Mark 4

My non-scholarly translation of Mark 4

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

(Words in the Greek text I viewed as parenthetical)

[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

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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]

Mark 2

Hey Everyone,

Here is my layman's attempt at translating Mark 2. Please compare to a trusted translation before making any major life changes :)

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The Gospel According to Mark

Chapter 2

“Which is easier to say...”
1 And when he had come again into Capernaum after a few days, it was heard that he was at home. 2 And many had gathered together, so that there was no longer room - not even at the door - and he was speaking the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four men. 4 And not being able to bring {the paralytic} to him because of the crowd, they de-shingled the roof {above} where he was, and after digging a hole, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic,

“Son, your sins are forgiven.”

6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, reasoning in their hearts,

7 “What is this man talking about? He’s blaspheming! Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

8 And immediately, Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they were reasoning in themselves in such a way, said to them,

“Why are you reasoning about these things in your heart? 9 Which is easier to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins have been forgiven?’, or to say, ‘Get up! Grab your bed, and walk!’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” (he said to the paralytic) 11 “...I say to you - Get up! Grab your bed, and go home!”

12 He arose, and immediately took up his bed, and departed before them all. Therefore, they were all amazed and glorified God saying,

“We’ve never seen anything like this!”

Levi Follows Christ
13 And he went out again alongside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collection office, and he said to him,

“Follow me.”

and he arose, and followed him.

Jesus’ Choice of Friends
15 And he was reclining {at a meal} in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many following him. 16 And the scribes who were Pharisees, after they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to his disciples,

“He is eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

17 And after hearing these things, Jesus said to them,

“It is not the healthy ones who have need for a physician, but the sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Analogies of Fasting
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, so they come and say to him,

“Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

19 And Jesus said to them,

“The wedding guests don’t fast while the bridegroom is with them, right? As long as they have time with the bridegroom, they cannot fast. 20 But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews an unshrunk cloth patch on an old garment; otherwise, the patch tears away from it - the new from the old - and the tear becomes worse. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine breaks apart the wineskin, and the wine and wineskins are ruined - new wine goes into new wineskins.”

Lord of the Sabbath
23 One day, on the Sabbath, he was passing through the grain fields, and as they made their way, his disciples began plucking heads of grain. 24 And the pharisees were saying to him,

“Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

25 And he said to them,

“Haven’t you read what David did when he had need and was hungry, and his companions also? 26 How he entered into the house of God (in the time of Abiathar the high priest) and ate the designated bread, which was not lawful {for any} to eat, except the priests, and he gave it also to those who were with him?”

27 And he said to them,

“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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]

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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 are in question.]

~Jason