add . ' a nd Sido n'. cf. Mt 15:21.
11M! 15:21-2 8
The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman healed from the mar ket without having sprinkled it'.
c, Corban, A ra maic wo rd meaning an offeri ng,
He left that place and set ou t for the territory of Tyre. « There he went into 24 espec ia lly to God . See Mt 15:6 + . 8 a. Either a p lace-n am e, un identified like the
1:29 : 2:15: d . Om . v , 16. ' Ma gada n ' of Mt 15:39 . or poss ib ly a transliteration
9:33 :10 :10 a house and did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not pass c. 'Para b le' in the Hebr. sense of mashal whic h of some Aramaic expression ,
j 8:17 MAR K 76 77 M AR K 9:33
they said to one another, 'It is because we have no bread' . •And Jesus knew it, 17 7 so frightened. -And a clou d came , cover ing them in shadow ; an d there came
and he said to them, 'W hy are you talking about having no bread? Do you not 8 a voice from the cloud , 'T his is my Son , t he Beloved. Listen to him.' -Then
4:13 I· suddenly, when they loo ked ro und, they saw no one with them any more but
yet understand? Have you no percep tion? Are your minds closed? -H ave you IR
Jr 5:21 only Jesus.
Elk 12:2 eyes that do not see, ears that do not hear ? Or do yo u not remember'! -When 19
I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how ma ny baskets full of scraps IIM t I 7:9- 13
did you collect?' T hey answered, 'Twe lve'. ·'And when I bro ke the seven loaves 20
The Question about Elijah
As they came down from the moun tain he warned them to tell no o ne 1:34 +
for the four thousand, how many baskets full of scraps did you co llect?'
what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead . 8:31
A nd they answered, 'Seven'. -Then he said to the m, ' Are you still without 21
perception?' • 10 T hey observed th e warn ing fa ithfully, though am ong thems elves they discussed 4:13 +

II what 'r ising from the dead' cou ld mean . -And the y put th is question to him,
Cure of a blind man at Bethsaida 12 'W hy do th e scribes say th at Elija h has to come first? ' . 'True,' he said ' Elijah MI3:23-24
5:30 + is to come first and to see th at everything is as it should be ; yet how is it that the
They came to Bethsa ida, and so me peop le bro ught to him a blind ma n who m 22
7:33 : 9:27 scrip tures say a bout the Son of Ma n that he is to suffer grievously a nd be treated
they begged him to to uch. -He too k the blind man by the hand a nd led him o utside 23
In 9:6 with co ntempt? •How ever, I tell you th at Elijah has com e and th ey have
I Tm4:14! · the village. T hen putt ing spitt le o n his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked, 13
'Can you see a nything?' -T he man, who was beginn ing to sec,' replied, ' I can see 24 treated him as they pleased, j ust as t he scriptu res say a bout him.' I K 19:2. 10

people; they look like trees to me, but they a re wal king abou t' . -T hen he laid 25
IIMI 17:14-21
MI 8:31 -
his hands on the man's eyes aga in and he saw clear ly; he was cu red, and he could The epileptic demoniac IILk 9:37 -42
1:34 I· W hen they rejoined the disciples they saw- a large crowd roun d them and
see everyt hing plainly and d istinctly.• And Jes us sent him home, saying, 'Do 26 14
not even go into the village' . 15 som e scribes a rguing with them. -T he mom en t they saw him th e who le crowd
16 were st ruck with ama zeme nt a nd ran to greet him. ·'What are you arg uing a bout
IIM l I6: 13-20 Peter's profession of faith
IILk 9 :18-2 1 17 with them?' he ask ed . ·A man an swered him from the crowd, ' Master, I have
bro ught my son to you ; there is a spirit of du mbnes s in him, -and when it M I 8:29 +
Jesus an d his discipl es left for the villages rou nd Caesarea Philipp i. On the 27 18
way he put this question to his discip les, 'W ho do peo ple say I am?' -An d th ey 28 takes hold of him it t hrows him to the gro und , and he foam s at the mout h and
told him . 'Jo hn the Baptist,' they said ' others Elija h ; others again, o ne of the grind s his teeth and goes rigid. And I asked you r discip les to cast it ou t and
pro phets.' ·' But you,' he as ked 'w ho do you say I am?' Petcr spoke up and sa id 29 19 they were unabl e to .' ·'You faithless genera tion' he said to them in rep ly. ' How
1:34 1 much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I pu t up with you?
to him , 'Yo u are the Christ'. -A nd he gave them stri ct o rders not to tell a nyo ne 30
a bout him . 20 Bring him to me.' -T hey bro ught the boy to him, and as soo n as the sp irit
saw Jesus it threw the boy int o co nvulsio ns, and he fell to t he ground and
IIM lI 6:2 1-23 First prophecy of the Passion
IILk 9 :22 21 lay wr ithing there, foaming at the mouth . -Jesus aske d the father , How
9:9· 10, .\1 - lo ng has this been ha ppening to him ?' 'From childho od,' he re plied ·'and it
32: 10 :32- A nd he began to teach them that the Son of Ma n was destin ed to su ffer 31 22
34 has oft en t hrown him into the fire a nd into th e water, in ord er to destro y him.
grievous ly, to be rejected by the elders and t he chief priests and the scribes, and
to be put to death , a nd after three days to rise again ; -a nd he said a ll this q uite 32 23 But if you ca n do anything, have pity on us and help us.' ·'If you can ?' retort ed
Jes us. ' Everyth ing is possible for anyo ne who has faith .' -Irnmediately the Mt8: 10 +
ope nly. T hen, taki ng him as ide, Peter started to rem onstrate with him.• But, 33 24
tu rn ing and seeing his disciples, he reb uked Pete r and said to him, 'Get behi nd 25 fath er of th e boy cried out , 'I do have faith . Help the litt le fai th I have!' -And
4:13 + me, Sa tan! Because the way you think is not Go d' s way but man 's.' whe n Jesus saw how many peopl e were pressing round him, he rebuked th e
unclean spirit. ' Deaf and.dum b spi rit,' he said ' I command you : come out of him 7:37
IIM I IO:38-39 :
16:24-28 The condition of following Christ 26 and never enter him agai n.' -T hcn th rowin g the boy into violent co nvulsions it
lILk 9:23-27 :
14 :26-27 He ca lled the peop le and his disciples to him and said, 'I f an yone wa nts to be 34 ca me out shouting, and the boy lay there so like a corpse that most of them
a follower of mine, let him renoun ce himself and ta ke up his cross and follow 27 said, 'H e is dead'. -But Jesus too k him by the hand and helped him up, and he 8.23
Ml 8: 15 +
IIJn 12:25 was a ble to sta nd. •When he had go ne indoor s his disciples asked him pr ivat ely,
me. -Fo r anyo ne who wants to save his lifc will lose it ; but a nyone who loses his 35 28
life for my sa ke, and for the sa ke of the gospel, will save it. · What ga in, then, is 36 29 'Why were we unab le to cast it o ut ?' .'This is t he kind' he answ ered ' th at ca n
it for a man to win the whole world an d ru in his life? -A nd indeed what can 37 only be d riven ou t by prayer.' >
a man offer in exchange for his life? •Fo r if anyone in this ad ulterou s and sinful 38
M l IO:33 Secon d prophecy of the Passion IIMt 17:22- 23
IILk 12:8 generation is ashamed of me and of my words, th e Son of Man will also be IILk 9:43 -45
ashamed of him when he co mes in the glory of his Fat her with the ho ly angels.' 30 After leaving that place they made th eir way through Galilee ; an d he did I n 7:1
IIL k 9:27:
not wan t a nyone to know , · because he was instructing his disciples ; he was telling ~

9 And he said to them, 'I tell yo u solemnly, there are some standing here who I 31 1:34
21 :32
will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come wit h power'. them, 'T he Son of Ma n will be delivered into the hand s of men ; they will put 8:3 1 ;-
R m 1:4

i)· i1 I!Mt 17: 1-8

him to deat h ; and th ree days afte r he has been put to deat h he will rise again' . ::>
L k 9:28-36 The transfiguration 32 But th ey did not understan d wha t he said and were afrai d to ask him . 4:13 + ..J

5:37 +
Six days lat er, Jesus to ok wit h him Pete r and Ja mes and John and led them 2
up a high mountain where they could be alone by them selves. T here in Who is the greatest? iltt'J ~J~18
16:5 Th ey came to Ca pern aum, and when he was in the ho use he as ked t hem,
their presence he was transfigured: -his clothes became da zzlingly white, whiter 3 33 7:24+

14:40
than an y ea rthly bleacher coul d make them . -Elija h appeared to them with
Mo ses ; and they were talking wit h Jesus. -T hen Peter spok e to Jesus: ' Ra bbi,'
4
5 b . Jesus ask s the discip les to forge t thei r ma teri al
".
needs an d give t he ir minds to th e sp ir it ual na tur e of
he sa id ' it is wonderful for us to be here ; so let us make three tents, one for h is mission to which th e mi racles poin t. 9 8 . Var . ' he sa "s' ,
you , o ne fo r Mos es and o ne for Elija h' . ·He did not know what to say ; they were 6 c. O th er s tra nslate 'raising his eyes ' . b. Va r. ' by p rayer an d rasunc' .
 9:34 MARK 78 79 MAR K 10:3 8
' W ha t were yo u a rguing about on th e ro ad ?' -T hey said not hing because they 34 Th e rieh young rna n IIM t 19 :16- 22
IIL k 18: I 8-23
had been a rgu ing whi ch of t hem wa s t he grea test. -So he sat down , called th e 35
M 1 20:27 17 He wa s setting o ut on a j o urn ey wh en a ma n ra n u p, kne lt bef ore him and
Twelve to him a nd sa id, ' If a nyo ne wants to be first, he mu st mak e him self last
put t his question to him, ' G ood ma ste r, wha t m us t I do to inh e rit eternal life?'
of a ll a nd servant o f a ll' . -He then to o k a litt le child, set him in fron t of t he m, 36
IM t 10:40 +: 18 Jes us sa id to him , ' W hy d o yo u ca ll me good? No one is good bu t God a lo ne.
18:5 put his a rms ro und him, a nd sa id to them , . ' A nyo ne who welcomes o ne o f 37
IILk 10: 16 19 Yo u k no w the co m mandments: You must not kill ; You must not commit adultery; Ex 20:12 -16
i n 13:20 t hese littl e c hild re n in my name , welc o mes me ; a nd a nyo ne who welco mes me O t 5:16-20
welco mes not me but t he on e wh o sen t me' .
You must not steal; You must not bring fa lse witness ; Yo u m ust no t defra ud ; 01 24:14
20 Honour yo ur father and mother.' -A nd he sa id to him, ' Master, I ha ve kept all
IILk 9:49-5 0 O n using the name of J esus 21 t hese from m y ea rliest da ys' . -Jesus loo ked stead ily a t him a nd lo ved hi m, a nd
he said, 'T here is o ne th ing yo u lac k. Go and sell ever yt hing you o wn a nd give
J ohn sa id to hi m, 'Master, we sa w a man who is not o ne of us casti ng o ut J8
the mo ney to th e poo r, a nd you will have treasure in heave n; then corne, fo llow
N b 11:2 8
de vils in yo ur na me ; a nd becau se he wa s no t one of us we tri ed to stop him ' . 22 me.' -But his fa ce fell at t hese words a nd he wen t a wa y sad , fo r he was a man
Ac 3: 16 t-
I C o 12:3 But Jes us sai d, 'You mu st not stop him: no o ne who works a miracl e in my na me 39
of great wealt h.
M 1 12:30 is like ly to s peak ev il of me. •A nyo ne who is not against us is fo r us . 40
Th e dan ger of ric hes IIM I 19:23-26
IIM t 10:42 IILk 18:24- 27
C ha rity shown to Chr ist 's disciples
23 Je sus loo ked rou nd a nd sa id to his di sciples, ' Ho w ha rd it is fo r th ose wh o Pr 11:28
I Co 3:2 3 -1-
' If an yon e gives yo u a c u p o f wat er to d rink just because yo u belong to C hrist, 41 24 have r iche s to en te r th e kingdom of God! ' -T he d isci ples we re a stounde d by
t he n I tell yo u so le mn ly, he will mo st ce rt ainly not lose h is re ward . t hese wo rd s, b but Jes us ins isted, ' My c hi ldren,' he sa id to t hem ' ho w ha rd it is to
25 enter th e kingdom of God ! -I t is eas ier for a ca mel to pa ss th rough th e eye of
IIM I 18:6-9 On leading others astray
IILk 17: 1-2 26 a need le t han for a ric h ma n to enter th e kingdom of God.' -They wer e more
'B ut a nyo ne wh o is an o bs ta cle to br ing down o ne o f the se litt le o nes wh o 4 2 as to nished t ha n ever. ' In t ha t case' t hey sa id to on e a no t her 'who ca n be sa ved?'
ha ve fa ith, ' wou ld be better thrown in to the sea wi th a gr eat m illst on e ro und 27 Jes us gazed at t he m. ' For men ' he sa id 'it is impossibl e, but not for G o d: bec au se
his neck , -And if your ha nd shou ld cause yo u to sin, cut it o fT; it is bett er for yo u 43 everythi ng is possible for G od.'
to enter int o life crippled, th an to have two hands a nd go to hell , int o th e fire th a t
ca n no t be put out.« -And if you r foot sho uld cause you to sin , cu t it o fT; it is 45 The rewa rd of ren unciation IIM I 19:27-30
I'Lk 18:2 8-30
be tte r fo r yo u to ent er in to lifc lame, th a n to have two feet a nd be thrown int o 28 Peter too k t his up , 'What abou t us?' he asked him . ' We hav e left ever yth ing
he ll. -A nd if yo ur eye sho uld ca use yo u to sin, tear it out; it is better for yo u to 4 7 29 a nd fo llo wed yo u.' -Jes us sa id, ' I tell yo u so lem nly, t here is no o ne who has left 1:1 +

e nte r into t he kingd om of G od wit h on e eye, t ha n to have t wo eyes an d be t hro wn hou se, brothe rs, sisters, fa ther, ch ild ren or lan d fo r my sa ke a nd fo r th e sake o f
Is 66:24 l-
S i 7:17 into hell - whe rc their worm does not die nor their fi re go out. -Fo r eve ryo ne will 1~ 30 th e go spel -who will not be re paid a hundred ti mes ov e r, ho uses , brot hers, sister s,
L ,' 2: 13 +
IIM f 5: 13 be sa lted with fire.' -Sa lt is a go od t hing, but if sa lt ha s become ins ipid , how ca n 50 mothers, children a nd lan d-not wit ho ut persec utio ns- now in t his presen t ti me
IILk 14 :34 and, in th e world to co me , ete rnal life.
R m 12:1 8 you season it again ? Ha ve sa lt in yo urselves a nd be at peace wit h on e a no the r.'
Co l 4: 6 31 'Many wh o are first will be la st , a nd th e last first.' IIL k 13:30
IIM l I9: 1-9 T he que st ion about divorce
Lk 9:51 Third prophecy of the Passion IIM I 20: 17- 19
in 10 :40 -41
10 Le aving t he re, he ca me to the dist rict o f J udaea an d th e far side of t he I
Jordan. A nd again crowds gat he red round him , a nd again he ta ug ht them, 32 T hey were o n t he road, go ing up to Jerusa lem ; Jesus was wa lk ing on ahead
of t hem ; they were in a da ze, and t hose wh o followed were apprehensive. Once
IILk 18:31-33
In 11:1 6

a s his cus to m was . -Some Pharisees a pproac hed him and as ked , ' Is it against 2
the law for a man to divorce his wife?' Th ey were te st ing hi m. ·He a nswered more tak ing t he T welve aside he began to tell th em what was going to happen 8:31 +
0 1 24: 1 33 to him: ·' N o w we arc goi ng up to Jerusa lem , a nd the Son of Man is a bout
t hem, 'What d id Moses com mand yo u?' . ' M oses a llo wed us' t hey sa id ' to draw
up a wri t of d ismi ssal a nd so to d ivo rce.' •T he n Jesus sai d to t he m, 'It was 5 to be han ded o ver to t he chi ef prie sts and t he scribes. Th ey will condemn him
because yo u we re so unteacha ble that he wrote th is co m ma nd me nt for you . 34 to death and will han d him o ver to th e pagan s, -w ho will mock him a nd spit at
G n 1:27
But from th e beginni ng of creatio n God made them male and fe male. •This is why ~ him a nd sco urge him and put him to deat h ; a nd afte r t hree da ys he will
G n 2:24
a man must lea ve fa ther and mother, a -and the t wo become one body . T hey a re no 8 rise again .'
longer two, t herefore, bu t o ne bo dy . -So then, wha t God ha s u nited, man must not 9
The sons of Zebedee make their request IIM I 20:20-23
7:24 1-
divide .' - Back in the house th e d isciples questioned him agai n a bout thi s, -and :?
IIM l 5:32
IILk 16:18 he said to them , ' T he man wh o d ivorces his wife a nd marries anot he r is gui lty of 35 James a nd John , the sons of Ze bedee , a p proached him . 'Master,' th ey sa id
a d ulte ry agai nst her. -A nd if a woman divorces he r husband and marries 12 J(, to h im 'w e want yo u to d o us a fav ou r.' ·He sa id to th em, 'What is it you wa nt
another she is guilty of adultery to o .' 37 me to do for you?' -T hey sa id to hi m, 'A llo w us to sit o ne a t yo ur right hand
,\ 8 a nd th e ot he r at yo ur left in your glo ry ' . ' · ' You do no t k now wh a t you a re aski ng' 4:1 3 -, -
M t 19:13- 15 Jesus an d the children ::>
.) ,ILk 18:15 -1 7 Jesu s sai d to t he m . 'Can yo u drink t he Clip t ha t I m ust d ri nk, o r be ba pti sed Lk 12:50 ...J

L k 9:47
Peo ple wer e bringin g little child ren to him, for h im to touch t hem. T he
d isciples turned them away, -but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said
to them , 'Let t he little ch ildren co me to me; do not stop them ; for it is to such as
IIM11 8:3
t hese th at the kingdo m of G od belongs. ·1 te ll yo u so lem nly, a nyo ne who
does no t welco me t he kingdo m of God like a litt le child will never enter it.'
T hen he pu t his a rms round t hem, la id h is ha nds on t he m a nd ga ve them his
blessing.
13
14 c. A dd . ' i n me' . 5:13. has been inserted her e for no ot her reason than
d v Om iut nx , wi th t he bes t M SS . vv. 44 and 46 t he recurrence of the wo rd 'sa lt ',
(Vulg.). merel y re pe tit io ns o f v. 48. 10 a . Add . 'a nd c ling to hi s wife' , cf. G n 2:24 a nd
15 e . T his 'seaso nin g' fire means either pena lt ies MII Q:5,
hy whic h the sin ne r is punis hed a nd at the sa me ti me
prese rve d . o r (p refe rabl y) the p urifying tire o f tr ia ls b. We a lth a nd pr o sper ity were co ns id ered signs of
16 hYwhich the fa ithful bec o me sac rifices pleasin g:to God . God 's favo ur . cf . l ntr o du cuo n ( 0 Wisd om Books.
cf. Lv 2:13 (10 t his a llu des an a dd . ' a nd eve ry victim c . W hen . as messi ani c K ing, yo ur tr iumph is
mu st be salted wit h sail ') . It appea rs tha t v , SO. cf. M t assured.
 10 :3 9 MARK 80
with the bapt ism with which I must be baptlsedv'« -They replied, 'We can'. 39
Jesus sa id to them, 'The cup that I must drink you shall dri nk , and with t he
baptism with which I mu st be baptised you shall be baptised, -but as for seats 40
at my right ha nd or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those
to wh om they have been allo tted'.
11M ' 20:24-28 Leadership with service
IILk 22:24-27
When the other ten heard this they began to feel indig nant with James and 41
Jo hn, -so Jesus called them to him and said to t hem, 'Yo u know that among the 42
pagans their so-called rulers lor d it over them, and the ir great men ma ke t heir
autho rity felt. -T his is not to happen amo ng you. N o; anyo ne who wants to become 43
great among you mus t be you r servant, -an d a nyon e who wants to be first 44
among you must be sla ve to al l. -Fo r the So n of Ma n himself d id not co me to 45
be served but to serve , and to give his life as a ran so m fo r many.'
11M,2":29-34
IILk 1X,35-43
The blind man of Jericho
They reache d Jer icho; a nd as he left Jeri cho wit h his discip les a nd a large 46
cro wd, Barti mae us (that is, the son of Tirnaeus), a blind beggar , was sitti ng at th e
side of the road.• When he hea rd that it was Jes us of Naza reth , he bega n to shout 47
and to say, 'Son of Da vid, Jesus, ha ve pity on me'. -And ma ny of t hem scolded 4X
him a nd told him to keep qui et, but he only shou ted all the loud er ; 'So n of Da vid,
have pity on me' . -Jesus stopped a nd said, 'Call him here' . So the y called the 49
blind ma n. 'Cou rage,' they sa id 'get up ; he is calling yo u.' ·So throw ing off his 50
cloa k, he jumped up a nd went to Jesus. -The n Jes us spo ke, 'W hat do you wa nt 51
I n 20:16 me to do for you?' ' Rab buni,' the blind ma n said to him ' Master, let me see
M t X:IO aga in.' -Jesus said to him, 'Go; yo ur faith has saved yo u'. And immediatel y 52
his sight retu rned a nd he followed him along t he ro ad.
IV. T H E JERUSA L E M MI NIST RY
1I~~ 'I ~:li A:H T he Messiah enters J erusalem
1I1n 12: 12- 16
11 close
When they were ap proaching Jer usalem , in sight of Bethp hage and Betha ny,
by the Mo unt of Olives, he sent two of his disciples -and said to them ,
I for ac ting like th is' .
'Go off to the village facing you , and as soo n as yo u enter it yo u will find a tet hered
colt that no one has yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here . •If a nyone says to
yo u, "What are you doing?" say, 'The Master need s it a nd will send
3 I
it back here directly" .' -T hey went off a nd found a colt tethered near a door in
the open street. As they untied it, -sorne men sta nding there said, 'What ar e yo u
doing , untyi ng t hat colt?' -T hey gave t he a nswer Jesus had to ld them , and the
men let them go. -Then they took the colt to Jesus a nd threw their cloaks on its
back, and he sat on it. •Ma ny peo ple spread the ir cloaks on t he road, oth ers green -
ery which t hey had cut in the fields. -And those who went in fron t a nd those who
Ps 118:25-26
followed were all sho ut ing, 'Hosanna! Blessings on him who comes in the name
2 S 7:16
of the Lord! -Blessings on th e coming kingd om of our fat her David ! Hosan na 10
IIMt2 1:12
Lk 21:37 in the highest heavens !' •He entered Jerusalem a nd went into the Temple. He 11
loo ked all round him, but as it was now late, he went out to Bethany with the
Twe lve.
The barren fig tree
Next day as they were leaving Betha ny, he felt hungry. •Seeing a fig tree in g d . To dr-ink th e c up, cr. 14:36, a nd to be baptised
lea f so me d istance away , he went to see if he coul d find any fruit o n it, but when
he ca me up to it he fou nd no t hing but leaves; for it was not the seaso n for figs.
And he add ressed the fig tre e. ' May no one ever ea t fru it fro m you again ' he 14
said . And his discip les heard him say t his.
8f MAR K 12 :10
The expulsion of the dealers from the Temple IIMt21:12-17
IILk 19:45-48
1I1n 2:14- 16
15 So they reached Jerusalem and he wen t into the Te mple and began driv ing
out those who were selling and buying th ere; he upset the tables of the money
16 changers and th e chairs of those who were selling pigeons. -Nor would he allow
17 anyone to carry anything through the Te mple .• And he taught them and said,
'Does no t scri pture say: My house will be called a house of prayer fo r all Is 56:7
18 the peoples?" But you have turned it into a robbers' den.' -This came to the ears lr7:11
of the chief priests and the scribes, and t hey tried to find some way of doing
away with him ; they were afraid of him becau se the peo ple were carried away
19 by his teac hing. -A nd when evening came he went out of the city. Lk 21:37
IIM t 21:20-22
The fig tree withered. Faith and prayer
20 Next mo rni ng, as th ey passed by, they saw the fig tree withe red to the roo ts.
21 Peter remem bered . 'Look, Ra bbi,' he said to Jesus 'the fig tree you cu rsed has
n withered away .' -Jesus a nswered, 'H ave faith in God. ·1 tell you solemnly, MI8: 10 +:
111 7:20-2 1
if any one says to this mountain, "G et up an d th row yourself into the sea" , with no IILk 17:6
hesitation in his hear t but believing t hat what he says will happen, it will be done
24 for him . ·1 tell you therefo re: everything you ask and pray for , believe that you IMI7:7-8
n 11:22
25 have it already, and it will be yours. -And when yo u stand in praye r, forgive
what ever you have agai nst anybody , so tha t your Father in heaven may forgive M 6:' 5:23-24:
14-15
you r fail ings too.'·
The aut hority of Jesus is Questioned IIM ' 21:23-2 7
IILk 20: 1-8
27 T hey came to Jerusalem again, and as Jesus was walking in the Tem ple, the
28 chief pr iests an d the scribes and the elders cam e to him, -an d th ey said to him,
' What autho rity ha ve you for acting like this? Or who gave you autho rity to do
29 th ese thin gs?' -Jesus sa id to th em, ' I will ask you a question, only one ; answer
30 me an d I will tell you my a ut hor ity for ac ting like this. •Jo hn's ba ptism: did it
31 com e fro m heaven, or from man? Answer me that.' -And th ey a rgued it out
this way amo ng them selves: ' If we say from heave n, he will say, "Then why did
32 yo u refuse to believe him?" -But dare we say from manT-they had the people
33 to fear, for everyone held th at John was a real prophet. -So their reply to Jesus
was, ' We do not know ' . And Jesus said to them , ' No r will I tell you my authority
Parable of the wicked husbandmen IIM t 2 1:3l -46
12 He went on to speak to them in pa rab les, ' A man planted a vineyard; he
fenced it round , d ug out a trough for the winepress and built a tower ; then
IILk 20:9-19
Is 5:1+
2 he leased it to tenants and went abroad. -When the time came , he sent a servant
to th e tenants to collect from them his share of the produce from the vineyard.
But they seized the man , thr ashed him an d sent him away empty-handed . -Next
he sent anot her servant to them ; him they beat ab ou t the head and treate d
5 shame fully. -And he sent a nother and him th ey killed ; then a number of oth ers,
6 a nd they thr ashed so me and killed the rest. -He had still so meone left: his beloved
7 son . He sent him to them last of all. "Th ey will respect my son" he sa id. -But
those tena nts said to eac h ot her, "T his is the heir. Come on, let us kill him, and the
8 inheritance will be ours." -So they seized him and killed him and thr ew him out
9 of the vineyar d. •No w what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will co me a nd :::J
...J
10 make a n end of the tenant s and give the vineyar d to ot hers. -H ave you not read
this text of scriptu re:
11 a. O f the Syno ptic! onl y Mk. Quo tes, no do ub t
ar e s ym bo ls of the approaching Passion : Jesu s is to be de liberatel y. th ese last four wo rds of Isai ah 's lC). ; theY
'immer sed ' (Greek : ba ptlze; n) in su ffer ln g. fore tell Ihe 'Wor ldw ide wors h tn of t he messian ic a ge.
e , A r ama ic ' M y mast er ' o r ' Ma s ter' ; cr. In 20:16 . b. Add . v. 26 ' Bu t if you do not Ior at ve, your
F a the r in heaven will no t forgive your failinRs either '
cr. M.6:15.
 12 : II M A RK 82 83 M AR K I p4
Ps 118:22-23 It was the stone rejected by the builders Ps 110:1
The Lord said to my Lord:
that became the k eyston e. Sit at my right hand
This was the Lord's doing 11 and I will put your enemies
and it is wonderf ul to see? under your feet .
And they would have liked to arrest him, because they realised that the parable 12 37 Dav id himself calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?' And the
was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the crowds . So they left him alone great majori ty of the people heard this with delight.
and went away. 11 M! 23:6-7
The scribes condemned by Jesus I!L k 11:43 ;
IIM I 22:15-22 20;45-47
IILk 20:20-26
On tribute to Caesar 38 In his teaching he said, 'Beware of the scribes who like to walk about
M k 3:6 + Next they sent to him some Pharisees and some He rodi ans to catch him out 13 39 in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the mar ket squares , -to take
in what he said. -These came and said to him, 'M aster, we know you are an honest 14 40 the front seat s in the synagogues and the places of honour at ban quets; -these
man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man 's rank mean s not hing are the men who swallow the pr operty of widows, while ma king a show of lengthy
to you, and that you teac h the way of God in all hon esty. Is it permi ssible to pra yers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.'
pay taxes to Caesar or not ? Should we pay, yes or no ?' -Seeing through their 15
IILk 21:1-4
hypocrisy he said to them, 'W hy do you set this trap for me? Hand me a The widow's mite
de narius and let me see it.' -T hey hand ed him one and he said, ' Whose head 16 41 He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putt ing money J n 8:20
is this? Whose name?' 'Caesar's' they told him . -Jesus said to them , 'G ive back 17 42 into the t reas ury; " and man y of the rich put in a great deal. .A poor widow came
to Caesa r what belongs to Caesar-and to God what belongs to Go d' . T his 43 and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. -Then he called
reply took them completely by surp rise. his d isciples and said to them, ' I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has
IIMI 22:23·3 3
44 put more in than all who have contributed to the treas ury; -Ior they have all put
IILk 20:27-40 The resurre ction of the dead in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything
D t 25:5f + Then some Sadducees-who deny tha t there is a resurrection -came to 18 she possessed, all she had to live on' .
him a nd they put this question to him, . ' Master, we have it from Moses in 19
II Mt 24-25
writing, if a man 's bro ther dies leaving a wife but no child, the man must The eschatological discourse: introduction
ma rry the widow to ra ise up children for his brother. -Now the re were seven
brot hers. T he first married a wife and then died leaving no children . -T he second
20
21
1 13 As he was leaving the Te mple one of his disciples said to him, 'Look at the
size of those stones , Master! Look at the size of tho se build ings!' -And
II M t 24:1-3
II Lk 2 1:5-7

mar ried the wido w, and he too died leaving no children ; with the third it was Jesus said to him, 'Y ou see these great buildings? Not a single stone will be
the same, -a nd none of the seven left a ny child ren. Last of all the woman herself 22 left on another: everything will be destroyed .'
died. -Now at the resurrection, when they rise again , whose wife will she be, 23 3 And while he was sitt ing facing the Temple, on the Mount of Olives, Peter, 1:29
since she had been marri ed to all seven?' 4 Ja mes, John and And rew questioned him privately, ·'Tell us, when is this going 5:37 +
Jesus said to them, ' Is not the reaso n why you go wrong, that you und erstan d 24 to ha ppen, and what sign will there be that all this is about to be fulfilled?'
neither the scriptures nor the powe r of God ? -F or when they rise from the dead, 25
men and women do not mar ry ; no, they are like the angels in heaven . -N ow 26 The beginning of sorrows
about the dead rising again, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the Then Jesus began to tell them, 'Ta ke ca re that no one deceives you . •Many will if:li itt!:
E x 3:6 passage about the Bush, a how God spoke to him and said: I am the God of come using my name an d saying, "I am he", and they will deceive many . -When
Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? -He is God , not of the dead , 27 you hear of wars a nd rumou rs of wars, do not be alarmed , this is something that
but of the living. You are very much mistaken.' 8 must happen, but the end will not be yet. -For nation will fight against nation,
a nd kingdom against kingdom . There will be earthquakes here and there ; the re
lif:lk n:~~:~~
t
The greatest commandment of all
will be famines. T his IS the beginning of the birt hpangs.
One of the scribes who had listened to them debating and had observed how 28 'Be on your guard : they will hand you over to sanhedrins; you will be beaten liMt 10:17-22
well Jesus had answered them , now cam e up and put a question to him, 'W hich in synagogues ; a nd you will sta nd before governors a nd kings for my sa ke,
DI6:4-5 is the first of all the com mandments?' -Jesus replied , 'This is the first: Listen, 29
10 to bear witness before them, -since the Good News must first be proclaimed
Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, -and you must love the Lord your God with 30
to all the nations.
all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. 11 'A nd when they lead you away to hand you over, do not worry beforehand II Lk 12:11-12
Lv 19:18 T he second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no com- 31
about what to say ; no, say whatever is given to you when the time comes, becau se
ma ndment greater than these.' -The scribe said to him, 'Well spok en, Master; 32
12 it is not you who will be speakin g: it will be the Holy Spirit. -Brother will bet ray
Dt 4:35; 6;4 what you have said is true: that he is one and there is no othe r. •To love him with 33
brothe r to death, and the fat her his child ; childr en will rise against thei r parents ::>
all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your 13 and have them put to death.•You will be hated by all men on account of my --'
~ss4b:~:~ neighbou r as yourse lf, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice.' name; but the man who stands firm to the end will be saved .
Am 5;21 + Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, 'You are not far from the kingdo m 34
IIM t 24:15-25
1 1 r~ ~5:~g of God' . And after that no one dared to question him any more. The great tribulation of J erusalem IILk 21:20-24
D n 9:27; 11:
mt ~5:~ 1~ Christ not only son but also Lord of David 14 ' When you see the disastrous abomination set up where it ought not to be 31 ; 12:11 -i
1 M 1:54
(let the reader understand), then those in Judaea must esca pe to the mountai ns;
Later, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, 'How can the scribes maintain 35
M I9:27+ that the Christ is the son of Dav id? -Dav id himself, moved by the Holy Spirit , 36
12 R . Le. in which the burning bush incident is b. Evidently the treasure chamber inside the
said: narrated. Temple enclos ure had an alms box outside.
 13: 15 MAR K 84
85 MARK 14:36
IILk 17:31 if a man is on the housetop, he must not come down to go into the house to 15
collect any of his belongings; -if a man is in the fields, he must not turn back 16
wish, but you will not always have me. -She has done what was in her power to
to fetch his cloak .•Alas for those with child , or with babies at the breast, when 17
do : she has anointed my body before hand for its burial. . 1 tell you solemnly,
those days come! -Pray that this may not be in winter. -For in those days there 18 wherever throughout all the world the Good News is proclaimed, what she has
19
Dn12: 1 will be such distress as, until now, has not been equalled since the beginning when done will be told also, in remembrance of her.'
IILk 2 1:23·24
R v 16: 18 God created the world, nor ever will be again. ·And if the Lord had not shortened
that time, no one would have survived; but he did shorten the time, for the sake
20
Judas betrays Jesus iit1: ~n ~16
10 Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, app roa ched the chief priests with an offer
of the elect whom he chose.
IILk 17:23 'And if anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ" or , "Look, he 21
11 to hand Jesus over to them. •They were delighted to hear it, and promised to
is there", do not believe it ; -for false Christs and false prophets will arise and 22
give him money; and he looked for a way of betraying him when the opportunity
should occur
produce signs and portents to deceive the elect, if tha t were possi ble. •You 23
I n 16:4 therefore must be on your guard. I have forewarned you of everything. Preparations for the Passover supper iIM t 26:17- 19
I!l k 22: 7-13
M' 24:29 ·3 1 The coming of the Son of Man 12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed,
Lk 2 1:25·27
'But in those da ys, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened , the 24
his disciples said to him, 'Where do you want us to go and ma ke the preparations
moo n will lose its brightness, -t he stars will come falling from heaven a nd the 25
13 for you to eat the passover?' -So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them,
14:62 power s in the heavens will be shaken. •And then they will see the Son of Man 26
'Go into the city and you will meet a man carry ing a pitcher of water. Follow him, 1 S 10:2-5
fl n 7: 13·14 14 and say to the owner of the house which he enters, "T he Maste r says: Where
Mt 8:20 + coming in the clouds with grea t power and glory; -then too he will send the angels 27
to gather his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the world to the ends
15 is my dining room in which r can eat the passove r with my disciples?" -He will
of heaven. show you a large upper room furnis hed with co uches, a ll prepa red. Make the
16 preparations for us there.' -T he disciples set out and went to the city and
11M, 24:32-36
I!lk 21:29-33 The time of this coming found everyt hing as he had told them, and prepared the Passover .
'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves
come ou t, you know that summer is near. -So with you when you see these things
28
29
The treachery of Judas foretold iif:lntrt 25
17
happening: know that he is near, at the very gates. ·1 tell you so lemnly, 30 \8 Whe n evening came he arrived with the Twelve. -And while they were at 2 1-23

before this generation has passed away all these things will have ta ken table eating, Jesus said, 'I tell you solemn ly, one of you is a bout to betray In 13:21

place.• Heaven and ea rth will pass awa y, but my words will not pass away. 31
19 me, one of you eat ing with me'. •They were dist ressed and as ked him, one after
'But as for t hat day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, 32
20 a not her, 'Not I, surely?' • He said to them, 'It is one of the Twelve, one who is
nor the Son; no one but the Fat her.
21 dipping into the sa me dish with me. •Yes, the Son of Man is going to his fate,
IIM I 24:4 2 :
as the scriptures say he will, but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man
25: 13- 15
IIl k 19:12- Be on the alert is betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been born !'
13: 12:38.
40 ' Be on your guard , stay awake, because you never know when the time will 33 The institution of the Eucharist IIM ' 26:26-29
Rv 3:3 !ILk 22:15·20
come . • It is like a man tra velling abroad: he has gone from home, and left his 34
M125: 14
servants in charge, each with his own task; and he has told the doorkeeper to 22 And as they were eating he took some bread , a nd when he had said the blessing 1'1 C o II:
23-25

IIlk 12:38.40 stay awake .• So stay awake , because you do not kno w when the master of the 35
23 he bro ke it and gave it to them. 'Take it,' he said 't his is my body.' -Then he too k
house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow , dawn ; -if he comes unexpectedly, 36
a cup, and when he had retu rned thanks he gave it to them, and all drank from
he must not find you asleep . -And what 1 say to you I say to all: Stay awake! ' 37
24 it, -a nd he said to the m, 'T his is my blood, the blood of the covena nt, which is
25 to be pour ed out for many. · 1 tell you solemnly, I Shall not drink any more wine lil k 22:18

until the day I drink the new wine in the kingdo m of God.' M t 8: 11+

V. PA S SION A ND RES URR ECTI ON 11M ' 26:30-35

Pe ter's denial foretold IILk 22:39.
31-34
26 IIJ n 13:36-38
lil~~ ~n:~ The conspiracy against Jesus 27 After psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of Olives. -And Jesus I n 18:1-2

M ' 26: 17 + 14 It was two days before the Passover and the feast of Un leavened Bread, and
the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by
I
28
said to them, 'Y ou will all lose faith, for the scripture says: I shall strike
the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered, -however after my resurrection 1 shall Zc 13:7

some trick and have him put to death. •For they said, 'It must not be durin g 2
iZ go before you to Galilee ' . -Peter said, 'Eve n if all lose fa ith, r will not'. •And
the festivities, or there will be a disturbance among the people'. Jesus said to him, 'I tell you solemnly, this day, th is very nigh t, before
31 the cock crows twice, you will have disowned me three times' . -But he repea ted
~W~~i~~ The anointing at Bethany still more earne stly, 'I f I have to die with you , 1 will never disown you' . And
Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper; he was at dinner when 3
they all said the same . '"
oJ

a woman came in with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment, pure na rd. She Gethsemane IIMt 26:36-46
broke the jar and poured the ointment on his head. -Some who were there said IILk 22:40-45

to one an ot her indignantly, 'Why this waste of ointment? -Ointrne nt like this 12 The y came to a small estate called Gethsemane, a nd Jesus said to his disciples, In 18:\

could have been sold for over three hundred de narii and the money given to the 33 'Stay here while I pray'.•Th en he took Peter a nd James and John with him . 5:37 +
-,
poor'; and they were angry with her. -But Jesus said, 'Leave her alone. Why 6 34 And a sudden fear ca me over him, and great d istress. -And he said to them , ' My
are you upsetting her ? What she has done for me is one of the good works . 35 soul is sorrowful to the point of death . Wait here, and keep awake .' -And going
You have the poor with you always, and you ca n be kind to them whenever you 7 on a little further he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were
36 possible, this hour might pass him by. ·'Abba (Fathe r)!' he said 'Everything
 14:37 MARK 86 87 M ARK 15:2 6
is possibl e for you . Tak e t his cup a way fro m me . But let it be as you, not I, would 69 he went out into the forecou rt.s -The servant-girl saw him and again sta rted
ha ve it.' .He ca me bac k and fo und them sleeping, an d he said to Peter , 'Simon, 37 70 tellin g the bystanders, 'This fellow is one of t hem ' . -But again he de nied it.
a re you aslee p? Had you no t the st re ngth to keep a wake on e hour? •You should 38 A little late r the bysta nders themselves said to Peter, ' You a re one of them for
Rot 7:5+ be awake, and praying not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing, but the flesh 71 sur e! Why, you are a G a lilean.' -But he start ed call ing down cur ses on himself
is weak.' -Again he went away and prayed, saying t he same words. -And ~g 72 a nd swearing, 'I do not kn ow the man you speak of'. -A t that moment the
o nce more he cam e back and fo und them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy ; and cock crew fo r the second time , a nd Peter recalled how Jesus ha d said to him ,
9:6 they coiJld find no answer fo r h im.• He came back a thi rd time a nd sa id to them , 4 1 ' Befor e the cock crows twice, yo u will have disown ed me three ti mes' . And
' You can sleep on now an d take your rest. It is all ove r. T he hour has come. Now he bu rst in to tears.
the Son of Man is to be betr ayed into the hands of sinn ers. -Get up! Let us go ! 42
Jesus befor e P ilate IIM'27:1 -2.
My bet rayer is close at han d already.'
liM! 26:47-56 The arrest
1 15 F irst thi ng in the morni ng, the chief pri ests together with th e elders a nd
scr ibes, in short the who le San hedrin, had their plan ready. T hey had
11-26
IIL k 22:66:
23:1-5.
13-25
1i11~ n2i~~W IfJ n 18:28-40 :
19:4-16
Even while he was still spea king, Judas, one of the Twelve, ca me up with 43 Jesus bou nd a nd too k him away a nd hand ed him over to Pila te. M I 26:57+
a number of men armed with swo rds and clu bs, sent by the chief pr iests and Pilate questio ned h im, ' Ar e you the king of the Jews ?' ' It is yo u who say it'
the scribes and the elders.• Now the tra itor had arranged a signa l with them. 44 3 he a nswered. -A nd the chief pr iests brought ma ny accusatio ns agai nst him.
'The one / kiss,' he had said 'h e is t he man . Ta ke him in charge, and see he is 4 Pilate que stion ed him agai n, 'Ha ve you no rep ly at all ? See how ma ny accu sations
well guarded when you lead him a way .' -So when the tra itor ca me, he wen t 45 5 they ar e bringing a gai nst you! ' -But , to Pilate's a mazement, Jesus made no
straight up to Jesus and said, 'Rabbi!' a nd kissed him . -T he others seized him 46 fur t her reply .
a nd took him in charge. -T hen on e of the bystanders drew his sword an d struck 47 At festi va l t ime Pila te used to release a prison er for them, any one they asked
out at t he high priest's servant, and cut off his ear. 7 fo r. -N ow a man ca lled Barabbas was then in prison wit h the riot ers who had
Then Jesus spoke. 'A m / a brigand' he said 't hat you had to set o ut to 48 8 com mitte d murder dur ing the upr ising. -When the cr owd went up a nd began to
capture me with swords an d clubs? ·1 was amo ng you tea ching in the Temple day 49 9 ask Pila te the customa ry favo ur , -P ila te an swered them , ' Do you wa nt me to
after day a nd you never laid han ds o n me. But thi s is to fulfil th e scri ptures.' 10 release for you the king o f t he Jews?' -Fo r he rea lised it was out of jealousy tha t
And they a ll deserted h im an d ra n away. · A you ng man who followed h im had ~? I I th e ch ief pries ts had handed Jesus over. •T he chief pr iests, ho wever , had incited
nothing o n but a linen cloth. T hey ca ught hold o f hi m, -but he left the cloth 52 12 the crowd to demand th a t he sho uld release Barabbas for them instead. •T hen
in thei r han ds an d ra n away nak ed." Pi la te spoke again. 'Bu t in tha t case,' he said to them ' wha t a m I to do with the
l~ ma n you ca ll king of the Jew s?' -T hey sho uted back, 'Cr ucify him!' .'W hy?' Pila te
11M I 26:57-68 J esus before the Sa nhedrin
IILk 22:54. asked them 'W hat harm has he do ne?' But they sho uted all the lou der, 'Crucify
63-71
IiJ n 18:15- T hey led Jesus off to the high pr iest; a nd a ll the chief priests and th e elders 53 15 him !' -So Pilate, anx ious to placat e the crowd, relea sed Barabbas for them a nd ,
16. 18
a nd the scr ibes assembled the re. -Pe ter had followed him at a distance, right 54 hav ing orde red Jesus to be sco urged, handed h im over to be crucified .
into th e high priest' s pal ace , an d was sitt ing with the a tt en da nts warmi ng himself
Jesus crowned with thorns IIM'27:27-31
a t the fire. IIl n 19:1-3
T he chief prie sts a nd the whole San hedri n were looking for evidence a gainst 55 16 T he sold iers led him away to the inner part of th e pa lace, that is, th e Prae-
Jesus on wh ich they might pas s the dea th -senten ce. But they could not find an y. 17 to riurn , an d called the who le co ho rt toget her. -T hey d ressed him u p in pu rpl e,
Severa l, inde ed, brought false evid enc e against him , but th eir evidence wa s 56 18 twiste d so me thorn s into a crown a nd put it on him . -A nd they began saluting
conflicting. -Some stood up and su bmitted thi s fa lse evidenc e aga inst hi m, 57 19 him , ' Ha il, king of the Jews !' -T hey stru ck his head with a reed and spat on him ;
15:29 'We heard him say, "I am goin g to destr oy th is Te m ple mad e by human hands,
2 Co5 :1 58 20 and they went dow n on their knees to do him ho mage . -And when they had
a nd in three days build another, not made by hu ma n ha nds" ' . •But even on 59 finished making fun of him , they took off the purple and d ressed him in h is own
this po int th eir evidence was con flict ing. -T he high pri est then stood up befo re 60 clothes.
th e whol e assembl y a nd put thi s question to Jes us , 'Have you no ans wer to th a t?
The way of the cross liM! 27:32-33
W hat is this evidence these men ar e bringing aga inst you?'· •But he was silent 61 IIL k 23:26
IIl n 19:17
a nd made no a nswer at a ll. T he high priest put a second quest ion to him , ' Are 21 T hey led him out to crucify him . -They enlis ted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene,
you th e C hrist,' he sa id ' t he Son of the Blessed On e?" . '/ a m,' sai d Jesus 'and 62 father of Alexander an d Rufus,> who was coming in from the country, to carry
13:26 yo u will see the Son of Ma n seated at the right hand of the Power a nd coming with
O n 7:13 22 his cross. •They brought Jesus to the place call ed Golgotha , which means t he
Ps 110:1 the clouds ofheaven:' -T he high priest tore his robes, 'W ha t need o f witnesses ha ve 63 place of the skull .
we now?' he said . •'You heard th e blasphem y. What is you r finding ?' And th ey 64
all gave thei r verdi ct: he deser ved to die. The crucifixion IiM' 27:34-38
IILk 23:33-34
I n 19:18-24
IILk 22:63-65 So me of them started spitt ing at him a nd , blindfold ing him , began hitt ing 65 H T hey offered him wine mixed with myrrh, bu t he refused it. -Then th ey ::l
-'
h im with thei r fists a nd shouting, 'Play the pro phet !' And the attendants ra ined cru cified h im, and shared out h is clothing, casting lot s to decide what eac h shou ld Ps 22:18
blo ws on him. ~~ get. -tt was the thi rd hou r >when they crucified him. -T he insc ription giving the
IIMI 26:69-75 Peter's denials 14 a . So me co r mentators ident ify this young man
IILk 22:55-62 wit h t he eva ngelist.
11J n 1 1d-~:J 8 . b. Here. and in M t 26:62. so me t ran slate ' DO YOU -a
Whi le Peter was down bel ow in the co urtya rd, one of the hig h pr iest's 66 d . Add. (V uIR.) 'an d a cock crew' .
make no rep ly to the charges these men a re bri nging 15 a. A lexander and Ru fus were doubtless kn own to
serva nt-girls ca me u p. -She saw Peter wa rming him self there , stared a t him and 67 agai nst you?' th e Ro ma n circle in wh ich Ma rk wro te his gospel.
M '2:23 + c . 'T he Blesse d O ne' (c f. als o ' the Po we r' . v, 62) Cr. Rot 16:13.
sa id, 'You too were with Jesus, the ma n from Nazareth '. -But he den ied it. 68
is a subs tit u te for the na me ' Ya hweh ' wh ich the Jews b. 9 u.rn.. or, marc vagu ely. some lime bet ween
' I do no t know, I d o not understand, what you are talking about' he sa id. An d would not p ro nounce. 9 a.m. a nd noon .
 15:2 7 MAR K 88 89 MARK 16:2 0
~~ ~tn cha rge aga inst him rea d: 'The K ing of the Jews'. -And th ey crucifi ed tw o ro bber s 27
yo u will see him, j ust as he told yo u".' -And the wo me n came out an d ra n away
with him , on e on his rig ht a nd o ne on his left. '
from th e to mb because they were fr ightened o ut of their wits ; a nd t hey said
11 M ! 27:39-44 The crucified Christ is mocked not hing to a soul ,> for they were a fra id . . .
IILk 23:35- 37
T he pass er s-by jee red at him; th ey sho ok th eir heads a nd sa id, ' A ha! So you 29 Appearances of the risen Christ' Mt :2S: I ()
ifJn 10:1 1- 1x
14:58 would destroy th e Temple and rebuild it in thr ee da ys! -Th en save you rsel f: 30
Hav ing risen in the morn ing on the first day o f th e week , he ap peared first to
co me do wn fro m th e cross!' -T he ch ief pr iests and the scr ibes mock ed him a mo ng 31 L k 8:1
10 Mary o f Magdal a from whom he had cast out seven de vils. •She then went to thos e
th emselves in the sam e way . ' H e saved others,' th ey sa id ' he cann o t save Lk 24: 10- 11
who ha d been his com pan io ns, and who were mo urn ing and in tears , a nd told I n 20: 18
h imself. •Let th e C hrist, th e ki ng of Israel, come down fr om th e cross now, for 32
1t them. -But they d id not believe her when they hea rd her say that he was a live
I"I
Lk 23:3 9 us to see it an d believe.' Even t hose who were crucified with him tau nted him. M t 8:10
a nd th at she had see n him.
i1M t 27: 45 -5 4
Th e dea th of Jesus 12 After th is, he showed himself under a not he r form to two of them as they IILk 24 : 13-35
IILk 23:44-47
I1! n 19:28-30 13 were o n th eir way in to the country . -T hese went back a nd to ld the ot hers, who
When the sixth ho ur came the re was dar kne ss over the wh ole land unt il t he 33 did not believe them either.
nin th hou r. -And at the ninth hour Jes us cr ied out in a lo ud vo ice, 'Eloi, Elo i,« 34
Ps 22: 1 14 Las tly, he showed him self to the Eleven themselves while they were at ta ble. IILk 24:36-49
la ma sa bachtha ni?' which mean s, ' My God, my God, why ha ve YO /l desert ed me ?' lI! n 20: 19-2 3
He re proached them for their incred ulity and o bstinacy , beca use they had refused 1 Co 15:5
W he n so me of those who sto od by hea rd this, they sa id, 'Liste n, he is ca lling on 35
!5 to believe thos e who had seen him a fter he had risen . •And he sa id to them, 13:10
Is 52:7
Elijah' . -Sorneon e ran and so a ked a sponge in vineg a r a nd, putt ing it o n a reed , 36
16 'Go o ut to the whole wo rld ; procl ai m the G ood News to all creation. •He who M I 28:18-20
gave it him to drink sa ying, ' Wa it and see if Elijah will co me to take hi m down' . Lk 24:47
believes a nd is bapti sed w ill be saved; he who does no t bel ieve will be cond emned. I n 20:2 1
But Jes us gave a lou d cry and breathed his last. -And th e veil of the Temple wa s j~ Co l 1:23
17 T hese a re the signs that will be associated with believe rs: in my name they will cast M t IO: Jp
to rn in two from to p to bottom. -T he centurion , wh o was stan din g in front of 39 A c 1:8-1- :
Mt 4:3 +; 18 out dev ils; they will ha ve the gift of to ngues;" · they will pick up sna kes in th eir 14 :3
11 27:54 him , ha d seen how he had died , and he sa id, 'I n truth thi s ma n wa s a son of ha nds, a nd be unhar rned sho uld the y dr ink dead ly po ison ; they will lay their
Lk 10:19
A c 2R:3-6
G od ' .' hand s o n the sic k, who will recover .' I Tm4: 14+

IIM t 27:55-56
T he women on Ca lvary 19 A nd so the Lo rd Jesus, afte r he ha d spo ken to th em, was ta ken up int o heaven : 1 Tm3: 16
IILk 23 :49
lI! n 19:2 5 20 th ere a t the right ha nd of God he took his place, -while they, go ing out, preached
T here were so me wom en wat ch ing fr om a d ista nce. A mo ng th em were Mary 40
everyw here, the Lo rd wor kin g with them a nd confirmi ng the word by the signs
6:3 of Magdala , Ma ry who wa s the mother of James th e younger a nd Joset , a nd
Lk 8:2-3 that acco mpa nied it.
Sa lome'! -Th ese used to follow him and loo k afte r him when he was in G a lilee. 41
A nd there were man y othe r wom en t here who had co me u p to Je rus a lem with
him.
IIM I 27:57-6 1 The buri a l
IIL k 23:50 -55
I ~ n 19 :38-4 2
It was now evening, and since it was Preparati on D ay (that is, th e vigil of the 42
Mt 27:62 + sa bba th), -th ere ca me Jo seph of A rima thaea , a prominent member of the 43
Co uncil, q who himself lived in the hope of seeing the kingdo m of G od , a nd he
bol dly went to Pilate a nd ask ed for the body of Je sus .• Pilate, asto nished th at 44
c . Add . Y. 28 ' A nd the te xt of scri pt u re was fu lfilled Jesus him self thro ugh their agency broadcast fro m east
he sho uld have died so soon, sum moned th e cen turion and enquired if he wa s tha t sa ys: He was ta ke n fo r a c r im ina l' (I s 53 :12). to west t he sacred and incorruptible messaa e of
al ready dead.' -Having bee n ass ured o f this by the cent ur ion , he gra nted th e 45 Cf. Lk 22:3 7, e tern a l sa lvatio n .' Fo ur MSS give the shorte r e ndi ng
d . Jes us mus t ha ve used th e A ra ma ic Efahi : the a nd add th e lon ger , O ne MS has t he lo n ge r e nd ing with
co rps e to Joseph -wh o bought a shroud, took Je su s down from t he cr oss, 46
tra nslite ra tio n £10; has proba bly been influ e nced by the the fo llowi ng in ser tton be twee n vv . 14 a nd IS: ' A ndthev
wrapped him in t he shroud a nd la id him in a tomb whic h had been hewn out H cbr . Etotitm. defe nde d themse lves thus , "T his a ge of law les sness a nd
c. F or the Ro ma n office r. (hi s ad mi ssion wo uld no t unb eli ef is u nde r th e sw ay o f Sa ta n, wh o does not allow
of t he rock. He then ro lled a stone against the entra nce to the tomb. -M ary of 47
hav e its fu ll C hris t ia n co nt e n t, bu t Mk. clea rly sees in i t t hose under the yo ke of uncl ea n sp irit s to understand
Magdala a nd Mary the mother o f Jo set wer e watching a nd took not e of where a nagan's ack no wledg me nt th a t J es us was m ore th an God 's , tr u th a nd powe r . N ow , the refore, reveal your
man . ri gh teousness ." This is wha t t hey sa id to C hris t , and
he was la id . (. Pro b a bly th e wom an who m Mt (27:56) ca lls Christ a nswe red , "T he numbe r of years a llowed for
' (he mo th er of the so ns o f Ze bed ee ' , Sa ta n 's a u thorit y h as bee n reached. b u t o ther terrible
11 M I 28:1- 8 T he empty tom b. T he an gel's messa ge K. t .e. of th e Sanhed ri n t hings d ra w near. I was han d ed ove r to be killed for
IILk 24:1 -1 2
lI! n 20:1-10 h. var. ' i f he had been d ead fo r some tim e' , those wh o ha ve sinned , so th at t hey m igh l tu rn to th e
When th e sa b ba th wa s ove r, Mary of Magd ala, Mary the mother of James,
Lk 23:;6 16 and Sal om e, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. -And very ea rly
in th e morning o n the first day of the week they went to th e tomb, just as the
16 a . V ar . ' wh en t he sun h ad ri sen' ,

b. Accord in g to M t 28:8 : Lk 24 : IO,2 2f ; In 20: 18.

sun wa s risi ng. a
T hey had been saying to on e another , 'Who will roll away th e stone for u s
from th e entrance to the tom b?' -But whe n they looked they cou ld see that the
st on e-w hich was very big-had already been rolled back. -On entering th e
9 :3 to mb they saw a youn g ma n in a white robe sea ted on th e right-ha nd side, and
they were struck with a mazement. •But he said to the m, 'The re is no need for
M!2: 23 +
alarm . Yo u are look ing fo r Je sus of Nazareth, who was crucifi ed: he has risen ,
he is no t here. See, here is th e place where they lai d him . •But you must go a nd
tell his discip les an d Pe ter, "He is going before yo u to Galilee ; it is the re
th e ) d id in I ac t tcl l th e news. Mark . 100 . m ay ha ve sa id
tru th a nd s in no m ore, a nd so in her-it t he s piritual a nd
incorr upt ible glory o f ri gh teou sn ess which is in
heav e n , , " ' T he p au-istfc tr adi tio n. al so . is some wh at
u ncer tai n. W e may add t h at the tr an sinon fro m v , 8
so I II ;1 l o ~ { endin g o f his xo so el (d. [ o llow im: n ot e) : is
to v. 9 b ru sq ue. Moreov er , it is d ifficu lt to see h o w the
altv rnativc fy. he :l1<ly hav e dc l i bc ru tc tv re fra ined fro m o r tai na l Iw s pc l co uld have ende d so a brupt ly a t v. 8 . :::>
s t)e a k i n ~ I l l"
i r [ 0 a voi d ba vine t o a ppend an ,H':";OUIlt li e nee the h yp ot he sis tha t, (or so me unk now n reason, ..J
of th c tuu xui uo ns whi c h he had m a d e u p h is mi nd 10 t he o ri gina l e n d in g h a s bee n lo st a nd th e Pr es e nt end ing
o n ut . co m pose d to rm th e Rap . T his e nd in g is . in (ac t. a bri ef
c . Th e ' lon g e n J i n ~ ' of Mar k , \'V . 9- 20 . is in - sum mary o f the appear a nces o f th e rlse nChr tst . a nd its
Lil h k d ill t he canou icaltv a ccented body o f i ns p ire d sty le dit fer s no ta b ly (rom the usu a lly co nc re te a nd
sc rit u u rc . T hl" f! \ l..."S n o t ncccssa r ttv imp l)' M a rea n pic to ria l s tyle o f M ark , Th e p re sent endi ng, ho we ve r, z
:l lI llIlI l ...l1l fl w tuc h , tn dccd, i s p n c lI I " uucsuo n . Th e wa s kn o wn to T aua u and to l ren aeu s in lh e 2 nd cen tury. -,
rll;l fl U '" I I PI ua .uuon I" . 11<..' m.u n ,l b iel"li,lIl. M a n y ~1SS ::H\J is 10 be Iou ud in the Vas t nta hl ri lY o f G rcd .. MS"i
(l lh: l udlll J-: V a l. ,lI lL! Sil L) om ;1 th c ore -e m cndiua. a nd \ If t he versions . Tha t M a r-k wa s its a u t h\)~ 1::1I10\\(
O ne ~ :~ g l \l~ " , Ins te a d. a S h I ll I..:!' 1' 1l Ji l\ ~ wt nc h . p ro - be n rove d : i t is , non et he less. ' a n uu rhe n uc rc tio or t he
ccd ln g uo m v. H. ru ns ' rhe y re n o rrcd b r ic l1v to llr s t C hris t ia n eenc ra u o. i (·Sweld.
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