Mark 5

Here's my non-scholarly, just for practice, don't base any doctrine on it, translation of Mark 5. Enjoy!

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The Gospel According to Mark

Chapter 5

“My name is Legion...”
1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes. 2 And when he came out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit {came} from the tombs to meet him. 3 He made his dwelling among the tombs, and no one was able to bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For, he had been often bound with chains and shackles, but he would tear the chains apart, and the shackles he would break into pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 And throughout every day and night, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And seeing Jesus from far off, he ran {up to him} and worshipped him. 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said,

“What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!”

8 For he was saying to him,

“Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”

9 And he asked him,

“What is your name?”

And he said to him,

“My name is Legion, for we are many.”

10 And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. 11 Now there was on the mountain a large herd of pigs, feeding. 12 And they begged him saying,

“Send us into the pigs so that we may enter into them.”

13 And he permitted them, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. And the herd (about two thousand) rushed down a steep bank into the sea, and drowned in the sea.

“Tell them all that the Lord has done...”
14 And the herdsmen fled and announced it in the city and in the country, and they came to see what was going on. 15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon possessed man (the one who had the legion) sitting, clothed, and thinking clearly - and they were afraid. 16 And the ones who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon possessed man (and {also} concerning the pigs). 17 And they began to beg him to depart from their region. 18 And while he was setting out in the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed man begged to be with him. 19 But he did not permit him, and said to him,

“Depart into your house, to your own friends, and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy he had for you.”

20 So he departed and began proclaiming in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done to him, and they were all amazed.

Jairus: Part One
21 And when Jesus crossed over again to the other side [in the boat], a large crowd gathered around him, and he was alongside the sea. 22 And one of the rulers of the synagogue came (his name was Jairus), and seeing him {Jesus}, he fell before his feet. 23 And he passionately urged him saying,

“My little daughter is almost dead. Come, so that you can lay your hands upon her, in order that she might become healthy and live!”

Parenthetical Healing of Woman
24 And he went with him. And a great crowd was following him and was pressing against him. 25 And there was a woman with a hemorrhage for twelve years 26 and had suffered greatly under many physicians and had {spent} all of her {money}, and was not helped, but rather became worse. 27 Hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind {Jesus} and touched his clothing. 28 For she said,

“If I touch even his clothes, I will be saved.”

29 And immediately the flow of her blood dried up, and she realized in her body that she had been healed from her affliction. 30 And immediately, Jesus, knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said,

“Who touched my clothes?”

31 And his disciples said to him,

“You see the crowd pressing against you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”

32 And he looked around to see who had done this. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came with fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole story. 34 But he said to her,

“Woman, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.”

Jairus: Part Two
35 While he was yet speaking, they came from the ruler’s house saying,

“Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher further?”

36 But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, said to the ruler of the synagogue,

“Do not fear, only believe.”

37 And he permitted no one to accompany him except Peter, James, and John (the brother of James). 38 And they came into the ruler of the synagogue’s house, and he saw a commotion and many {people} weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And entering in, he said to them,

“Why are you making this big commotion, and weeping? The child has not died, but is sleeping.”

40 And they laughed at him. But casting them all outside, he took the child’s father and mother (and those with him), and entered into where the child was. 41 And taking the girl by her hand, he said to her,

“Talitha koum!”

which is translated,

“Little girl, I say to you, arise!”

42 And immediately the little girl arose and walked about (for she was twelve years old), and they were [immediately] amazed with great astonishment. 43 And he made a specific point to ask them that no one should come to know this, and he asked them to give her something to eat.

Mark 4

My non-scholarly translation of Mark 4

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[The authenticity of these words is in question]

The Gospel According to Mark

Chapter 4

A Parable is Introduced
1 And again he began to teach by the sea, and a great crowd flocked to him, so that he set out on a boat in the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2 And he was teaching them many things using parables, and in his teaching he was saying to them,

3 “Pay attention! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And it just so happened, in the process of sowing, that some {seed} fell alongside the road, and a bird came and ate it up. 5 Some other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root - it withered away. 7 Some other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns rose up and choked it, and it produced no fruit. 8 But some seed fell on the good ground, and rising up and increasing it yielded fruit, producing thirty, sixty, and a hundred {times the norm}!

9 And he said,

“He who has an ear to hear - let him hear!”

The Parable is Explained
10 And once He was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them,

“The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is in parables. 12 So that, ‘Seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand - lest they turn and be forgiven.’”

13 And he said to them,

“You don’t understand this parable? How will you understand all the {other} parables?

14 The sower sows the word.

15 And these are the ones alongside the road where the word is sown, when they hear - Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which was sown in them.

16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground, the ones who, when they hear the word - immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then, tribulation and persecutions come because of the word, immediately causing them to stumble.

18 And others are the ones sown among the thorns - these are the ones who hear the word 19 and the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desire for other things enter in and choke the word, and it become unfruitful.

20 And those that were sown on the good ground, are the ones who hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold!”

“Let him hear!”
21 And he said to them,

“Is a lamp brought out in order to be placed under a basket, or under a couch, and not in order to be placed on a stand? 22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest, nor is anything made secret, except in order to be manifested. 23 If anyone has ears to hear - let him hear!”

24 And he said to them,

“Be careful what you hear - by the measure you use, it will be measured to you and even more will be added to you. 25 For to whoever has, more will be given. And whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Sower of the Kingdom
26 And he said,

“The kingdom of God is like a man who tosses seed onto the ground. 27 Day and night he sleeps and rises, and the seed sprouts and grows - he doesn’t know how. 28 The earth bears fruit by itself, first it’s just the blade, then it begins to bud, then it ripens. 29 But when the fruit is ready, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.”

The Mustard Seed
30 He continued,

“To what can I compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use {to describe} it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown on the earth, is smaller than all the seeds {sown} on the earth. 32 Yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the other garden plants, and produces large branches so that the birds of the air can dwell under it’s shadow.”

Parables
33 And with many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it. 34 But he did not speak to them without parables, but on his own, he explained everything to his own disciples.

“Why are you afraid?”
35 On that day, when it had become evening, he said to them,

“Let us cross to the other side.”

36 And leaving the crowd, they received him into their boat as he was, and other boats were with them. 37 And a large wind storm arose, and the waves crashed into the boat, so that the boat was already filling up. 38 And he was in the stern of the boat, sleeping on a pillow. And they woke him and said,

“Teacher! It doesn’t bother you that we are perishing?!”

39 And getting up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea,

“Silence, be quiet.”

And the wind stopped and it became very calm. 40 And he said to them,

“Why are you afraid? You still have no faith?”

41 And they were terrified and said to one another,

“Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Mark 3

Hope you all enjoy!

Again, this is just for my practice - don't start a new denomination based on anything you read below :)

The Gospel According to Mark

Chapter 3

Healing on the Sabbath
1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and a man was there who had a shriveled hand. 2 And they watched closely {to see} if he would heal him on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man who had the shriveled hand,

“Stand up, {right} in the middle {of the crowd}.”

4 And he said to them,

“Which is lawful on the Sabbath? To do good, or to do evil? To save a life, or to kill {one}?”

But they were silent. 5 And looking around at them with anger, grieved by their hardness of heart, he said to the man,

“Stretch out your hand.”

And he reached out, and his hand was restored. 6 Immediately, the Pharisees went out and took counsel with the Herodians against him, in order that they might destroy him.

The Crowds
7 And Jesus departed to the sea with his disciples, and a great crowd - from Galilee, from Judea, 8 from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, from around Tyre and Sidon [followed him]. When the great crowd heard what he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he said to his disciples that a boat should be ready for him because of the crowd, so that they might not overwhelm him. 10 For he had healed many, so that those with afflictions were falling on him just so they might touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out saying,

“You are the Son of God!”

12 And many times he rebuked them hoping that they would not publicize him.

List of the Twelve
13 And he went up to the mountain and called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve [whom he also named, “apostles”], in order that they might be with him, and so that he might send them to preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons. 16 [and he appointed the twelve] Simon (to whom he gave the name, “Peter”), 17 James (the son of Zebedee), John (James’ brother) - and to them he gave the name, “Boanerges”, which means, “Sons of Thunder” - 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus, Simon (the “Cananaean”), 19 and Judas Iscariot (who betrayed him).

“He has Beelzebul...”
20 And he went into a house, and a crowd gathered again, so that they were not able to even eat a meal. 21 And when his own friends heard {of it}, they went out to gain control of him, for they were saying,

“He’s lost it.”

22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying,

“He has Beelzebul {in him}!”

and

“He casts out demons by the ruler of demons!”

23 And he summoned them, speaking to them in parables,

“How is Satan able to cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 If Satan rises against himself and is divided, he cannot stand - but is finished. 27 No one can enter into a strong man’s house to steal his stuff, unless he first binds the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

The Eternal Sin

28 I am speaking truth to you - all sins of the sons of men will be forgiven, even whatever blasphemes they might blaspheme. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not experience forgiveness in this life, but is guilty of an eternal sin.”

30 For they were saying,

“He has an unclean spirit.”

Define, “Family”
31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent {word} to him, calling him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him,

“Look, your mother and your brothers [and your sisters] are outside looking for you.”

33 And he gave this answer to them,

“Who are my mother and [my] brothers?”

34 And looking around at those sitting in a circle around him, he said,

“Look, my mother and my brothers. 35 [For] Whoever does the will of God, he is my brother, sister, and mother.”

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Key:

(Words in the Greek text I viewed as parenthetical)

{Words not in the Greek text I added for clarity}

[The authenticity of these words is in question]