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\h MARK 
\toc1 Mark 
\toc2 Mark 
\toc3 Mrk 
\mt2 This book is the Gospel that Mark wrote. We call this book  
\mt1 Mark  
\c 1  
\s1 Mark 1:1-8  
\s1 The good message about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, began when John, the Baptizer, as was prophesied long ago, announced the coming of Jesus.  
\p
\v 1-2 ◄\add This is/I want to tell you\add*► the good message about Jesus Christ, the Son of God (OR, the man who was also God). \add What I want to tell you\add* begins just like the prophet Isaiah \add said it would begin, when\add* he wrote \add these words that God said to Jesus:\add*  
\pi1 Listen! I am sending my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare \add people for\add* your \add coming\add*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w call|strong="G4160"\w* \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who pass by where he is\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area, “\w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* improve \w and|strong="G2962"\w* straighten \w out|strong="G5456"\w* pathways \add before an important official arrives\add* [MET], \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \add yourselves\add* \w ready|strong="G2090"\w* [DOU] \add in order that you will be prepared when\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add comes\add*.”   
\p
\v 4  \add The messenger that Isaiah predicted was\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \add People called him\add* ‘\w The|strong="G1722"\w* Baptizer’. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jordan River \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* want \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sinned, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior \add before you ask me to\add* baptize \add you\add*.”  
\v 5 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* number [HYP] \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2415"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add elsewhere\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G1607"\w* \w out|strong="G1607"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w*, \add after hearing John’s message\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add responded by\add* \w confessing|strong="G1843"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sinful \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that they had done\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* {\w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptizing \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \w River|strong="G4215"\w*.  
\v 6 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* wore \add rough\add* clothes made \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w*’s \w hair|strong="G2359"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add as the prophet Elijah had done\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wore \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w leather|strong="G1193"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w waist|strong="G3751"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add only\add* grasshoppers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honey|strong="G3192"\w* \add that he found\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* desolate area.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w*, “\w Very|strong="G2532"\w* shortly \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2478"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am nothing compared to him. Because he is so superior to me\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w worthy|strong="G2425"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add serve him like a slave\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w stooping|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G2955"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* used \add only\add* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* baptized \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add because you said that you wanted to change your lives\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* put \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add within\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to truly change your lives\add*.”   
\s1 God showed Jesus to be the Son of God by God’s Spirit descending upon him; by Himself, God the Father, declaring it; by Satan testing him; and by the angels taking care of him.  
\sr Mark 1:9-13  
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\v 9 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add when John was preaching\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \add town\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add where John was preaching\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* {\w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 10 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w opened|strong="G4977"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add and he saw\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add of God\add* \w descending|strong="G2597"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* form \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w dove|strong="G4058"\w*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* [MTY] spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* saying, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love dearly. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 12 ◄\w Then|strong="G2532"\w*/\w Right|strong="G2117"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w*► \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add of God\add* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* {\w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* animals \add there\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w care|strong="G1247"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 After John was arrested, Jesus came and preached the good message that came from God.  
\sr Mark 1:14-15  
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\v 14 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G3860"\w* {\w after|strong="G3326"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G3860"\w*} \add because he had rebuked the governor Herod Antipas for his sins\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \add that came\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* repeatedly \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s lives \add in a new way\add*. \add So\add* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior! \w Believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \add in order\add* ◄\add to belong to him/to become those whose lives he will rule\add*►!”   
\s1 Jesus showed his authority when he summoned four men, and they immediately went with him.  
\sr Mark 1:16-20  
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\v 16  \add One day\add*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add two men\add*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother, Andrew. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* casting \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add fishing\add* net \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add earned money by\add* catching \add and selling\add* fish.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Just like you have been\add* gathering fish, \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add teach\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* how \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add gather people to become my disciples\add*” [MET].  
\v 18 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* abandoned \add the work that they were doing with\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w gone|strong="G4260"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \w further|strong="G3641"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add two other men\add*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*’ \add younger\add* brother, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sons \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add a man named\add* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w mending|strong="G2675"\w* \add fishing\add* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w*.  
\v 20 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they should leave their work and to come with him\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add who remained\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hired|strong="G3411"\w* \w servants|strong="G3411"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 People were amazed as a result of Jesus expelling a demon from a man.  
\sr Mark 1:21-28  
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\v 21  \add Later\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add and those disciples\add* arrived \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add town\add*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1531"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting place►, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* began \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people who had gathered there\add*.  
\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* continually \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w*. \add He did\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add just teach what others had taught\add*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \add They habitually just repeated what other people had taught\add*. Instead, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add his own\add* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*.  
\v 23 Suddenly, \add while he was teaching\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \add appeared\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* worship \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shouted,  
\v 24 “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w* \add town, since\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add evil spirits\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* common \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, ◄\add do not interfere with us\add*!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add evil spirits\add*?► [RHQ] ◄\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* destroy \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add now\add*!/\w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add now\add*?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* holy \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add who has come\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \add the evil spirit\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w*! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add of the man\add*!”  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* shook \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man hard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* screamed \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \add and left\add*.  
\v 27 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \add the people who were there\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2284"\w*. \w As|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* discussed \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w among|strong="G4314"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \add exclaiming\add*, “◄\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add amazing\add*!/\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Not|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* authoritative \w way|strong="G2596"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add when\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w commands|strong="G2004"\w* \add them\add*!”  
\v 28 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* told \add many others\add* \w throughout|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w district|strong="G4066"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \add had done\add*.   
\s1 Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law.  
\sr Mark 1:29-31  
\p
\v 29 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting place►, \add Jesus, Simon and Andrew\add*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* directly \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*’s \w mother-in-law|strong="G3994"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w lying|strong="G2621"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* bed \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add high\add* \w fever|strong="G4445"\w*. \w Right|strong="G2117"\w* away someone \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \add being sick\add*.  
\v 31 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w taking|strong="G2902"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* recovered \add at once\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \add got up and\add* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add some food\add*.   
\s1 Jesus healed many people and expelled many evil spirits from people.  
\sr Mark 1:32-34  
\p
\v 32 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* gone down \add and restrictions about travel on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day\add*► \add were ended\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w evil|strong="G2560"\w* spirits \w were|strong="G3588"\w* controlling.  
\v 33  \add It seemed as though\add* everyone [HYP, MTY] \add who lived in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G1996"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* doorway \add of Simon’s house\add*.  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w ill|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w various|strong="G4164"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w expelled|strong="G1544"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \add from people\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* allow \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G1492"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \add about him\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add had come from God, and for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet\add*.   
\s1 Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, preaching and expelling evil spirits from people.  
\sr Mark 1:35-39  
\p
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \add the next morning\add* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G3029"\w* \w dark|strong="G1773"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \add from the town\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G5117"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* people. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w searched|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add wanting him to go back to town to help other people\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 37 “\add Come back to the town with us, because\add* many [HYP] \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add in Capernaum\add* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 38 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add No\add*, \w let|strong="G2443"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* neighboring \w towns|strong="G2969"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* reason \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \add into the world\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add preach to people\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* places!”  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district. As they did so, each ◄Sabbath/Jewish rest day\add*► \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*/Jewish meeting places►. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* expelling \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \add from people\add*.   
\s1 Jesus cured a leper and arranged for him to be able to associate with people again.  
\sr Mark 1:40-45  
\p
\v 40  \add One day\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add a bad skin disease called\add* leprosy \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1120"\w* \w down|strong="G1120"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Please heal me, because I know\add* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* heal \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w*!”  
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add So he ignored the religious laws about coming close to people who had that disease\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w reached|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Since \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \add to heal you\add*, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* healed {\w I|strong="G2532"\w* heal \w you|strong="G3004"\w*} \add now\add*!”  
\v 42 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w was|strong="G3588"\w* healed! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leper!  
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* spoke \w sternly|strong="G1690"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G1544"\w*.  
\v 44 \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* local \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in order that he may examine you and verify that you are healed\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add after the priest tells the local people\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* know \add that you have been healed, and you will be able to associate with them again\add*. \w Make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add about what happened\add* \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jerusalem and take to the priest what Moses commanded that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer, in order that he\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add as a sacrifice to God\add*.”  
\v 45 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \add and presented himself to the priest. But then\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \add how Jesus had healed him\add* [DOU]. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w publicly|strong="G5320"\w* \add because the crowds would surround him\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w remained|strong="G1510"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \add the towns\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \add where no people lived\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* region.   
\c 2  
\s1 By healing a paralyzed man Jesus demonstrated his authority to forgive sins as well as to heal.  
\sr Mark 2:1-12  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus and his disciples\add* \w returned|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add town\add*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G1722"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* {\w people|strong="G1510"\w*} heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add his\add* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*,  
\v 2 \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w*, \add after the people filled the house\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* space \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stand \add in the house or outside\add* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* doorway. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2980"\w* \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 Some people \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w bringing|strong="G5342"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w men|strong="G5064"\w* {\w Four|strong="G5064"\w* \w men|strong="G5064"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \add him\add*} \add on a sleeping pad\add*.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add went up the steps to the flat roof and\add* removed \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tiles \add above\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* made \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add big\add* hole \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roof|strong="G4721"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* lowered \add by ropes\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad \w on|strong="G2895"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w lay|strong="G2621"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* lowered \add it through the hole, down in front of Jesus\add*.  
\v 5 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* perceived \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add that he could heal this man\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* man, “\w My|strong="G3708"\w* friend, \add I\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins!”  
\v 6 \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \add the Jewish\add* laws \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* started thinking \w like|strong="G2521"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*:  
\v 7 “◄\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* think \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*/\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* shouldn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*!► [RHQ]? ◄\w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* insulting \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!/\w Does|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* think \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?► [RHQ] ◄\w No|strong="G3361"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* forgive sins!/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* forgive sins?► [RHQ] \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* forgive sins!”  
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* sensed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* deliberating \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* question \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* question \add whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 9 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add not risky\add* [RHQ] \w for|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w are|strong="G1510"\w* forgiven {\add I\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins},’ \add because no one can prove that it has happened\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w stretcher|strong="G2895"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w*’, \add unless he really had the power to heal him, because people can easily see whether it happens or not\add*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add will do something\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2192"\w*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* forgive sins \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \add as well as to heal people\add*.” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*,  
\v 11 “\w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! Pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*!’”  
\v 12  \f + \fr 2:12 \ft COL 5:1\f* \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*, \w while|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add there\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* watching. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \add what happened\add* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus invited Levi to be his disciple and refuted those who objected to his associating with such people.  
\sr Mark 2:13-17  
\p
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add Capernaum town again and walked with his disciples\add* alongside \add Galilee\add* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* large \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w further|strong="G1909"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Matthew, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* father’s name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Alpheus. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* office where \w he|strong="G2532"\w* collected taxes \add for the Roman government\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and become my disciple\add*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* got \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*.   
\p
\v 15  \add Later\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w a|strong="G1096"\w* meal \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Levi’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* collected taxes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add considered to be\add* sinning regularly \w were|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \add This was not surprising\add*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* like \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \add everywhere\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add men who taught the Jewish\add* laws \add who were there\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add sect\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* collected taxes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add others who were considered\add* {\add whom they considered\add*} \add to be\add* sinners. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add such disgusting\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* collect taxes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add other\add* sinners!/\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add such disgusting\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* collect taxes, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add other\add* sinners?►” [RHQ]  
\v 17 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \add what they were saying\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1342"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, “\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add consider that they\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* seek \w a|strong="G2192"\w* doctor. \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \add who seek a doctor\add* [MET]!” \add This he said to indicate that it was those who knew that they had sinned who were coming to him in order that he might help them spiritually\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who think that\add* [IRO] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add to come to me and turn from their sinful behavior\add*. \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add from heaven to invite\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add know that they\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sinners, \add in order that they might turn from their sins and come to me\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told them it was inappropriate for his disciples to show sorrow by fasting while he was with them, and that requiring people to perform rituals like fasting was inconsistent with the new way of life he was bringing.  
\sr Mark 2:18-22  
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\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w belonged|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add sect\add* used \w to|strong="G2532"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2064"\w* food \add to show that they wanted to please God\add*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add critically\add*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* ◄\w fast|strong="G3522"\w*/abstain \w from|strong="G2064"\w* food► \add from time to time\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \add We think they should abstain from food also. What do you say about that\add* [RHQ]?”  
\v 19  \add Jesus wanted them to understand that it was not appropriate for his disciples to show sorrow by abstaining from food while he was still with them\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* marrying \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G2192"\w*, \w his|strong="G1722"\w* friends \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* still \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* [RHQ]? \w No|strong="G3756"\w*. \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food \add because they are happy together\add*.  
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* taken away {\w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add enemies\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away} \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2064"\w* food, \add because they will be sad\add*.”   
\p
\v 21  \add Jesus wanted to show that those who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like fasting. So he also said to them\add*, “\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* sew \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w patch|strong="G1915"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* unshrunken \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \add in order to mend a hole\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \add piece of cloth\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w tear|strong="G4978"\w* off \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* result, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* bigger!  
\v 22  \add Similarly\add*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* newly \add squeezed\add* grape juice \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* skin bags \add to store it\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* juice \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w burst|strong="G4486"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* skin bags \add because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* skin bags \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ruined! \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* skin bags!” [MET]   
\s1 When the Pharisees complained about Jesus’ disciples plucking grain on the Sabbath day, Jesus replied that there was Scriptural precedent for ignoring religious laws if there was a physical need, and that he is the one to decide what people should do on the Sabbath.  
\sr Mark 2:23-28  
\p
\v 23 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* rest► \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* walking \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w* \w fields|strong="G4702"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add through the grain fields\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* plucking \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heads|strong="G4719"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w*. \add They rubbed them in their hands to remove the chaff, and were eating the grain. The laws of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry\add*.  
\v 24  \add Some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add saw them doing what they considered to be work. So they\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*! ◄\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*/\w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest► \add work\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* laws forbid!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*/\w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest► \add work\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* laws forbid?► [RHQ]”  
\v 25  \add Jesus wanted to show them that the record in the Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add It is written in the Scriptures\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add our revered ancestor, King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w* food, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* read \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add you do not think about what it implies./why do you not think about what it implies\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 26 \w During|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* Abiathar \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*, David \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big tent \add where people worshipped\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add and asked for some bread. The high priest gave him some\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* loaves \w of|strong="G2316"\w* bread. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* bread \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* presented \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1832"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Moses’ laws \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* bread! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* David \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add But God did not consider that was wrong!\add*”  
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* further, “\add God\add* established ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* rest/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \add to help\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* create \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add obey rules about\add* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* rest►!  
\v 28 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add think about this\add*: \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authority \add to determine what is right for my disciples to do\add* ◄\w on|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►!”   
\c 3  
\s1 After Jesus healed a man with a withered arm on the Sabbath, Jewish leaders began to plan to kill him.  
\sr Mark 3:1-6  
\p
\v 1  \add On another\add* ◄\add Sabbath/Jewish day of rest\add*►, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G1563"\w*► \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* shriveled.  
\v 2  \add Some men of the Pharisee sect\add* \w watched|strong="G3906"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* carefully \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w whether|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* man ◄\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add if he healed the man\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* disobeying \add their Jewish laws, because he worked\add* ◄\add on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day\add*►.  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* shriveled, “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* everyone!” \add So the man stood up\add*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the Pharisees\add*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* laws \add that God gave Moses\add* permit \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\add on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day\add*►, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* permit \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2554"\w*? Specifically, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* laws permit \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w*’s \w life|strong="G5590"\w* ◄\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add do they permit us\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* die \add by refusing to help him\add*?” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* angrily. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* distressed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* stubbornly \add not wanting to help the man\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2588"\w*, “Reach \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*!” \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2588"\w* \w reached|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* withered \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* right \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add decided to get rid of Jesus. So\add* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the meeting house\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add immediately met with some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* supported Herod \add Antipas, who ruled Galilee district\add*. \w Together|strong="G4824"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* planned \w how|strong="G3704"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*.   
\s1 Many people came from various areas to hear Jesus, because he had healed many.  
\sr Mark 3:7-12  
\p
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* left \add that\add* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* area \w further|strong="G4183"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add Galilee Lake in order to get away from the people\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* followed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*,  
\v 8 \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city\add*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add other towns of\add* Judea \add district\add*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Idumea|strong="G2401"\w* \add district\add*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add the region on\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add east\add* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \add the region\add* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* \add cities\add*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 9-10 Because he had healed many people, many \add other\add* people who had various illnesses pushed forward in order that by touching him \add they would come well\add*. So he told his disciples that they should get a small boat ready for him \add to get in and teach from it\add*. He wanted to do this in order that the crowd would not crush him \add when they pushed forward to touch him\add*.  
\v 11 \w Whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \add they caused the people whom they controlled\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G4363"\w* \w down|strong="G4363"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add in recognition of Jesus’ power\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►!”  
\v 12 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add evil spirits\add* \w strongly|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w tell|strong="G5318"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus appointed the twelve apostles.  
\sr Mark 3:13-19  
\p
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add with many other people\add* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hills. \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* picked \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add from among them\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \add to accompany him\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \add close\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* men \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* send \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* called \w them|strong="G1438"\w* apostles.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \add from people\add*.  
\v 16 \w These|strong="G4160"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w*: \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add new\add* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*; \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \add younger\add* brother Andrew;  
\v 17 \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \add the son\add* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add both of\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* added \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add new\add* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, ‘\w Men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w Thunder|strong="G1027"\w*’. \add because of their fiery zeal\add*;  
\v 18 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*; Bartholomew; Levi, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*; \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*; \add another\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alphaeus; Thaddeus; \add another\add* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add member of the party that wanted\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* overthrow \add the Roman government\add*;  
\v 19 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*). \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add later\add* ◄\w betrayed|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*/helped \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ enemies seize \w him|strong="G3739"\w*►.   
\s1 Jesus explained why their claim that he was expelling evil spirits by Satan’s power was ridiculous, and that such a claim was an unforgivable sin.  
\sr Mark 3:20-30  
\p
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add along with his disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* staying \add in Capernaum. Again a crowd gathered where he was\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* crowding around \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* disciples \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* time \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add when they could do anything else\add*.  
\v 21 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* relatives heard \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* home \add with them\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*/\w they|strong="G2532"\w*► \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* insane.   
\p
\v 22  \add Around that time\add* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city. They heard that Jesus was expelling demons\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \add people\add*, “Beelzebub, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits, controls \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* enables \w this|strong="G3588"\w* man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \add from people\add*!”  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G1722"\w*. \add Then he spoke to them\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \add to enable them to realize that Satan would not oppose his own evil spirits. He also wanted them to realize that by expelling evil spirits, he was demonstrating that he was much more powerful than Satan\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\add It is ridiculous\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* suggest \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add evil spirits\add*!/\w Why|strong="G4459"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* expel \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add evil spirits\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 24 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \add people who live in the same\add* country \w are|strong="G3588"\w* fighting \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* cease \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* single group \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* ruler.  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add people who live in the same\add* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* fight \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* remain \add as one family\add*.  
\v 26 Similarly, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add evil spirits\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* fighting \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*, instead \w of|strong="G2532"\w* remaining \w strong|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* powerless.  
\v 27 Contrary \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add what you say about me\add*, \w someone|strong="G4632"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \add like Satan\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* carry off \w his|strong="G1519"\w* possessions \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* ties \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add and only then\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add be able to\add* steal \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.”  
\v 28  \add Jesus also said\add*, “Consider \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully! \w People|strong="G3956"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* ways \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* evilly \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add if\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add then are sorry and ask God to\add* forgive \add them\add*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* speaks evil words \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add does\add*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* guilt \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w remain|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30  \add Jesus told them that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add they refused to admit that the Holy Spirit was helping him to expel demons. Instead\add*, \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G2192"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w An|strong="G2192"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* controlling him!”   
\s1 Jesus told them that those who obey God are as dear to him as his close relatives.  
\sr Mark 3:31-35  
\p
\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* siblings \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w*. \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \add someone inside\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add outside\add*.  
\v 32 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*/Hey, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wanting ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*/\w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk \w with|strong="G2532"\w*► \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\add I will tell you something about\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brothers.\add /Do you know whom I consider to be like\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brothers?►” [RHQ]  
\v 34 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w at|strong="G4012"\w* \add the disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in a circle\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Look|strong="G3708"\w* here! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add love these men as much as\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add love\add* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* brothers.  
\v 35 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* habitually \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add as dear to me\add* [MET] \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brother, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* sister, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*!”   
\c 4  
\s1 Jesus taught the crowds by parables about the various ways that people who hear his message react.  
\sr Mark 4:1-25  
\p
\v 1 \w Another|strong="G3825"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \add people\add* alongside \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \add Galilee. As he was doing that, a very large crowd gathered around him. Because people were jostling him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \add so that he could speak to the crowd better. Then he sat in it and began to teach the crowd from the boat\add*. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w* close \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add this\add*:  
\v 3 “Consider \add well the meaning of this illustration\add*: \w A|strong="G3708"\w* man/farmer \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add to his field\add* \w to|strong="G3708"\w* \w sow|strong="G4687"\w* \add some seeds\add*.  
\v 4 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* scattering \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add over the soil\add*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \add of the\add* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2719"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds.  
\v 5 \w Other|strong="G4183"\w* \add seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \add on top of\add* rock. \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add seeds\add* sprouted \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add the sun warmed\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* moist \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \w quickly|strong="G2112"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w deep|strong="G4183"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* shone \add on those young plants\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w scorched|strong="G2739"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w withered|strong="G3583"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add deep\add* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*.  
\v 7 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* farmer sowed, \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \add seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \add ground that contained roots of\add* thorny plants. \add The\add* seeds \add grew, but\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* thorny plants \w also|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* crowded \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add the\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \add plants. So the plants\add* \w produced|strong="G1325"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* farmer sowed, \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \add seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sprouted, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w produced|strong="G1325"\w* \add plenty of\add* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w*. \add Some\add* plants bore 30 \add grains\add*. \add Some\add* bore 60 \add grains\add*. \add Some\add* bore 100 \add grains\add*.”  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w this|strong="G3739"\w* [MTY], \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w consider|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully what I have just said\add*.”   
\p
\v 10  \add Later\add*, \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* few \add other\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w People|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w understood|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \add the new message\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s lives. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* known {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* known}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* ◄\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*/figuratively► \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add yet invited God to rule their lives\add*.  
\v 12 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \add it is true what a prophet has written\add*,  
\pi1 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add what I do\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w* \add what it means\add* [DOU]. \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add what I say\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add what it means\add* [DOU]. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄\w repent|strong="G1994"\w*/\w turn|strong="G1994"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior► \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven {\add God\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w them|strong="G3708"\w*}.”   
\p
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\add I am disappointed that\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* illustration!/\w Can|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* illustration?► [RHQ] \add If you do not understand\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* illustrations!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* illustrations?► [RHQ] \add Nevertheless, I will explain it to you\add*.  
\v 14  \add In the illustration that I told you\add*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sows|strong="G4687"\w* \add seeds represents someone who\add* declares \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* [DOU].  
\v 15  \add Some people are like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G2532"\w*. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add the message\add*, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* once \w and|strong="G2532"\w* causes \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forget \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard.  
\v 16  \add Some people are like the ground where the soil was not very deep over\add* rock. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add the message does not penetrate deeply\add* [MET] \add into their hearts/inner beings, they\add* believe \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \add only a short time. They are like the plants that\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* deep \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* treat \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* badly \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add they believe\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who are suffering\add* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* stop believing \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*.  
\v 18  \add Some people are like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add soil that had roots of\add* thorny weeds \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Although\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* hear \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*,  
\v 19 \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w desire|strong="G1939"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* rich, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w desire|strong="G1939"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* own \w many|strong="G4012"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w worry|strong="G3308"\w* \add only\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* material \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* result \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* forget \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \add the things that God wants them to do\add*.  
\v 20  \add But some people\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w accept|strong="G3858"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add and they believe\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Then they do the things that God wants them to do. They are like the good plants that produced\add* 30, 60 \w or|strong="G2532"\w* 100 \add grains\add*.”   
\p
\v 21 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add another parable\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add light\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* oil \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add in the house\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* {someone \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* container \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*./\w Would|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \add light\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* oil \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add in the house\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* {someone \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* container \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*?► [RHQ] ◄\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \add they light it\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* {someone \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \add where it lights the house\add*.\add /Wouldn’t they light it\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* {someone \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \add where it lights the house\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 22  \add Similarly\add*, \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \add parts of God’s message\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* know. \add But he intends that\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w understand|strong="G3761"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* know \add now\add*.  
\v 23 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* want \w to|strong="G5100"\w* understand \w this|strong="G1487"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w consider|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully\add* \w what|strong="G5100"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add have just heard\add*.”   
\p
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*, “Consider carefully \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \add me say to you\add*, \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add understand\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* degree \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add consider what I say\add*. \add He\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add understand\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add consider what I say\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add consider carefully what I say\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forget \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* already know.”   
\s1 Jesus told them two parables to show them how the number of people who will submit to God’s rule over their lives will greatly increase.  
\sr Mark 4:26-34  
\p
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has the power to change\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add will illustrate how that can happen\add* [MET]. \w A|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* planted seeds \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 27 Afterwards \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w slept|strong="G2518"\w* each \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w* each \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add without worrying about the seeds\add*. \add During that time\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* seeds sprouted \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grew \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w*, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* itself \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soil \add caused the plants to grow and produce grain\add*.  
\v 28 \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stalks \add appeared\add*. \w Then|strong="G1534"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heads|strong="G4719"\w* \add appeared\add*. \w Then|strong="G1534"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* kernels \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heads|strong="G4719"\w* \add appeared\add*.  
\v 29 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* ripe \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sent|strong="G2112"\w* \add people\add* [MTY] \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* time \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* \add the grain\add*.”   
\p
\v 30  \add Jesus told them\add* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \add parable. He\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* [RHQ] \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add number of people\add* \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* lives \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rules \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \add will continue to grow\add* (\w OR|strong="G2228"\w*, \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* influence \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* world). \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G2532"\w* [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* illustration \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \add to you\add*.  
\v 31  \add You know what happens to\add* \w mustard|strong="G4615"\w* \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* plant \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Though|strong="G5613"\w* \w mustard|strong="G4615"\w* \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w smallest|strong="G3398"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w*, \add here in Israel\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* large plants.  
\v 32 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w planted|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w grow|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w larger|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w garden|strong="G3001"\w* \w plants|strong="G3001"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* nests \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w shade|strong="G4639"\w*.”   
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* used \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* illustrations \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5108"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \add some, he kept telling them more\add*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* used \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* explained \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the illustrations\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w* \w with|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 While Jesus and his disciples crossed the lake in a boat and while Jesus slept, a storm arose, so the disciples woke him and he calmed the storm.  
\sr Mark 4:35-41  
\p
\v 35 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sun \w was|strong="G1096"\w* setting, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add his disciples\add*, “\w Let|strong="G1096"\w*’s \w cross|strong="G4008"\w* \w over|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* opposite \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \add Lake Galilee in the boat\add*.”  
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \add got in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \add already\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left. \add Other people\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w*.  
\v 37 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* wind \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w waves|strong="G2949"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*! \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w soon|strong="G1096"\w* \w nearly|strong="G2235"\w* \w full|strong="G1072"\w* \add of water\add*!  
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* back \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* boat. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*, \add with his head\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cushion|strong="G4344"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*! ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* ought \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w concerned|strong="G3199"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die!/\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w concerned|strong="G3199"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die?► [RHQ]”  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w got|strong="G1326"\w* \w up|strong="G1326"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G1096"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w*! \w Be|strong="G1096"\w* \w still|strong="G5392"\w*! [DOU]” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* wind \add immediately \add*\w stopped|strong="G2869"\w* blowing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the lake\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w calm|strong="G1055"\w*.  
\v 40 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w*, “◄\add I am disappointed that\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1169"\w* \add like that\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1169"\w* \add like that\add*?► [RHQ] \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add that I can protect you\add*?”  
\v 41 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w awestruck|strong="G5399"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Not only do the demons obey this man, but \add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! “◄\w What|strong="G5101"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*?/\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add not like ordinary \add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*!► [RHQ]”   
\c 5  
\s1 Jesus expelled evil spirits from a Gerasene man and then allowed them to enter a herd of pigs, which then ran down a hill and drowned. As a result, the local people asked Jesus to leave the area.  
\sr Mark 5:1-20  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add east\add* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \add Galilee. They landed near\add* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Gerasene \add people lived\add*.  
\v 2 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* region \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* controlled.  
\v 3  \add Because that man was violent and people were afraid of him\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* times. \add As he grew more violent\add*, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w*, \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*,  
\v 4 \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w broken|strong="G4937"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* break \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*} whenever \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* iron \w shackles|strong="G3976"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* smashed \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* {\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* smash \w the|strong="G2532"\w* iron \w shackles|strong="G3976"\w*} whenever \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* fastened {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* fastened \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add on his feet\add*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* caves \add where they bury dead people\add*. \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* scream \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* caves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* hills. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add sharp\add* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w*. \add That day\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* caves.  
\v 6 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and his disciples got\add* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* immediately \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knelt \w before|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7-8 Jesus said to the evil spirit, “You evil spirit, come out of this man!” \add But the demon did not leave quickly\add*. It shouted very loudly, “Jesus, I \add know that you are the\add* ◄Son of/man who is also► God, so ◄we have nothing in common./what do we have in common?► [IDM, RHQ] \add So leave me alone\add* I ask you to promise, knowing God is listening, that you will not torture me \add now\add*!”  
\v 9  \add So, in order to expel the demon more easily\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* Crowd/Mob \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add evil spirits in this man\add*.”  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits fervently \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w begging|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w*.  
\v 11  \add At the same time\add*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* herd \w of|strong="G3735"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* ◄grazing/rooting \w for|strong="G4314"\w* food► \w nearby|strong="G1563"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* hillside.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “Allow \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to do that\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* herd, \add which numbered\add* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 2,000, \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* cliff \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drowned|strong="G4155"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* tending \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pigs \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* countryside \add what had happened. Many people\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the place where\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add was\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \add previously\add* controlled. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* clothes \w on|strong="G2521"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mentally \w sound|strong="G4993"\w*. \add As a result\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add because they thought that Jesus might destroy more of their property\add*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add they realized that Jesus must be very powerful\add*.)  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w described|strong="G1334"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \add previously\add* controlled. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w described|strong="G1334"\w* \add what had happened to\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \add in order to leave\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \add previously\add* controlled \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, “\add Please let me\add* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w*!”  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add go with him\add*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \add God\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* left \add and traveled around\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ten|strong="G1722"\w* Towns \add district\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who heard what the man said\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus cured a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhaging, and brought Jairus’ daughter back to life.  
\sr Mark 5:21-43  
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and his disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \add Galilee\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrived \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* shore \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 22 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* presided \w over|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ◄synagogue/Jewish meeting place►, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jairus|strong="G2383"\w*, \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prostrated himself \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleaded|strong="G3870"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G4183"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* twelve-year \w old|strong="G2192"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2365"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add sick and\add* nearly dead! \add Please\add* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add to my house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G2007"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* {\w to|strong="G2443"\w* heal \w her|strong="G3754"\w*}, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* die!”  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add and the disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\p \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* followed \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add many\add* pushed close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 25 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \add in the crowd\add* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* vaginal bleeding [EUP] \add every day\add* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*.  
\v 26 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w doctors|strong="G2395"\w* \add treated her\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spent|strong="G1159"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add her money\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pay|strong="G1159"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doctors|strong="G2395"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G5623"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w helped|strong="G5623"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*}. \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* become \w worse|strong="G5501"\w* [EUP].  
\v 27 \w After|strong="G3693"\w* \w she|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add healed people\add*, \w she|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to where he was and pushed\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add close\add* \w behind|strong="G3693"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 28 \w She|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* thinking, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add touch him or\add* \w even|strong="G2579"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* touch \w his|strong="G4982"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* {\w his|strong="G4982"\w* power \w will|strong="G3748"\w* heal \w me|strong="G3004"\w*}.” \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w she|strong="G3754"\w* touched \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*.  
\v 29 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* once \w her|strong="G3754"\w* bleeding \w stopped|strong="G3583"\w*. \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* time, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* sensed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w cured|strong="G2390"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add he\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w cured|strong="G2390"\w*} \w her|strong="G3754"\w* illness.  
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add also\add* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* sensed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* healed someone. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1994"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* touched \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*?”  
\v 31  \add One of\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* crowding close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \add Probably many people touched you\add*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* touched \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?’\add /We are surprised\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* touched \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?’ [RHQ]►”  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w looking|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w trembling|strong="G5141"\w*. \add She thought that Jesus might be angry because she had violated the law that women who had such a\add* sickness \add should not touch other people. But\add* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \add that Jesus had healed her\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* prostrated herself \w before|strong="G4363"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* truthfully \add about what she had done\add*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w*, “◄Ma’\w am|strong="G1510"\w*/Young lady►, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add that I could heal you\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \bd \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w*\bd* \w healed|strong="G5199"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add in your heart/inner being\add*, \add because I promise that \add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* sick \add this way any more\add*.”   
\p
\v 35 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add to that woman\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Jairus’ house. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Jairus\add*, “\w Your|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \add now\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3754"\w* ◄\w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* useless \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* bother \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \add by urging him to go to your house\add*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* bother \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \add by urging him to go to your house\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 36 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Jairus, “\w Do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* situation \w is|strong="G3588"\w* hopeless! \w Just|strong="G3440"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w believing|strong="G4100"\w* \add that she will live\add*!”  
\v 37-38 Then he allowed only \add his three closest disciples\add*, Peter, James, and John, to go with him \add to Jairus’ house\add*. He did not allow any other people to go with him. After they arrived near the house, Jesus saw that the people there were in turmoil. They were weeping and wailing [DOU] loudly.  
\v 39 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, knowing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he was going to cause her to live again\add*, “◄\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* disturbance!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* disturbance?► [RHQ] Stop \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*, \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* dead! \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* [HYP, EUP]!”  
\v 40 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w laughed|strong="G2606"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add because they knew that she was dead\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w outside|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w*’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add three disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1531"\w* \add the room\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add lying\add*.  
\v 41 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w*’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \add in her own language\add*, “\w Talitha|strong="G5008"\w*, \w Koum|strong="G2891"\w*!” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Little|strong="G2877"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*, \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*!”  
\v 42 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* once \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* got \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*. (\add It was not surprising that she could walk\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w old|strong="G2094"\w*.) \add When this happened, all who were present\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1839"\w*.  
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1291"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w strictly|strong="G4183"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G1097"\w* \add what I have done\add*!” Afterwards \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w something|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl \w something|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*}.   
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus taught in the synagogue, and the people who heard him were amazed and offended.  
\sr Mark 6:1-6a  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add Capernaum city and went to his hometown, Nazareth\add*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 ◄\w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish rest \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►, \add he entered\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish worship house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people\add*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* listening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1605"\w*. \add But some\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add This man is just an ordinary person like we are! So ◄we cannot believe that\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add is able to teach us\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G4183"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G4183"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* performing \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*!\add /how is it that\add* [RHQ] \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add is able to teach us\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G4183"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G4183"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* performing \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 3 ◄\add We know that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add just an ordinary\add* \w carpenter|strong="G5045"\w*!/Isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add just an ordinary\add* \w carpenter|strong="G5045"\w* [RHQ]?► \add We know him and his family! We know\add* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* mother! ◄\add We know\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*!/\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add younger\add* sisters \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*!/\w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add younger\add* sisters \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ]” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* despised \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add knew that they refused to believe in him\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add It is certainly true that\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* honor \add me and other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add in other places, but\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* hometowns! \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* honor \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!”   
\p
\v 5  \add So\add*, \w although|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w sick|strong="G3641"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* touching \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add decided\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4160"\w* \add other\add* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \add in Nazareth\add* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Messiah.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* believe \add in him\add*.  
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* two-by-two \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* power \w and|strong="G2532"\w* instructions.  
\sr Mark 6:6b-13  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add and his disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w* \add in that region\add* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people\add*.  
\v 7  \add One day\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add told them that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* two-by-two \add to teach people in various towns\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \add to expel\add* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \add from people\add*.  
\v 8-9 He also instructed them to wear sandals and to take along a walking stick when they were traveling. He told them not to take food, nor a bag \add in which travelers carry supplies\add*, nor any money for their journey. He also did not allow them to take extra clothing. \add He wanted the people who heard their message to give them what they needed\add*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* instructed \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w*, \add if someone invites you to stay in his house\add*, \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. Eat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sleep \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w*.  
\v 11 Wherever \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wherever \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w shake|strong="G1621"\w* \w off|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dust|strong="G5522"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w leave|strong="G1607"\w* \add that place\add*. \w By|strong="G2532"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* warn \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God will punish them for rejecting your message\add*.”  
\v 12  \add So\add* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* disciples \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add to various towns\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* people \w should|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* expelling \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \add from people\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* anointing \w many|strong="G4183"\w* sick \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healing|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G1544"\w*.   
\s1 King Herod heard about Jesus and wondered if he was John the Baptizer, come back after King Herod had ordered John to be executed due to the insistence of his wife, Herodias.  
\sr Mark 6:14-29  
\p
\v 14  \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add* heard \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add what\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add was doing\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \add about it. Some\add* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add about Jesus\add*, “\add He must be\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Baptizer! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* life! \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add has God’s\add* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perform \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add about Jesus\add*, “\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add the former prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \add whom God promised to send back again\add*.” \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add about Jesus\add*, “\add No\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \add different\add* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who lived long ago\add*.”  
\v 16 Having heard \add what the people were saying, King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add* himself repeatedly \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add performing those miracles\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add commanded my soldiers to\add* cut off \w his|strong="G3739"\w* head, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* come back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* life \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \add to get revenge for my killing him\add*!”  
\v 17 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \add King Herod concluded that John wanted revenge is as follows: Some time before this\add*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add still\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add younger\add* brother, \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*.  
\v 18 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w kept|strong="G3756"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*, “\add God’s\add* law \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* permit \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* marry \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* brother \add while he is still alive\add*.” \w Then|strong="G1063"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* Herodias \add urged him to put John in prison\add*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* himself sent \add soldiers to John\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* seized \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G1135"\w* put \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* prison.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \add further\add* revenge \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \add someone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* execute \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \add while John was in prison\add*, Herod \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* safe \add from her\add*.  
\v 20 \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* respected/\w feared|strong="G5399"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* holy \w man|strong="G1342"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G1492"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* liked \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add Herodias was able to have someone execute John when they honored/celebrated\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w*. \w On|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* invited \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add most important\add* government officials, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add most important\add* army \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most important \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* eat \add and celebrate with him\add*.  
\v 22  \add While they were eating\add*, \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w*’ \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w danced|strong="G3738"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* pleased \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w guests|strong="G4873"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w Ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w Whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* ask, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w up|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w half|strong="G2255"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* own \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rule, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* ask \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* punish \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add if I do not do what I have promised\add*!”  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* girl immediately \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \add told her what the king had said, and\add* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*?” \w Her|strong="G3588"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Ask the king to give you\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptizer!”  
\v 25 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* girl \w quickly|strong="G2112"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* room \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* requested, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* someone \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add cut off\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptizer \add and\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w once|strong="G1824"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w platter|strong="G4094"\w*, \add so that my mother can know he is dead\add*!”  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* distressed \add when he heard what she asked for\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* righteous \w man|strong="G3756"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*). \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \add what she requested because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* promised \add that he would give her anything she asked for\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* guests \add had heard him promise that\add*.  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* once \w ordered|strong="G2004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* executes prisoners \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add cut off\add* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add to the girl\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* man \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w head|strong="G2776"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add put it on\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w platter|strong="G4094"\w*, \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.  
\v 29 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* heard \add what happened\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add to the prison\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4430"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* buried \add it in a burial cave\add*.   
\s1 The apostles returned to Jesus to report what they had done. Then they all went off to a lonely place, but many people followed them.  
\sr Mark 6:30-34  
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\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add twelve\add* apostles returned \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add from the places to which they had gone\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \add to people\add*.  
\v 31 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \add with me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w no|strong="G3761"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* living, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w*!” \add He said this\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w continually|strong="G1519"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \add away again\add*, \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus and\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2119"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add or do anything else\add*.  
\v 32 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G2398"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* living.  
\v 33  \add But many\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \add that they were Jesus and the disciples, and they saw where they were going\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4936"\w* \add ahead on land\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add nearby\add* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \add where Jesus and his disciples were going\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add actually\add* arrived \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w before|strong="G4281"\w* \add Jesus and the disciples\add*.  
\v 34 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \add and his disciples\add* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat, \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add confused\add*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*.   
\s1 When it became late in the afternoon the people became hungry and there was no place to obtain food; as a result, Jesus miraculously provided food for them.  
\sr Mark 6:35-44  
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\v 35 \w Late|strong="G5610"\w* \add in the afternoon\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G5117"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w late|strong="G5610"\w*.  
\v 36  \add So \add* send \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* away \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w surrounding|strong="G2945"\w* farms \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can buy \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!”  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add No\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add yourselves\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* buy enough bread \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w feed|strong="G2068"\w* \add this crowd\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* much money \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man earns \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* 200 days!/\w How|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* buy enough bread \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w feed|strong="G2068"\w* \add this mob\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* much money \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man earns \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* 200 days?►” [RHQ]  
\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*? \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*!” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add went and\add* \w found|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add only\add* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* flat loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add cooked\add* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*!”  
\v 39 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* instructed \add the disciples to tell\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sit|strong="G3956"\w* down \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w green|strong="G5515"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w*.  
\v 40 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* people \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w groups|strong="G4237"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* 50 people \w in|strong="G2596"\w* some \w groups|strong="G4237"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 100 people \w in|strong="G2596"\w* other \w groups|strong="G4237"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* flat loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* towards \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \add God\add* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2622"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* pieces \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* distribute \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 42 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \add this food\add* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!  
\v 43 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* collected \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w full|strong="G4138"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \add of bread\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \add that were left over\add*.  
\v 44 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* approximately 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \add and fish. They did not even count the women and children\add*.   
\s1 Jesus sent his disciples ahead of him to Bethsaida by boat while he stayed to pray. Later he saw that they were in difficulty due to a wind blowing against them, so he went to them, walking on the water.  
\sr Mark 6:45-52  
\p
\v 45 \w Right|strong="G2117"\w* away \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethsaida \add town, which was\add* further \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \add Lake Galilee. He stayed and\add* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 46 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hills \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.  
\v 47 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add disciples’\add* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w himself|strong="G3441"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 48 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add blowing\add* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w rowed|strong="G1643"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* difficulty. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* approached \w them|strong="G3588"\w* early \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* morning, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* dark, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* water. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w intended|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 49 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ghost|strong="G5326"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* screamed  
\v 50 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w terrified|strong="G5399"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w talked|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G1510"\w* calm! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \add because\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 51 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* got \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \add and sat down\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* wind \add immediately \add*\w stopped|strong="G2869"\w* blowing. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w completely|strong="G3029"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \add about what he had done\add*.  
\v 52  \add Although they had seen Jesus multiply\add* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \add bread and the fish\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add from that how powerful he was, as they should have\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* think clearly \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w*.   
\s1 As soon as Jesus and his disciples reached land and disembarked, people began to come to Jesus, bringing sick people in order that he might heal them, and he healed all who touched him.  
\sr Mark 6:53-56  
\p
\v 53 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w further|strong="G1909"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \add Lake Galilee in a boat, they came to the shore at Gennesaret town\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tied \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 54 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \add the people there\add* \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*.  
\v 55 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G2532"\w* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* district \add in order to tell others that Jesus was there\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add placed\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* stretchers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G2192"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add people say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 56 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w*, \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w other|strong="G2443"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1531"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplaces \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* sick. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add sick people\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* touch \add him or\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* edge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \add in order that Jesus might heal them\add*. \w All|strong="G3745"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* touched \add him or his robe\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w*.   
\c 7  
\s1 Some Pharisees and scribes criticized Jesus about his disciples disobeying the traditions of the elders. Jesus replied, showing that their attitudes and practices were mistaken.  
\sr Mark 7:1-23  
\p
\v 1  \add One day some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add to investigate him\add*.  
\v 2-4 The Pharisees and all of the \add other\add* Jews \add strictly\add* observe the traditions that their ancestors \add taught. For example, they refuse to\add* eat until they first wash their hands \add with a special ritual\add*, especially after they \add return\add* from \add buying things in\add* the marketplace. \add They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched\add* ◄\add them/the things they bought\add*►. There are many other such \add traditions\add* that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash \add in a special way\add* their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds \add in order that using these things will not make God reject them\add*.   
\p
\v 5 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws saw \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* food \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* washed \add using the special ritual\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w questioned|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, saying, “\add Your\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* disobey \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ancestors! ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add let them\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* food \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* washed \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \add using our special ritual\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add let them\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* food \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* washed \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \add using our special ritual\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \add rebuked your ancestors\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* words describe \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* only pretend \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w*! \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* words \add that God said\add*:  
\q1 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \add as if they\add* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* [SYN] really \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* think \w about|strong="G4012"\w* honoring \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* is useless \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G1321"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* only \w what|strong="G1161"\w* people \w have|strong="G1473"\w* commanded \add as if I myself had commanded them\add*.   
\p
\v 8 You, \add like your ancestors\add*, refuse \add to do\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w*. Instead, you follow only \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w others|strong="G3588"\w*/\w your|strong="G3588"\w* ancestors► \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \add taught\add*.”  
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add You think\add* [IRO] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* clever \w in|strong="G2532"\w* refusing \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w*!  
\v 10  \add For example, our ancestor\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add wrote God’s\add* \w command|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w*’. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote, ‘\add The authorities must\add* execute \w a|strong="G2532"\w* person \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaks|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2551"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.’  
\v 11-12 But you \add teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people\add* give their things to God \add instead of giving them to their parents\add*. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you \add to provide for you, I have now promised to\add* give to God. So I \add cannot any longer help you\add*!’ As a result, you are \add actually telling people\add* that they no longer have to help their parents!  
\v 13 \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* disregard \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* commanded! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* teach \w your|strong="G2532"\w* own \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add and tell them strongly that they should obey them\add* \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.”   
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add to come closer. Then\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add figuratively\add*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \add Try to\add* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* [DOU] \add what I am about to tell you\add*.  
\v 15-16 Nothing that people eat causes \add God to\add* consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s ◄inner beings/hearts► that causes God to reject them.”   
\p
\v 17 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* left \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add that he had just spoken\add*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\add I am disappointed that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \add what it means\add*!/\w Why|strong="G1519"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \add what it means\add*?► [RHQ] ◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* ought \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add enters us from\add* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God to\add* \w consider|strong="G2840"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*./\w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add enters us from\add* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God to\add* \w consider|strong="G2840"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 19 Instead \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w entering|strong="G1531"\w* \add and ruining\add* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w*/souls, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w goes|strong="G1531"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* stomachs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* afterwards \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* passes \w out|strong="G1607"\w* \add of our bodies\add*.” \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* declaring \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add can eat\add* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* causing \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* reject \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \add thoughts and actions\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w come|strong="G1607"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* within \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w consider|strong="G2840"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 Specifically, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s innermost being \add that causes them to\add* think \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*; \w they|strong="G3588"\w* act immorally, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* steal \add things\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* commit \w murder|strong="G5408"\w*.  
\v 22 They \add commit\add* \w adultery|strong="G3430"\w*, they are greedy, they \add act\add* maliciously, they deceive \add people\add*. They \add act\add* indecently, they \w envy|strong="G3788"\w* \add people\add*, they speak \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* about others, they are proud, \w and|strong="G3788"\w* they \add act\add* foolishly.  
\v 23 \w People|strong="G3956"\w* think \add these thoughts\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* actions, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* causes \add God to\add* \w consider|strong="G2840"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus went to the region around Tyre to be away from people, but they learned of it, and a woman came to ask him to expel an evil spirit from her daughter.  
\sr Mark 7:24-30  
\p
\v 24 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \add and his disciples\add* left \add Galilee district\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w* around \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*. \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w desired|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add it\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* soon \w found|strong="G1097"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add that he was there\add*.  
\v 25 \w A|strong="G2192"\w* certain \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2365"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add within her\add*, heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w*. \w At|strong="G4314"\w* \w once|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* prostrated herself \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*.  
\v 26 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \add was not a Jew. Her ancestors came\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Greece \add country\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1085"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add the region around\add* Phoenicia \add town\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Syria district. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs\add* [MET], \add he\add* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* eat \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* someone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food \add the mother has prepared\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add little\add* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w*.”  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God\add* [MET], \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \add what you say is\add* correct, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add little\add* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* lie \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w*, \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crumbs|strong="G5589"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \add drop\add*.”  
\v 29  \add Jesus\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \add you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add home, because I have caused\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*.”  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* woman returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w her|strong="G1519"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lying \add quietly\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w*.   
\s1 When Jesus went back to Lake Galilee, some people brought a deaf-mute man to Jesus and asked him to heal the man, which he did.  
\sr Mark 7:31-37  
\p
\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \add and his disciples\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w* around \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \add north\add* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* \add city\add*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add toward the east\add* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w district|strong="G3725"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Ten Towns, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add south\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the towns near\add* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*.  
\v 32  \add There\add*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G5342"\w* hardly talk. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in order to heal him\add*.  
\v 33  \add So Jesus\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add in order that the two of them could be\add* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \add one of\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w fingers|strong="G1147"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add each of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*. \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spat|strong="G4429"\w* \add on his fingers\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w* \add with his fingers\add*.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sighed|strong="G4727"\w* \add because he was concerned for the man\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add in his own language\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w*’s \add ears\add*, “\w Ephphatha|strong="G2188"\w*”, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G1510"\w* \w opened|strong="G1272"\w* {Open \w up|strong="G1519"\w*}!”.  
\v 35 \w At|strong="G3588"\w* once \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w could|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w plainly|strong="G3723"\w* [MTY]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* clearly \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \add what was causing him to be unable to speak\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* healed {\w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* healed \add what was causing him to be unable to speak\add*}.  
\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\add the people/his friends\add*► \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add what he had done\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \w although|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w ordered|strong="G1291"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \add and others\add* repeatedly \add not to tell anyone about it\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w*.  
\v 37  \add People who heard about it\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w utterly|strong="G5249"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add enthusiastically\add*, “\w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* wonderful! \add Besides doing other amazing things\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* enables \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* enables \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* cannot \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*!”   
\c 8  
\s1 Again Jesus provided food miraculously for a great crowd who gathered to hear him and became hungry.  
\sr Mark 8:1-10  
\p
\v 1 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* gathered \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \add After they had been there a couple days\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add to come closer\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* third \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \add left\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w feel|strong="G4697"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \add while they are still\add* \w hungry|strong="G3523"\w*, \add some of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w faint|strong="G1590"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G3113"\w* \w away|strong="G3113"\w*.”  
\v 4  \add Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of\add* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* replied, “◄\w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* possibly find food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w satisfy|strong="G5526"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* crowd, \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G2047"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*!/\w How|strong="G3754"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* find food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w satisfy|strong="G5526"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* crowd, \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w place|strong="G2047"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*?►” [RHQ]  
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add We have\add* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add flat loaves\add*.”  
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G3853"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, “Sit down \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*!” \add After they sat down\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* loaves, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \add God for them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add into pieces\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* distribute \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to the people\add*.  
\v 7  \add They found that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add also\add* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* \add dried\add* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3004"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* disciples, “Distribute \w these|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.” \add After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd\add*,  
\v 8 \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* plenty \add to\add* \w satisfy|strong="G5526"\w* \add them\add*. \add The disciples\add* collected \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G4051"\w* \w over|strong="G4051"\w*. \add They filled\add* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w large|strong="G4711"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \w full|strong="G5526"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w*.  
\v 9  \add They estimated that\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 4,000 \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who ate on that day\add*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* crowd. \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add around Lake Galilee\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Dalmanutha|strong="G1148"\w* \w district|strong="G3313"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus rebuked those who insisted on him performing more miracles, and rebuked the disciples when they worried about not having enough food with them.  
\sr Mark 8:11-21  
\p
\v 11  \add In those days some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to perform\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add that would show that\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add had sent him\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add find a way by which they could\add* convince \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* reject \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add So\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w argue|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* sighed quietly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* himself, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* disgusted \w that|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ], \add even though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* seen \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add have healed people\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* keep \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w perform|strong="G1325"\w* \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*! Note \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w Such|strong="G3778"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* shown {\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*} \add just\add* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*!”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add with his disciples\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* further around \add Lake Galilee\add*.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w forgotten|strong="G1950"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add enough\add* food. Specifically, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* flat loaf \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*.  
\v 15  \add As they were going\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* warned \w them|strong="G3588"\w* against \add the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* careful! \w Beware|strong="G3708"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*!”  
\v 16  \add The disciples misunderstood him\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w one|strong="G3756"\w* another, “\add He must have said that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* bread.”  
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \add what they were discussing among themselves\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\add I am disappointed that you are\add* \w discussing|strong="G1260"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* enough bread!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w discussing|strong="G1260"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* enough bread?► [RHQ] ◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \add that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food\add*?► [RHQ] ◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* thinking!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* thinking?► [RHQ]  
\v 18 ◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add understand what you\add* see!/Why \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add understand what you\add* see?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* understand \add what I say\add* [RHQ]!” \add Then he asked\add*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \add what happened\add*  
\v 19 \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \add only\add* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* loaves \add and fed\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 5.000 \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ]? \add Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over\add* \w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \add that were left over\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* collect?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* collected \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w full|strong="G4134"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* broke \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* loaves \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add feed\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 4,000 \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \add again when everyone had plenty to eat\add*, \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w large|strong="G4711"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \add of pieces of bread that were left over\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* collect?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add We collected\add* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add large baskets full\add*.”  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\add I am disappointed that\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \add that you should never worry that you do not have enough food\add*!/Why \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \add that you should never worry that you do not have enough food\add*?►” [RHQ]   
\s1 Jesus healed a blind man.  
\sr Mark 8:22-26  
\p
\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \add in the boat\add* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* Bethsaida \add town\add*. \w People|strong="G3870"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w requested|strong="G3870"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* touch \w him|strong="G3870"\w* \add in order to heal him\add*.  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, led \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* saliva \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="G3659"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* see \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*?”  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* cannot \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add clearly\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w*!”  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blind man. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w intently|strong="G1227"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* moment \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* completely healed! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1689"\w* \w see|strong="G1227"\w* everything \w clearly|strong="G5081"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2968"\w*! \add First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did\add*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.   
\s1 On the way to the villages near the city of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples what people were saying about who he was and, then, what they thought.  
\sr Mark 8:27-30  
\p
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town\add*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w questioned|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Some people say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptizer, \add who has come back to life again\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add that you are the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \add who has returned from heaven as God promised\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other former\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who has come back to life again\add*.”  
\v 29 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?” \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add We believe that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*!”  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w warned|strong="G2008"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* strongly \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3367"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add yet that he was the Messiah\add*.   
\s1 Jesus spoke plainly to his disciples about his coming death and resurrection.  
\sr Mark 8:31-33  
\p
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Even though\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* rejected \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws reject \w me|strong="G1163"\w*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1163"\w*}. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* third \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after I am killed I\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* clearly. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w aside|strong="G4355"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because he assumed that the Messiah would never die\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuke|strong="G2008"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add for talking about dying\add*.  
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Stop thinking like \w that|strong="G3754"\w*! \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \add is causing you to talk like that! Instead\add* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* wanting \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \add me to do, you are wanting\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add only\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add most\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add would want me to do\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus explained to the crowd and his disciples what is required if anyone wants to be Jesus’ disciple.  
\sr Mark 8:34—9:1  
\p
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add so that they might listen to him\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \add of you\add* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add only\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. Specifically, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \add be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* forced \w to|strong="G2532"\w* carry \w crosses|strong="G4716"\w* [MET] \add to the places where they will be crucified\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 35  \add You must do that\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \add by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternally\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* killed \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add disciples\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add because of telling others my\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add forever with me\add*.  
\v 36 \w People|strong="G5590"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* everything \add they want\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* really gaining \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \add because they do not become my disciples!\add*/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gain|strong="G2770"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \add because they do not become my disciples\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 37 ◄\add Think carefully about the fact that\add* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* absolutely \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add to God\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* gain eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w*!/\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add to God\add* \w in|strong="G1063"\w* order \w to|strong="G1325"\w* gain eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 38 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* refuse \add to say that they belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* reject \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* days \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G2064"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \add from God\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sinful, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* refuse \add to say that they belong to me\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* holy angels \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w brightness|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w*!”   
\c 9  
\p
\v 1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add his disciples\add*, “Listen carefully! \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ruling powerfully \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add many ways\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus took Peter, James and John up a high mountain where his appearance changed, and Moses and Elijah appeared and talked to Jesus.  
\sr Mark 9:2-8  
\p
\v 2 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* week \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add James’ younger brother\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G5308"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*. \add While they were\add* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* appeared \w very|strong="G2532"\w* different \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w His|strong="G1909"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* dazzling \w white|strong="G3022"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* whiter \w than|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* bleaching \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4  \add Two prophets who had lived long ago\add*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* began \w talking|strong="G4814"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 5  \add After a short time\add*, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add interrupted by\add* exclaiming, “Teacher, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wonderful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* allow \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w shelters|strong="G4633"\w*. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \add will be\add* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add will be\add* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add will be\add* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*!”  
\v 6  \add He said this\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add he wanted to say something, but\add* \w he|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1063"\w* \w and|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \add two disciples\add* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* awestruck.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add shining\add* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w appeared|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w covered|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add God\add* [EUP] spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* saying, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Therefore\add*, listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add the three disciples\add* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1819"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \add else\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told them that the one like Elijah has already come and been evilly treated, but that the Messiah would also be evilly treated.  
\sr Mark 9:9-13  
\p
\v 9 \w While|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G1334"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add yet\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, ◄rise \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*/\w become|strong="G3361"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*► \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* die.”  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add for a long time\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* discussed \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w meant|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* ◄rise \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*/\w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*► \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 11  \add The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G4413"\w* \add the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?\add*”  
\v 12-13  \add Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So\add* he answered them, “It is true that \add God promised to send Elijah to come\add* first \add so that people would be ready when I came\add*. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {\add the prophets\add* prophesied} long ago. But, ◄I also want you to consider what is written {what \add the prophets\add* wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what \add the prophets\add* wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?► [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that \add many people\add* would reject me}.”   
\s1 Jesus expelled an evil spirit and later explained to the disciples why they had failed to do that.  
\sr Mark 9:14-29  
\p
\v 14  \add Jesus and those three disciples\add* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* where \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* surprised \add to see him come\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w*?”  
\v 17 \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* answered \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add here in order that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add would heal him\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add that makes him\add* unable \w to|strong="G4314"\w* talk.  
\v 18 \w Whenever|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* attacks \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w throws|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w down|strong="G4486"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* foams \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mouth, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w grinds|strong="G5149"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* becomes stiff. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* expel \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G4314"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add although you\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* observed \w how|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* help \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* believe \add that you are able to do anything\add*!/Why \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add although you\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* observed \w how|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* help \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* believe \add that you are able to do anything\add*?► [RHQ] ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w*, \add and you still cannot do what I do\add*!/\w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add before you can do what I do\add*?► [RHQ] \w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* boy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w shook|strong="G4952"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy severely, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the boy\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* rolled \w around|strong="G4314"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* foamed \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mouth.  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, “\w How|strong="G5613"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*?” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add This started to happen\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w child|strong="G3812"\w*.  
\v 22  \add The spirit does not only do this\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* throws \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w pity|strong="G4697"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Do not say\add* [RHQ] ‘\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*’, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add God/I\add* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him/me\add*!”  
\v 24 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w*’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly\add*. Help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* more strongly!”  
\v 25 \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \add Jesus wanted to heal the boy before\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* bigger, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add causing this boy to be\add* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* unable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w command|strong="G2004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3371"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w*!”  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* shook \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy violently, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* move. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* seemed \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* body. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*!”  
\v 27 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \add He was healed\add*!  
\v 28 Later, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G1519"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* expel \add the evil spirit\add*?”  
\v 29 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* expel \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w kind|strong="G1085"\w* \add of evil spirit\add* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \add that God will give you the power to do it\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w other|strong="G3762"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* expel \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus was teaching his disciples that he would be handed over to other men, killed, and become alive again; but they did not understand what he was saying.  
\sr Mark 9:30-32  
\p
\v 30 \w After|strong="G1223"\w* \add Jesus and his disciples \add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add district\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traveled \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \add else \add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \add that he was in their area\add*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*  
\v 31  \add anyone to interrupt him\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Some day my enemies\add* [SYN] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* seize [MTY] \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \add to other\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* third \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G3004"\w*}, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus taught his disciples by illustration about what kind of person God considers important.  
\sr Mark 9:33-37  
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add town\add*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w discussing|strong="G1260"\w* \add while we were traveling\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*?”  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* not reply. \add They were ashamed to reply\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \add while they were traveling\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w arguing|strong="G1256"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add would be\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \add when Jesus became king\add*.  
\v 35 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \add to come close to him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \add God to consider him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most important \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \add consider himself\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* least important \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* serve \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add else\add*.”  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G2476"\w* \w him|strong="G2476"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w arms|strong="G1723"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*,  
\v 37 “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w*, \add because they love\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \add God considers that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* welcoming \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* welcoming \add God\add*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught his disciples about who is for him and who is against him.  
\sr Mark 9:38-41  
\p
\v 38 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* expelling \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, ◄\add claiming he had\add* authority \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to do that/while telling people\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add have told him to do it\add*►. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2967"\w* doing \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add disciples\add*.”  
\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add not to do that\add*! \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* evilly \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w performs|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G1411"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add have told him to do it\add*.  
\v 40 \w Furthermore|strong="G1063"\w*, \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* opposing \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add achieve the same goals that\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 41 \w Also|strong="G5210"\w* think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who belong to me who help you in any way, even\add* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \add just\add* \w give|strong="G4222"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* follow \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* rewarded \add by God\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus taught his disciples about sin and its result.  
\sr Mark 9:42-48  
\p
\v 42  \add Jesus also said\add*, “\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G4624"\w* \w someone|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \add God will severely punish you\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add socially unimportant like\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* child. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w someone|strong="G1520"\w* \w tied|strong="G4029"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavy|strong="G3684"\w* stone \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* thrown {\w and|strong="G2532"\w* threw \w you|strong="G3739"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \add you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely\add* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add if you cause a person who believes in me to sin\add*.  
\v 43-44  \add So\add*, if you are \add wanting to use one of\add* [MTY, PRS] \add your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to\add* cut your hand off and throw it away \add to avoid sinning, do it\add* [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, \add even though you lack one of\add* your hands \add while you are here on earth\add*. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out!  
\v 45-46 If you are \add wanting to use\add* one of [PRS] your feet to sin, \add stop using your foot! Even if you have to\add* cut off your foot \add to avoid sinning, do it\add* [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, \add even though\add* you lack one of your feet \add while you are here on earth\add*. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell.  
\v 47 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* see [MTY, PRS] \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* tempted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \add stop looking at those things\add*! \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* gouge \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w throw|strong="G1544"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G4624"\w* [HYP] \add to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of\add* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \add while you are here on earth\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w puts|strong="G1544"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* whole \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*.  
\v 48 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* forever \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fires \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w put|strong="G5053"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* {\w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*}.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we must endure trials to remain useful to God.  
\sr Mark 9:49-50  
\p
\v 49 “\add You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like\add* \w a|strong="G1063"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \add that makes things pure\add* [MET]. \add Your enduring is also like\add* [MET] salt being \w put|strong="G3956"\w* \add on\add* {\w people|strong="G3956"\w* putting salt on \w their|strong="G3956"\w*} \add sacrifices to make them pure\add*.  
\v 50 Salt \w is|strong="G3588"\w* useful \add to put on food\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w cannot|strong="G5101"\w* [RHQ] \w make|strong="G2532"\w* salt \w to|strong="G2532"\w* taste salty \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w becomes|strong="G1096"\w* flavorless [MET]. Similarly, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w remain|strong="G1096"\w* useful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless\add*. \w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* peacefully \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*.”   
\c 10  
\s1 Some Pharisees asked him if the law permitted a man to divorce his wife. Jesus answered and supported his answer from Scripture.  
\sr Mark 10:1-12  
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* left ◄\w that|strong="G3588"\w* place/Capernaum► \add with his disciples\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* through \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w district|strong="G3725"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \add to the east side of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*. \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4848"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* customarily \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 2  \add While he was teaching them, some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Does|strong="G4334"\w* \add our Jewish\add* law permit \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* divorce \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* criticize \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add whether he answered “yes” or “no”\add*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w command|strong="G1781"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \add ancestors about a man divorcing his wife\add*?”  
\v 4  \add One of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w permitted|strong="G2010"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w write|strong="G1125"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* paper \add his reason\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* divorcing \add his wife\add*, \add give this paper to her\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* send \w her|strong="G3588"\w* away.”  
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \add ancestors\add* stubbornly wanted \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* desired \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Moses \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* law \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \add your ancestors\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are just like them\add*!  
\v 6  \add Remember\add* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add also wrote that, when God\add* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \add people\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \add one\add* \w man|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add one\add* \w woman|strong="G2338"\w* \add to become that man’s wife\add*.  
\v 7 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* explains why \add God said\add*, ‘\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add and\add* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* marry, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w* \add after they marry\add*.  
\v 8 Instead, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \add live together, and they shall\add* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \add closely united\add* [MET] \add that they are like\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w*.’ \w Therefore|strong="G5620"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who marry\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add separate persons\add* \w before|strong="G1519"\w*, \add God regards them\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \add so he wants them to remain married\add*.  
\v 9 \w Because|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \add wife\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w joined|strong="G4801"\w* \add to him, because God’s plan is for them to remain together\add*!”   
\p
\v 10 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* alone \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, so he considers\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* divorces \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* committing \w adultery|strong="G3429"\w*, \add even\add* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* divorces \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w first|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 12  \add God also considers\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w who|strong="G3588"\w* divorces \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* husband \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* committing \w adultery|strong="G3429"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* man.”   
\s1 Jesus became indignant when he saw his disciples scolding people for bringing children for him to bless them.  
\sr Mark 10:13-16  
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\v 13  \add One day\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w bringing|strong="G4374"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* touch \add and bless\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w scolded|strong="G2008"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \add because they thought that Jesus\add* ◄\add did not want to be bothered spending time with/was not concerned about\add*► \add children\add*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* angry. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add disciples\add*, “Allow \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w forbid|strong="G2967"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [DOU]! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add are humble and trust as they do\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* experience ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s rule \add in their lives\add*/\w God|strong="G2316"\w* taking care \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*► [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].  
\v 15 Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add trustingly\add* allow \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* direct \add their lives\add*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \add do\add*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rules.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* embraced \w the|strong="G2532"\w* children. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 After a man asked Jesus what he should do in order to live eternally, Jesus told him to sell all his possessions, which astonished the disciples.  
\sr Mark 10:17-31  
\p
\v 17 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* starting \w to|strong="G1519"\w* travel \add again with his disciples\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add young\add* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1120"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w Good|strong="G5101"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*/\w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God\add* eternally?”  
\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* consider carefully \add what you are implying\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \add that you are implying that I am God\add*) \add by\add* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* realize \add what you are implying\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \add that you are implying that I am God\add*) \add by\add* \w calling|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ] \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*  
\v 19  \add But to answer your question\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w* \add of Moses, which will cause you to live eternally if you obey them perfectly\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \add things such as\add* ‘\w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w* anyone, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄testify falsely/lie►, \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* cheat anyone, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*’.”  
\v 20 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* obeyed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* commandments ever \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* young. \add So is\add* ◄\add that enough/there something else that I have not done\add*►?”  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* loved \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add yet done\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add home\add*, \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w possess|strong="G2192"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \add As a result\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* spiritually \w rich|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add you have done what I have told you\add*, \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add and be my disciple\add*!”  
\v 22 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* man \w became|strong="G3076"\w* disappointed \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* away \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w rich|strong="G2933"\w* \add and he did not want to give away everything\add*.  
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \add at the people\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* difficult \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w wealthy|strong="G5536"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add decide to\add* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives!”  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* surprised \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \add They thought that God favored the rich people, so if God did not save them, he would not save anyone\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1525"\w* dear friends, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* difficult \w for|strong="G1519"\w* anyone \add to decide\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w his|strong="G1519"\w* life.  
\v 25 \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* impossible \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w eye|strong="G5168"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w needle|strong="G4476"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* almost \w as|strong="G1519"\w* difficult [HYP] \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* \add to decide\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \add lives\add*.”  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1605"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*, ◄\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* unlikely \w that|strong="G3588"\w* anyone \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* anyone}!/\w will|strong="G5101"\w* \add God\add* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* anyone?► [RHQ]”  
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w then|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w impossible|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to save themselves\add*! \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \add save them\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w*!”  
\v 28 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add You know that\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* left behind \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* become \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*. \add So\add*, ◄\add what about us/will God <accept us/reward us>\add*►?”  
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* left \add their\add* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w*, \add their\add* brothers, \add their\add* sisters, \add their\add* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add their\add* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \add their\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add their\add* plots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add be\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add disciples\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add proclaim\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w*,  
\v 30 \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* 100 \w times|strong="G2540"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G1542"\w* \add as they left behind. That will include houses and people as dear as\add* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* plots \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ground. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* persecute \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add here on earth because they believe in me\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* future \w age|strong="G2540"\w* \add they\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add have\add* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*/\w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God\add* eternally►.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add warn you all\add*: \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add now consider yourselves\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* important \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* unimportant \add at that future time\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add now consider yourselves\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* unimportant \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* important \add at that future time\add*!”   
\s1 As they were traveling toward Jerusalem, Jesus took the disciples aside and began to tell them again about what was going to happen to him.  
\sr Mark 10:32-34  
\p
\v 32  \add Some days later as they continued to travel\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w walking|strong="G4254"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w leads|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w walking|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add The disciples/apostles\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w astonished|strong="G2284"\w* \add that he was going to where there were many people who opposed him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add about what would happen to him in Jerusalem. Along the way he took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 33 “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w* carefully! \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish laws \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* enabled {someone \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \w me|strong="G3708"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* declare \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \add even though\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman \add authorities\add*.  
\v 34 \w Those|strong="G2532"\w* men \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w ridicule|strong="G1702"\w* me. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w spit|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* me. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w scourge|strong="G3146"\w* me/whip me \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leaded whip.► \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill me. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* third \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!”   
\s1 After James and John requested to sit on the right and left of Jesus when he rules, Jesus told them what will happen and how they should act.  
\sr Mark 10:35-45  
\p
\v 35  \add Along the way\add*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \add who were\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*, approached \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w please|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*!”  
\v 36 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?”  
\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add rule\add* gloriously, \add let us rule with you\add*. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add sit\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* left \w side|strong="G1188"\w*.”  
\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* endure suffering [MTY] like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* suffer? \w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* endure \w being|strong="G2424"\w* killed [MTY] \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* killed {\w people|strong="G1492"\w* killing \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*}?”  
\v 39 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \add to do that\add*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add It is true that\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* endure suffering [MTY] like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* endure \w being|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* killing \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*}.  
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* chooses \w the|strong="G1537"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* next \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add and rule with me. God will give\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* ones \w he|strong="G1161"\w* appoints.”   
\p
\v 41 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \add disciples later\add* heard \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add had requested\add*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add because they also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions\add*.  
\v 42 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \add enjoy\add* showing \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* powerful. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* officials enjoy commanding \w others|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*! \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* contrary, \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add God to consider them\add* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \add like\add* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 44 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \add God to consider him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most important, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \add act like\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 45  \add You should imitate me\add*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* {\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*}. \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1325"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* dying \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* payment \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rescue \add many people from being punished\add* {\add God punishing them\add*} \add for their sins\add*.”   
\s1 After a blind man called out and asked Jesus to have mercy on him, Jesus healed him.  
\sr Mark 10:46-52  
\p
\v 46  \add On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples came to Jericho town\add*. Afterwards, \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G1607"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* habitually \w begged|strong="G4319"\w* \add for money\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w beside|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w His|strong="G1519"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* Bartimaeus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* father’s name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Timaeus|strong="G5090"\w*.  
\v 47 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w* \add was passing by\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*! \add You who are the Messiah\add* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, ◄\w be|strong="G1510"\w* merciful \w to|strong="G2532"\w*/help► \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 48 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G4623"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*, “\add You who are the Messiah\add* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add King David\add*, ◄\w be|strong="G2532"\w* merciful \w to|strong="G2443"\w*/help► \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 49 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Call|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to come over here\add*!” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G5455"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* cheer \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \add and come\add*!”  
\v 50 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* threw aside \w his|strong="G4314"\w* \w cloak|strong="G2440"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* jumped \w up|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Sir, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add want to be able\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 52 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add I am\add* healing \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add because\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add in me\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add home\add*!” \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* see \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 They brought a young donkey to Jesus; then Jesus mounted it and rode to Jerusalem with people shouting and praising him as they went along.  
\sr Mark 11:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethphage \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Bethany \add villages\add* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add summoned\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w ahead|strong="G2713"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w enter|strong="G1531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* see \w a|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w ever|strong="G3768"\w* ridden, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w*} \w up|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add to me\add*.  
\v 3 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*?’, \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, \add ‘Jesus\add*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \add to use\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* send \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \add with someone\add* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add he no longer needs it\add*.’”  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add the two disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* young donkey. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* close \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \add of a house\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w beside|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* street. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w untied|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who were there\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey?”  
\v 6 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* permitted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to take the donkey\add*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* donkey \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \add The disciples\add* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add in order to make something for him to sit on\add*.  
\v 8 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w spread|strong="G4766"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add to honor him as a king\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w*, \add in order to honor him\add*, \w spread|strong="G4766"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w branches|strong="G4746"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add palm trees\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fields \add beside the road\add*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4254"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* behind \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \add things like\add*, “\w Praise|strong="G2127"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*!” “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* ◄\w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* authority/\w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* representative► [MTY].”  
\v 10 “\w May|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* {\w May|strong="G2064"\w* \add God\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*} \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* rule \add like\add* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* ruled!” “\w Praise|strong="G2127"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w highest|strong="G5310"\w* heaven!”   
\p
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add with them\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w around|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add there\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the city\add* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w late|strong="G5610"\w* \add in the afternoon\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethany \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples and slept there\add*.   
\s1 Jesus cursed a fig tree as a sign of what would happen to the people of Israel.  
\sr Mark 11:12-14  
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G3588"\w* Bethany, \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* its \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add to it\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \add figs\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add normal fig trees have ripe\add* \w figs|strong="G4810"\w*.  
\v 14  \add But to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel,\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tree, “\w No|strong="G3367"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w* \add because you will no longer bear figs\add*.” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus expelled those who were buying and selling goods in the Temple, and taught that the Temple was to be a place of prayer. These actions angered the priests and scribes who, then, looked for a way to kill Jesus.  
\sr Mark 11:15-19  
\p
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard. He saw people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* buying \add animals for sacrifices. They were spoiling the place of worship\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* chased \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add from the Temple courtyard.\add* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w overturned|strong="G2690"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* giving \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* tax \w money|strong="G2855"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* exchange \w for|strong="G1519"\w* Roman coins. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w overturned|strong="G2690"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seats|strong="G2515"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w doves|strong="G4058"\w* \add for sacrifices\add*,  
\v 16 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* allow \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \add to sell\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add area\add*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add One of the prophets\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures that God said\add*, ‘\add I want\add* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\add people\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*} \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w where|strong="G3956"\w* \add people from\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* pray’, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* bandits \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cave|strong="G4693"\w* \w where|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* hide! ◄\add You know that!/Do you not know that\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \add later\add* heard \add about what he had done\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* planned \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add but they knew that it would be difficult\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* realized \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w feared|strong="G5399"\w* \add that the people would soon decide that Jesus had more authority over the Temple than they did\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add feared what the people would do if they tried to arrest Jesus\add*).  
\v 19 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w evening|strong="G3796"\w*, \add Jesus and his disciples\add* left \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add and again slept in Bethany\add*.   
\s1 When Jesus and his disciples passed the fig tree that Jesus had cursed, they saw that it had withered. Jesus used this as an illustration for trusting that God would answer prayer.  
\sr Mark 11:20-25  
\p
\v 20  \add The next\add* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \add the road toward Jerusalem, they saw that the fig tree that Jesus had cursed\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w withered|strong="G3583"\w* completely.  
\v 21 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* remembered \add what Jesus had said to the fig tree\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher, \w look|strong="G3708"\w*! \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w cursed|strong="G2672"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w withered|strong="G3583"\w*!”  
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add You should not be surprised that God did what I asked\add*! \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* trust \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will do whatever you ask him to do\add*!  
\v 23  \add Also\add* note \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w*, ‘\w Be|strong="G1096"\w* \w raised|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* {Rise \w up|strong="G1519"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* thrown {throw \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*!’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w doubt|strong="G1252"\w* \add that what he asks for will happen\add*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asks \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, whenever \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \add God\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \add if you do, God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add for you\add*.  
\v 25-26 Now, I \add tell you this also\add*: Whenever you are praying, if you have a grudge against people \add because they have harmed you\add*, forgive them, in order that your Father in heaven will \add likewise\add* forgive your sins.”   
\s1 The chief priests, scribes and elders asked Jesus by what authority he was doing these things. He, then, asked them a question that they would not answer; so he did not answer theirs.  
\sr Mark 11:27-33  
\p
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \add there, a group consisting of\add* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \add some\add* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 28 “\w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* authorized \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add like those you did here yesterday\add*?”  
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Did|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add authorize\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* baptize \add those who came to him\add*?”  
\v 31 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* debated \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add as to what they should answer\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add said to each other\add*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add who authorized\add* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*?► [RHQ]’  
\v 32 \w On|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* hand, \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add who authorized John, then what will happen to us\add*?” \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add to say that about where John got his authority, because they knew that\add* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add would be very angry with them. They knew that\add* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* truly \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add whom God had sent\add*.  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add where John got his authority\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Because you did not answer my question, I\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add here yesterday\add*.”   
\c 12  
\s1 After Jesus told the Jewish leaders a parable, they realized that he was accusing them of wanting to kill him, but they feared how the people would react if they arrested Jesus.  
\sr Mark 12:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \add those Jewish leaders\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*. \add He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said\add*, “\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* man \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fence \w around|strong="G4060"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add in order to protect it\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2980"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stone tank \add to collect the juice that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w press|strong="G5276"\w* \add out of the grapes\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tower|strong="G4444"\w* \add for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w leased|strong="G1554"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vineyard \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* care \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add to\add* give \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add grapes\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* return. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1722"\w* country.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2590"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add grapes\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \add who were taking care of the vineyard\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* share \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* grapes \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w had|strong="G2532"\w* produced.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add after the servant arrived\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w him|strong="G2983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* give \w him|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G2983"\w* fruit. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2983"\w* away.  
\v 4 Later \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* owned \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* beat \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w on|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w head|strong="G2775"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 5 Later \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* servant. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* mistreated \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* servants \add whom he sent\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G4314"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \add person with him\add*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* loved \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* much. \w So|strong="G4314"\w*, \w finally|strong="G2078"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* sent \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1438"\w* \w respect|strong="G1788"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and give him some of the grapes\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add when they saw his son coming\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘Look! \w Here|strong="G1510"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* inherit \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard! \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w*’s kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w ours|strong="G1473"\w*!’  
\v 8 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* body \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* owns \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*?/\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* tell \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* owns \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* [RHQ]►. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w taking|strong="G1325"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* vineyard. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* arrange \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10  \add Now think carefully about these words\add*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* read \add in\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*:  
\p \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* rejected \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add put that same stone in its proper place, and\add* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w most|strong="G3037"\w* important \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* [MET]!  
\v 11 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w marvel|strong="G2298"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w look|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Jewish leaders\add* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* accusing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story \add about what those wicked people did\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \add would do if they did that\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away.   
\s1 Jesus foiled the Jewish leaders’ attempt to trap him by their question of whether they should pay taxes to the Roman government.  
\sr Mark 12:13-17  
\p
\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* members \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party \w that|strong="G2443"\w* supported Herod \add Antipas and the Roman government\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* wrong \add that would make one of those groups very angry with him\add*.  
\v 14 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add deceivingly\add*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add teach\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w concerned|strong="G3199"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add what\add* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \add say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say\add*. Instead, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* truthfully \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \add us to do\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add tell us what you think about this matter:\add* \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w taxes|strong="G2778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Roman government, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* [MTY]? \w Should|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w taxes|strong="G2778"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* knew \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* really want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* know \add what God wanted them to do\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add know that\add* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add just\add* \w trying|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* make \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* arrest \w me|strong="G1473"\w*./\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \add just\add* \w trying|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* make \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* arrest \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ] \add But I will answer your question anyway\add*. \w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* coin \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G1473"\w* \add ask you something after\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* coin, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Whose|strong="G5101"\w* picture \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add on\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add coin\add*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add whose\add* name \add is on it\add*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* picture \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* name \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \add the man who rules the Roman government\add*.”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add That is correct, so\add* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government [MTY] \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add require\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add requires\add*.” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add frustrated at his answer but\add* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \add because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said\add*.   
\s1 Jesus showed from Scripture that the Sadducees were wrong in ridiculing the idea of life after death.  
\sr Mark 12:18-27  
\p
\v 18  \add Men who belong to the\add* Sadducee \add sect\add* deny \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* die. \add In order to discredit\add* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of\add* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w*,  
\v 19 “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add Jews\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* dies, \w his|strong="G2983"\w* brother \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w marry|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dead \w man|strong="G5100"\w*’s widow. \add Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants\add*.  
\v 20  \add So here is an example\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* boys \add in one family\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* oldest \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \add a woman\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add he and his wife\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add later\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \add brother followed this law and\add* \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add later\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \add brother did\add* like \add his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died\add*.  
\v 22 Eventually \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add brothers married that woman, one by one\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. Afterwards \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Therefore|strong="G1063"\w*, \add if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die\add*, \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive again? ◄\add Keep in mind that\add* \w she|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add brothers\add*!/\w She|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add brothers, so how can anyone decide\add* [RHQ]?►”  
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* wrong [RHQ]. \w You|strong="G3778"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add what they have written in\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add about this\add*. \w You|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add to make people alive again\add*.  
\v 25  \add That woman will not be the wife of any of them\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w*, instead \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* having \w wives|strong="G5613"\w* \w and|strong="G3772"\w* women having husbands, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angels \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add who do not marry\add*.  
\v 26 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* becoming alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add wrote, he said something about people who have died\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* read [RHQ]. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add was looking at\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bush \add that was burning\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* Abraham \add worships\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \add worships\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \add worships\add*.’  
\v 27 \w It|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G2316"\w* worship \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w It|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G2316"\w* worship him. \add Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive\add*! So \w your|strong="G3756"\w* \add claim that dead people do not become alive again\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* wrong.”   
\s1 Jesus commended a scribe who accepted Jesus’ assessment of the two greatest commandments, after which they asked Jesus no more questions to trap him.  
\sr Mark 12:28-34  
\p
\v 28 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws heard \w their|strong="G2532"\w* discussion. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* answered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stepped \w forward|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most important?”  
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* answered, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w most|strong="G2316"\w* important commandment \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: ‘Listen, \add you people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*! \add You must worship\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w only|strong="G1520"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 30  \add You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live\add* Show \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want \w and|strong="G2532"\w* feel, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* next \add most important commandment\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* love \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* contact \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w much|strong="G3173"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* love \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.’ \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G5613"\w*!”  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \add you have answered\add* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w correctly|strong="G2573"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \add God\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add we must worship/obey\add*.  
\v 33 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* correctly \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\add should/must show that we\add*► love \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*, \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* think, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* correctly \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* love ◄\w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* contact/\w others|strong="G3588"\w*► \w as|strong="G5613"\w* much \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* love \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* implied \w that|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add pleases God\add* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w offering|strong="G2532"\w*/giving animals \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* burning \add other\add* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*.”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* wisely. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add I perceive that\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* soon \add decide to let\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G3762"\w*.” \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \add the Jewish leaders\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* afraid \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w* \add like that to try to trap him\add*.   
\s1 Jesus showed from Scripture that the Messiah must be David’s Lord as well as his descendant.  
\sr Mark 12:35-37  
\p
\v 35  \add Later\add*, \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the people\add*, “\w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, ◄\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add merely\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*!/\w why|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add merely\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 36 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* caused \w David|strong="G1138"\w* himself \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add about the Messiah\add*,  
\q1 \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, ‘\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* beside \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* highly honor \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* defeat \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*! [MTY]’   
\p
\v 37 \w Therefore|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* himself \w calls|strong="G3004"\w* \add the Messiah\add* ‘\w my|strong="G3004"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,’ ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Messiah cannot \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* descended \add from King David!\add*/\w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Messiah \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* descended \add from King David\add*?► [RHQ] \add He must be much greater than David\add*”! \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* listened \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w gladly|strong="G2234"\w* \add as he taught those things\add*.   
\s1 Jesus warned them about the scribes’ hypocritical actions.  
\sr Mark 12:38-40  
\p
\v 38 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \add the people\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Beware \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add do not act like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add like people to honor them, so\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w long|strong="G4749"\w* \w robes|strong="G4749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* \add in order to show people how important they are\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* greet \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add respectfully\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplaces.  
\v 39  \add They like to sit\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most important \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*/Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G4411"\w*►. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* festivals, \add they like to sit in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most honored \w people|strong="G3588"\w* sit.  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* ◄swindle/\w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w*► \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \add and property\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* cheating \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Then\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pretend \add that they are good\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w long|strong="G3117"\w* \w prayers|strong="G4336"\w* \add publicly. God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* severely!”   
\s1 Jesus told them that a poor widow’s tiny sacrificial offering was worth more in God’s sight than large amounts of money from rich people.  
\sr Mark 12:41-44  
\p
\v 41  \add Later\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \add in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G2334"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* box. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* amounts \add of money\add*.  
\v 42 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w small|strong="G3016"\w* \w copper|strong="G3016"\w* \w coins|strong="G3016"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G3016"\w* value.  
\v 43-44 He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, \add but\add* they gave \add only a small part of it\add*. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. \add So God considers that\add* this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus prophesied that the Temple would be completely destroyed.  
\sr Mark 13:1-2  
\p
\v 1 \w While|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G1607"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add area\add*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w how|strong="G4217"\w* marvelous \add these \add* huge \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \add in the walls are \add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4217"\w* \w wonderful|strong="G4217"\w* \add these\add* \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w* \add are\add*!”  
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2424"\w* \add at\add* [RHQ] \add are wonderful\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add want to tell you something about\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add soon\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G2647"\w* {\add Foreign invaders\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \add them\add*} \add completely, with the result that\add* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \add in this Temple area\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* left \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3037"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught his disciples about the events that will precede his coming again.  
\sr Mark 13:3-37  
\p
\v 3 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* arrived \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w* across \add the valley\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 4 “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \add that\add* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \add to the buildings of the Temple? Tell us what will happen that will show us that all these things that God has planned\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w finished|strong="G4931"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G4931"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that he has planned\add*}.”  
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add I cannot give you a simple answer to your questions. All I will say is\add*, beware \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w deceives|strong="G4105"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add concerning what will happen\add*!  
\v 6 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*/\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* authority► [MTY]. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add the Messiah\add*!’ \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w deceive|strong="G4105"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* tell \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* \add that are close\add* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* away, \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w troubled|strong="G2360"\w*. \add God has said\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*. \add But when they do happen, do not think\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* finish \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \add that he has planned\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* time!  
\v 8  \add Groups who live in various\add* countries \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fight \w each|strong="G2596"\w* other, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* governments \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fight \w each|strong="G2596"\w* other. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add big\add* \w earthquakes|strong="G4578"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w famines|strong="G3042"\w*. \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w*, \add when these things happen, people will have only just begun to suffer. The first things that they suffer will be like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* first \w pains|strong="G5604"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman \add suffers\add* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* child. \add They will suffer much more after that\add*.   
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\v 9 \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \add what people will do to you at that time\add*. \w Because|strong="G1909"\w* \add you believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* arrest \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2476"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* trial \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* religious \w councils|strong="G4892"\w*. ◄\w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*/\w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting places►, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w beaten|strong="G1194"\w* {others \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*}. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2476"\w* {\add People will put\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} \add on trial\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* presence \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* government authorities. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \add about me\add*.  
\v 10 \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2784"\w* {\add You\add* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add people in\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* people-groups \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \add God finishes all that he has planned\add*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* arrest \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* prosecute \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add because you believe in me\add*, \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worry|strong="G4305"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* happens \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. Instead, \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add God\add* \w puts|strong="G1325"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add who will be speaking through you\add*.  
\v 12  \add Other evil things will happen\add*: People \add who do not believe in me\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w betray|strong="G3860"\w*/help others seize► \w their|strong="G1438"\w* brothers \add and sisters\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add the government\add* can \w execute|strong="G2289"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Parents|strong="G1118"\w* \add will betray\add* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add the government\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*.  
\v 13  \add In general\add*, \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* most [HYP] \w people|strong="G3956"\w* {most [HYP] \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w*} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add you believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \add to trust in me strongly\add* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* life \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w finished|strong="G5056"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \add to trust in me strongly\add* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* life \w ends|strong="G5056"\w*}.   
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\v 14  \add During that time\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* disgusting \add thing/person that the prophet Daniel described\add* \w will|strong="G2476"\w* \w enter|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Temple. \w It|strong="G1161"\w*/\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2476"\w* defile \add the Temple when he enters it and will cause people to abandon it. When you see it/him standing there\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*/\w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w*, \add you should run away quickly\add* (\w May|strong="G1161"\w* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* reading \w this|strong="G3588"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add this warning from Jesus\add*!) \add At that time\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w flee|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add higher\add* hills.  
\v 15 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* outside \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w must|strong="G2597"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* order \w to|strong="G1909"\w* get \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \add before they run away\add*.  
\v 16 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add working\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* field \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w return|strong="G1994"\w* \add to their houses\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \add additional\add* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \add before they flee\add*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* feel \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1161"\w* women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w nursing|strong="G2337"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w babies|strong="G2337"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \add because it will be very difficult for them to run away\add*  
\v 18-19 In those days people will suffer very severely. People have never suffered like that since the time when God first created the world until now; and people will not \add suffer that way\add* again. \add So\add* pray that \add this painful time\add* will not happen in ◄winter/the rainy season►, \add when it will be hard to travel\add*.  
\v 20 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add decided that he would\add* shorten \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add when people suffer so much\add*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \add decided to\add* shorten \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add he is concerned about you\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w* [DOU].  
\v 21-22  \add At that time people who will\add* falsely \add say that they are\add* Messiahs and prophets will appear. Then they will perform many kinds ◄of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do► [DOU]. They will even try to deceive \add you\add* people whom God has chosen, \add but they will not\add* be able to do that. So at that time if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or \add if someone says\add*, ‘Look, he is over there!’ do not believe it!  
\v 23 \w Be|strong="G3956"\w* alert! Remember \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* warned \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G4302"\w* \add it happens.\add*   
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\v 24 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffer|strong="G1325"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* become dark, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* shine,  
\v 25 \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w* {\add God will cause\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G4531"\w*}.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w* powerfully \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gloriously.  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G1996"\w* \w together|strong="G1996"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add everywhere, and that includes\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G1537"\w* remote places \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* [IDM, DOU].   
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\v 28 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add want you to\add* \w learn|strong="G3129"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add the way\add* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* trees \add grow\add*. \add In this area\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* buds \w become|strong="G1096"\w* tender \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sprout, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w summer|strong="G2330"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*.  
\v 29 Similarly, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add what I have just described\add* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \add the time for me to return\add* [MTY]. \add It will be as though I am\add* already \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* [HEN].  
\v 30 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* mind: \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* observed \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* events \add that I have just told you about\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* die.  
\v 31 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* can \add be certain that\add* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that I have prophesied\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen. \add You can be more certain of that than\add* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* can \add be certain that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* exact \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add when I will return\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angels \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*. \w Even|strong="G3761"\w* \add I do not know.\add* \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\v 33 \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* ready, \add like people who are waiting for an important man to come\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \add when all these events will happen\add*!  
\v 34 \w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G1538"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2443"\w* travel \add to a distant place\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add about to\add* \w leave|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* manage \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \add He tells\add* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w doorkeeper|strong="G2377"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ready \add for his return\add*.  
\v 35  \add That man must always be\add* ready, \add because he does not know whether\add* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* return \w in|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evening|strong="G3796"\w*, \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*, \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rooster crows, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* dawn. \add Similarly\add*, \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w also|strong="G3767"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \add always\add* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* ready, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add when I will return\add*.  
\v 36  \add May it not happen that\add* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w*, \w I|strong="G2064"\w* \w will|strong="G2064"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ready!  
\v 37 \w These|strong="G3956"\w* words \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* am \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add disciples\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* am \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \add who believes in me: Always\add* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* ready!” \add That is what Jesus warned his disciples\add*.   
\c 14  
\s1 The Jewish leaders planned how they could arrest Jesus without starting a riot.  
\sr Mark 14:1-2  
\p
\v 1 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add people\add* ◄\add celebrated/started to celebrate\add*► \add for one week the\add* festival \add which they called\add* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*. \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* celebrated \w the|strong="G1722"\w* festival \w of|strong="G2250"\w* ◄Unleavened Bread/\add eating\add* bread \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* yeast \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*►. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w were|strong="G1510"\w* planning \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* secretly. \add They wanted to accuse him in front of the Roman authorities\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* execute \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add do it\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* celebration, \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \add if we do it then\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add be very angry with us and\add* \w riot|strong="G2351"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus commended a woman who extravagantly anointed Jesus in anticipation of his death. The chief priests agreed to pay Judas if he would help them seize Jesus.  
\sr Mark 14:3-11  
\p
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* Bethany \add town\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus had healed from\add* leprosy. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* eating, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to him\add*. \add She was carrying\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* stone jar \w that|strong="G3588"\w* contained \w expensive|strong="G3464"\w* \add fragrant\add* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w nard|strong="G3487"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w the|strong="G1722"\w* jar \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*’ \w head|strong="G2776"\w*.  
\v 4 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add who were present\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* angry \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\add It is terrible that she\add* wasted \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*!/\add Why did she\add* waste \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 5 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* {\add We\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w for|strong="G1063"\w* ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* huge amount \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money/\w an|strong="G2532"\w* amount \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* works \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* year►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the money\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* {\add we\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money\add*} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rebuked \w her|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Stop \add scolding\add* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*! \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w done|strong="G2038"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add consider to be\add* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* appropriate/delightful. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w bother|strong="G2873"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w bother|strong="G2873"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add be here among\add* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* much longer. \add So it is good for her to show now that she appreciates me\add*.  
\v 8  \add It is appropriate that\add* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \add It is as if she knew that I was going to die soon\add* \w and|strong="G4983"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w anointed|strong="G3462"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w burying|strong="G1780"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w Wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \add about me\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* {\w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message} \w throughout|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* {\w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \add to me\add*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*) \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add talk to them about\add* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* seize \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add even though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*  
\v 11 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add what he was willing to do for them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add a large amount of\add* money \add for doing that. Judas agreed, so they gave him the money\add*. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add began\add* watching \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* opportunity ◄\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*/\w to|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.   
\s1 Two disciples followed Jesus’ instructions and prepared the Passover meal.  
\sr Mark 14:12-17  
\p
\v 12  \add Two days later\add*, \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G2380"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lambs \add for the\add* festival \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w beginning|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* week \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \add people ate\add* bread \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* yeast \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2309"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add with us\add*?”  
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add chose\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add to prepare everything\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jerusalem\add* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w meet|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* carrying \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large jar full \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. Follow \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \add a house\add*, \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w owns|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3617"\w*, ‘\add Our\add* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* wants \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* prepare \add the meal of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* celebration \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. ◄Please show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w room|strong="G2646"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add arranged with you about\add*./\w Where|strong="G3699"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w room|strong="G2646"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add arranged with you about\add*?► [RHQ]’  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* room \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* upper floor \add of the house\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w furnished|strong="G4766"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \add for us to eat a meal in it\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add two\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \add everything\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add meal for\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration, and then returned to Jesus and the other disciples\add*.  
\v 17 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G1096"\w* \add at that house\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*.   
\s1 During the Passover meal, Jesus prophesied that one disciple would betray him, and he gave them the bread and wine which he said represented his body and blood which would be sacrificed.  
\sr Mark 14:18-26  
\p
\v 18 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add and eating\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen carefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w my|strong="G1473"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. Specifically, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add will do this in spite of the fact that he\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add right now\add*!”  
\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* disciples \w became|strong="G3076"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="G3385"\w* ◄\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3385"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3385"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \add you\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dipping \add bread\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add sauce in the\add* dish along \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 21 \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \add die\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* {\w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add the prophets\add* \w have|strong="G3748"\w*} \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* terrible \add punishment\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w betrayed|strong="G3860"\w* {\w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* ◄\w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*/\w help|strong="G4012"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G3756"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1223"\w*►}! \w In|strong="G1223"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w would|strong="G3860"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*!”   
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\v 22 \w While|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \add a flat loaf of\add* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add into pieces\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \add bread represents\add* [MET] \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*. \w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add and eat it\add*.”  
\v 23 Afterwards, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \add that contained wine\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \add God for it\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 24 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \add wine represents\add* [MET] \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w shed|strong="G1632"\w* {\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* flow \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* body} \add when my enemies kill me\add*. \w With|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* blood \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will sign\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* agreement \add that God has made to forgive the sins of\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 25 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* wine \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \add meaning\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* begin \w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 26 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sang \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hymn|strong="G5214"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus predicted that Peter would deny three times that he knew Jesus.  
\sr Mark 14:27-31  
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\v 27  \add While they were on their way\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\add The prophets\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*} \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures that God said about me\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w scatter|strong="G1287"\w*.’ \add Those words will come true. When they are about to capture me\add*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* run \w away|strong="G4624"\w*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* been \w made|strong="G4254"\w* {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G1453"\w* \w made|strong="G4254"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district and meet you there\add*.”  
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Perhaps \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other disciples\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* leave \w you|strong="G1487"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add leave you\add*!”  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* second time, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \add that you know\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* strongly, “\w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add as I defend\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \add that I know\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the other disciples\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w* \w thing|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\s1 While the disciples slept, Jesus prayed that God would spare him from the coming suffering.  
\sr Mark 14:32-42  
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\v 32  \add On the way\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5564"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add people\add* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w Gethsemane|strong="G1068"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add some/eight of\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="G2523"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*!”  
\v 33 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* extremely \w distressed|strong="G1568"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 34 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN] \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sorrowful|strong="G4036"\w*. \add It is as if\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \add You men\add* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w*!”  
\v 35 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit \w further|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4098"\w* himself \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add have to suffer\add* [MTY].  
\v 36 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w O|strong="G3962"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add because\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*, rescue \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \add now\add* [MTY]! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*. Instead, \add do\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*!”  
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add disciples\add* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add woke them up and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*! ◄\add I am disappointed that\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G5610"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*!/\add Why is it that\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 38  \add And he said to them\add*, “\w You|strong="G2532"\w* want \add to do what I say\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* enough [MTY] \add to actually do it\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w keep|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* can resist \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add something like this\add* tempts \w you|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 39 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 40 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G5290"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add so\add* sleepy \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* keep \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* open. \add Because they were ashamed\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add when he awakened them\add*.  
\v 41  \add Then he went and prayed again\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*; \add and he found them sleeping again\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add woke\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add them and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\add I am disappointed that you are\add* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!/\add Why are you\add* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ] \add You have slept\add* enough. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \add for me to suffer\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* begin. \w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! Someone \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* enable sinful \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven.  
\v 42  \add So\add* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! Let’s go \add toward him\add* \w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! \w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w comes|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3860"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”   
\s1 Judas betrayed Jesus.  
\sr Mark 14:43-49  
\p
\v 43 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \add arrived\add*. \add Even though he was\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus’\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \add to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him\add*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w carried|strong="G2532"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clubs|strong="G3586"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add leaders of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Council \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2112"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 44  \add Judas\add*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* ◄\w betraying|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*/\w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►, \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add previously\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* crowd, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2902"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w kiss|strong="G5368"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \add whom you want. When I kiss him\add*, \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \add while you guard him\add* carefully.”  
\v 45 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2112"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G2705"\w* teacher!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add on his neck/cheek\add*.  
\v 46 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the crowd\add* \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 47 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w nearby|strong="G3936"\w* \w drew|strong="G4685"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G3817"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add to kill him, but he only\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w*.  
\v 48-49 Jesus said to them, “◄\add It is ridiculous that\add* you come \add here to seize\add* me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit!/Have you come \add here to seize\add* me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit [RHQ]?► Day after day I was with you in the Temple \add courtyard\add* teaching \add the people\add* Why did you not seize me then? \add But this is happening\add* in order that \add what the prophets have written in\add* the Scriptures \add about me\add* may be fulfilled {may happen}.”   
\s1 Mark ran away.  
\sr Mark 14:50-52  
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\v 50 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add the disciples at once\add* left \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w*.  
\v 51 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*, ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*/\w I|strong="G2532"\w*► \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w following|strong="G4870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w*/\add I was\add* \w wearing|strong="G4016"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w*/\w my|strong="G2532"\w* body. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*/\w me|strong="G1909"\w*.  
\v 52 \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \add as he/I pulled away from them\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w*/\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w behind|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w* \add in their hands\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w*/\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w*.   
\s1 After witnesses accusing Jesus contradicted each other, Jesus said that he was the man who was also God, the Messiah, after which they decided that Jesus must die.  
\sr Mark 14:53-65  
\p
\v 53 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \add who had seized\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the house where\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest \add lived\add*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish Council \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w gathering|strong="G4905"\w* \add there\add*.  
\v 54 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* followed \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* courtyard \add of the house\add* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest \add lived\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G4775"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* guarded \add the house of the supreme priest\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w warming|strong="G2328"\w* \w himself|strong="G2328"\w* \w beside|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G5457"\w*.  
\v 55 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w council|strong="G4892"\w* \add had already\add* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* tell lies \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add in order that they could convince the Roman authorities\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w execute|strong="G2289"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* succeed,  
\v 56 \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* spoke lies \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* contradicted \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w*.  
\v 57  \add Finally\add*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w stood|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* accused \w him|strong="G2532"\w* falsely \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 58 “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G1223"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w another|strong="G2250"\w* \w temple|strong="G3485"\w* ◄\w without|strong="G2532"\w* help \w from|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w else|strong="G2532"\w*/\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w human|strong="G5499"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w*►.’”  
\v 59 \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add some of\add* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add what others of them said\add*.   
\p
\v 60 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest \add himself\add* \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \add do you say about\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* accuse \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\v 61 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w silent|strong="G4623"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w* [DOU]. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* supreme priest \add tried again\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*? \add Do you say that you are\add* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*►?”  
\v 62 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add ruling\add* beside \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* completely \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w*. \add You will also see me\add* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w through|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*!”  
\v 63  \add In response to Jesus’ words\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* supreme priest \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* outer \w garment|strong="G5509"\w*. \add That was their custom to show that he was shocked that Jesus had said that he was equal to God\add*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3144"\w* [RHQ] \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \add more\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w testify|strong="G3144"\w* \add against this man\add*,  
\v 64  \add because\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* against \w God|strong="G3588"\w*! \add He claimed to be equal with God\add* \w Therefore|strong="G1161"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* decided?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w guilty|strong="G1777"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* deserved ◄\w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* executed/\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.  
\v 65 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G2983"\w* \w spitting|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G4028"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blindfold|strong="G4028"\w* \w on|strong="G4028"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G2983"\w* striking \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add If you are\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prophet, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add who hit you\add*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* guarding \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w struck|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G4475"\w*.   
\s1 As Jesus predicted, Peter denied three times that he knew Jesus.  
\sr Mark 14:66-72  
\p
\v 66 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* outside \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* courtyard \add of the supreme priest’s house\add*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* girls \w who|strong="G3588"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* supreme priest \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add near him\add*.  
\v 67 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w warming|strong="G2328"\w* \w himself|strong="G2328"\w* \add beside the fire\add*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1689"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add closely\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* man \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w* \add town\add*!”  
\v 68 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* denied \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3777"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* [DOU] \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w* \add from there\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gate \add of the courtyard\add*.  
\v 69  \add The \add* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w nearby|strong="G3936"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add those who have been with that man they arrested\add*.”  
\v 70 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* denied \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w while|strong="G3398"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\add The way you speak shows that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add district\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who accompanied Jesus!\add*”  
\v 71 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* exclaim, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*! \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* truthfully, \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add if I am lying\add*!”  
\v 72 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crowed|strong="G5455"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* remembered \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add before\add*, “\w Before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w deny|strong="G3588"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \add that you know me.” When he realized that he had denied it three times\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* started \w crying|strong="G5455"\w*.   
\c 15  
\s1 In the governor Pilate’s presence Jesus refused to answer accusations against him.  
\sr Mark 15:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests met \w together|strong="G4824"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w council|strong="G4892"\w*, \add in order to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards\add* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \add again\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the house of\add* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \add the governor, and they started to accuse him, saying\add* “\add Jesus is claiming that he is a king!\add*!”  
\v 2 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add claim to be\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests claimed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done \w many|strong="G4183"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? Listen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add have done\add*!”  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add even though Jesus was not guilty\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* say \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* much \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*.   
\s1 At the crowd’s insistence, Pilate released a criminal, and gave orders that Jesus should be crucified.  
\sr Mark 15:6-15  
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\v 6 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* governor’s custom \add each year\add* \w during|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Passover\add* celebration \w to|strong="G2596"\w* release \add one person who was in prison. He customarily released\add* whichever \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* people \w requested|strong="G3868"\w*.  
\v 7  \add At that time\add* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* Barabbas \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add the soldiers had\add*} \add put in prison with some other men\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* murdered \add some soldiers\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* rebelled \add against the Roman government\add*.  
\v 8 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* approached \add Pilate\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to release someone\add*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* customarily \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add during the Passover celebration\add*.  
\v 9 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Would|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* release \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add man whom you\add* \w Jewish|strong="G2453"\w* \add people say is your\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 10  \add He asked this\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* chief priests \w were|strong="G3588"\w* wanting \w to|strong="G3860"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* accusing Jesus \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* jealous \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add because many people were becoming his disciples\add*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* chief priests urged \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add to request\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* Pilate release Barabbas \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w instead|strong="G3123"\w* \add of Jesus\add*.  
\v 12 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\add If I release Barabbas\add*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add some of\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add your\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\add Command that your soldiers\add* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* crime \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w committed|strong="G4160"\w*?” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* louder, “\add Command your soldiers to\add* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* please \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* released Barabbas \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \add his soldiers\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* whipped \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* leather straps \w into|strong="G3860"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* fastened metal pieces, \add Pilate told the soldiers to take him away\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}.   
\s1 The soldiers ridiculed Jesus as being a king.  
\sr Mark 15:16-20  
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\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w into|strong="G2080"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add courtyard of the\add* \w palace|strong="G4232"\w* \add where Pilate lived\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government headquarters. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4779"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* ◄\w cohort|strong="G4686"\w*/group \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*► \add who were on duty there\add*.  
\v 17  \add After the soldiers gathered together\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* \w robe|strong="G4209"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* placed \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* head \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* made \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add branches of\add* thornbushes. \add They did those things in order to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king\add*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* greeted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him\add*, saying, “Hooray \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \add who rules\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*!”  
\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w repeatedly|strong="G5180"\w* \w struck|strong="G5180"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w reed|strong="G2563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spat|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w kneeling|strong="G1119"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add pretended to honor\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* finished ridiculing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w off|strong="G1562"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1746"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* outside \add of the city\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross.   
\s1 After they crucified Jesus the soldiers gambled for his clothing.  
\sr Mark 15:21-24  
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\v 21  \add After Jesus carried his cross a short distance\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \add city came along\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alexander \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rufus|strong="G4504"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w passing|strong="G3855"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w returning|strong="G2064"\w* \add home\add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* outside \add the city. The soldiers\add* compelled \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* carry \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \add for Jesus\add*.  
\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add call\add* \w Golgotha|strong="G1115"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, ‘\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w skull|strong="G2898"\w*’.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w*} \w mixed|strong="G4669"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add medicine called\add* \w myrrh|strong="G4669"\w*. \add They wanted him to drink it so that he would not feel so much pain when they crucified him\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 24  \add Some\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add soldiers took his clothes\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross. Afterwards, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w among|strong="G1909"\w* themselves \w by|strong="G1909"\w* gambling \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \add something like\add* \w dice|strong="G2819"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \add in order to determine\add* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add piece of clothing\add* \w each|strong="G5101"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 People passing by, as well as the Jewish leaders and two criminals crucified with Jesus, insulted him.  
\sr Mark 15:25-32  
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\v 25 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w nine|strong="G5154"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* morning \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 26 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add attached to the cross above Jesus’ head\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sign \w on|strong="G1510"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1924"\w* {someone \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1924"\w*} \w the|strong="G2532"\w* reason why \add they were nailing him to the cross\add*. \add But all\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*.”  
\v 27-28 They also nailed to crosses two men who were bandits. They nailed one to a cross at the right side \add of Jesus\add* and one to a cross at the left side \add of Jesus\add*.  
\v 29 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w passing|strong="G3899"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w shaking|strong="G2795"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add if here were an evil man\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Aha! \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 30  \add If you could do that, then\add* rescue \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w by|strong="G4982"\w* \w coming|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*!”  
\v 31 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add wanted to\add* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add claims to have\add* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add from their sicknesses\add* [IRO] \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*!  
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add rules the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.’ \add If his words are true\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add him\add*!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add two\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4957"\w* beside \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 As several women who had accompanied Jesus watched, he died, after which the Temple curtain split into two parts, and the Roman officer pronounced that Jesus was the Son of God.  
\sr Mark 15:33-41  
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\v 33 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w noon|strong="G5610"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* dark, \add and it stayed dark\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* afternoon.  
\v 34 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* shouted \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, “\w Eloi|strong="G1682"\w*, \w Eloi|strong="G1682"\w*, \w lama|strong="G2982"\w* \w sabachthani|strong="G4518"\w*?” \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w deserted|strong="G1459"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?”  
\v 35 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add the word ‘Eloi’, misunderstanding it\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Listen! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*!”  
\v 36 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G1072"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* placed \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \add the tip of\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w reed|strong="G2563"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add held it\add* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* suck \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add the wine that was in\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add While he was doing that, someone\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Wait! \w Let|strong="G1161"\w*’s \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w whether|strong="G1487"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2507"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w down|strong="G2507"\w* \add from the cross\add*!”  
\v 37 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* shouted \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* stopped breathing \add and died\add*.  
\v 38  \add At that moment\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add heavy thick\add* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* closed off \add the most holy place in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w split|strong="G4977"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* pieces \w from|strong="G2532"\w* top \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bottom|strong="G2736"\w*. \add That showed that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God\add*.  
\v 39 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* supervised \w the|strong="G1537"\w* soldiers \add who nailed Jesus to the cross\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w front|strong="G1727"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w how|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Truly|strong="G1161"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”  
\v 40-41 There were also some women there, watching these events from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus when he was in Galilee \add district\add*, and they had provided what he needed. They had come with him to Jerusalem. Among those women was Mary from Magdala \add town\add*. There was \add another\add* Mary, who was the mother of the younger James and of Joses. There was also Salome.   
\s1 Several women watched as Joseph and others buried Jesus’ body in a cave after getting permission from Pilate.  
\sr Mark 15:42-47  
\p
\v 42-43 When evening was near, \add a man named\add* Joseph from Arimathea \add town came there\add*. He was a member of the \add Jewish\add* council, one whom everyone respected. He was also one of those who had been waiting expectantly for the \add time when\add* God \add would send\add* his king to begin to rule. \add He knew that, according to Jewish law, people’s bodies had to be buried\add* {\add someone had to bury people’s bodies\add*} \add on the day they died. He also realized that\add* it was the day when \add people\add* prepared \add things for\add* ◄\add the Jewish day of rest/the Sabbath\add*►, \add and that the Sabbath would start when the sun set\add*. So he became courageous and went to Pilate and asked Pilate \add to permit him to take\add* the body of Jesus \add down from the cross and bury it immediately\add*.  
\v 44 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \add when he heard that\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w dead|strong="G2348"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* charge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \add who crucified Jesus\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w died|strong="G2348"\w*.  
\v 45 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer told \add Pilate that Jesus was dead\add*, \w Pilate|strong="G1097"\w* allowed \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \add to take away\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4430"\w*.  
\v 46 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* Joseph bought \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add and others\add* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \add Jesus’ body down from the cross\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G1750"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add previously\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* dug \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \add cliff\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w rolled|strong="G4351"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add huge flat\add* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*.  
\v 47 \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \add from\add* Magdala \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w watching|strong="G2334"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ \add body\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* {\w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ \add body\add*}.   
\c 16  
\s1 Two days later several women were astonished to find Jesus’ tomb empty.  
\sr Mark 16:1-8  
\p
\v 1  \add On Saturday evening\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest► \w had|strong="G2532"\w* ended, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \add from\add* Magdala, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Salome|strong="G4539"\w* bought fragrant ointment. \add The Jews had a custom of\add* anointing bodies \add before they buried them, and the women wanted to follow this custom\add*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* Sunday, \add just after\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w rose|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add took the fragrant ointment\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*.  
\v 3  \add While they were going there\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* roll away \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add that blocks\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*?”  
\v 4  \add After they arrived\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add already\add* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w rolled|strong="G3037"\w* away {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* someone \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add already\add* \w rolled|strong="G3037"\w* away \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*}. \add They were surprised because it\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* difficult \w to|strong="G2532"\w* move \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w huge|strong="G3173"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add an angel who looked like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3495"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \add of the cave\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w wearing|strong="G4016"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add shining\add* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w robe|strong="G4749"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* astonished.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* young \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* astonished! \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add know that\add* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* nailed \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* cross {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* nailed \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* cross}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*! \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*! \w Look|strong="G3708"\w*! \add Here is\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \add body\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w*, instead \add of remaining here\add*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. Particularly \add be sure\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\add Jesus\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add previously’\add*!”  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* women \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w trembling|strong="G5156"\w* \add because they were afraid\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* astonished. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \add about this\add* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the disciples for not believing the reports of his being alive again.  
\sr Mark 16:9-14  
\p
\v 9 [\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1544"\w* \w became|strong="G5316"\w* alive \add again\add* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* Sunday \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5316"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \add from\add* Magdala \add town\add*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* woman \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \add previously\add* \w expelled|strong="G1544"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* evil spirits.  
\v 10 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add Jesus\add*, \w while|strong="G1096"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w mourning|strong="G3996"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add what she had seen\add*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w* \add that day\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G1537"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add his disciples\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \add from Jerusalem to their homes in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add surrounding\add* area. \add But they did not recognize him quickly because\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* looked \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w*.  
\v 13  \add After they recognized him\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* two \w went|strong="G3588"\w* back \add to Jerusalem. They told his other followers what had happened\add*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G1565"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Later|strong="G5305"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* \add apostles\add* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* eating. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* rebuked \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* stubbornly \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add the reports of\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G5319"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.   
\s1 Miracles began to happen after Jesus instructed his disciples to preach the gospel everywhere and he told them that miracles would accompany their ministry.  
\sr Mark 16:15-20  
\p
\v 15  \add Later\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*!  
\v 16 Everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \add your message\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w*}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2632"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w*}.  
\v 17 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add my good message\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* perform \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*. Specifically, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* power \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* expel evil spirits. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* learned.  
\v 18 \w If|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pick \w up|strong="G2007"\w* \w snakes|strong="G3789"\w* \add accidentally\add* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* poisonous \add liquid accidentally\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* hurt. \add Whenever\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* sick \add people in order that God will heal them\add*, \w those|strong="G2532"\w* sick \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the disciples, he was taken\add* {\add God\add* \w took|strong="G2523"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* throne beside \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add to rule with him\add*.  
\v 20  \add As for the disciples\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add from Jerusalem, and then they preached everywhere. Wherever they went\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* enabled \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perform \w miracles|strong="G4592"\w*. \add By doing that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* showed \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*.