Bible: The New Testament: The Gospel According to Mark (XII - XVI)

XII.

And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ²And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. ³And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. ⁵And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son. ⁷But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸And they took, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture:

The stone which the builders disallowed,

The same is become the head of the corner;

¹¹This is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes.

¹²And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him, and went away.

¹³And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to entrap him with a word. ¹⁴And they come and say to him: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? ¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denáry, that I may see it. ¹⁶And they brought it. And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? And they said to him: Cæsar's. ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to them: Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marveled at him.

¹⁸And there come to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying: ¹⁹Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁰There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. ²¹And the second took her, and died, and he also left no seed; and the third likewise. ²²And the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman died also. ²³In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife? For the seven had her for a wife. ²⁴Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God? ²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in heaven. ²⁶And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? ²⁷He is not God of the dead, but of the living. Ye greatly err.

²⁸And one of the scribes came to him, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he answered them well, asked him: Which commandment is first of all? ²⁹And Jesus answered him: First is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; ³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. ³¹Second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³²And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that he is one, and there is no other beside him; ³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴And Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared any longer to question him.

³⁵And Jesus answering said, while teaching in the temple: How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David? ³⁶For David himself said, in the Holy Spirit:

The LORD said to my Lord,

Sit on my right hand,

Till I put thy enemies under thy feet.

³⁷David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the great multitude heard him gladly.

³⁸And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, ³⁹and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts; ⁴⁰who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

⁴¹And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much. ⁴²And one poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a farthing. ⁴³And calling to him his disciples, he said to them: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury. ⁴⁴For all cast in out of their abundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her whole living.

XIII.

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him: Teacher, see what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings! ²And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

³And as he was sitting on the mount of the Olives, over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately: ⁴Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished.

⁵And Jesus began to say to them: Take heed lest any one lead you astray. ⁶For many will come in my name, saying: I am he; and will lead many astray. ⁷And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled, for it must come to pass; but not yet is the end. ⁸For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in divers places, and there will be famines and commotions; these are the beginning of sorrows.

⁹But do ye take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues ye will be beaten; and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to them. ¹⁰And the good news must first be preached among all the nations.

¹¹But when they lead you away to deliver you up, take not thought beforehand what ye shall speak nor premeditate; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against parents, and will put them to death. ¹³And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, (let him that reads, mark!) then let those in Judæa flee to the mountains. ¹⁵And he that is upon the house, let him not go down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house. ¹⁶And he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his garment.

¹⁷But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! ¹⁸And pray that it be not in the winter. ¹⁹For in those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, neither shall be. ²⁰And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

²¹And then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ, or Lo, there, believe not. ²²For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, so as to lead, if possible, even the chosen astray. ²³But do ye take heed; I have foretold you all.

²⁴But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light; ²⁵and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. ²⁶And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory. ²⁷And then will he send forth the angels, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

²⁸And learn the parable from the fig-tree. When its branch is already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is near. ²⁹So also ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know that it is near, at the doors. ³⁰Verily I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things are done. ³¹Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

³²But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. ³³Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is. ³⁴As a man who is abroad, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter that he should watch; ³⁵watch therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning; ³⁶lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

XIV.

Two days after, was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. ²For they said: Not at the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

³And he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head. ⁴And there were some that were much displeased among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? ⁵For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denáries, and given to the poor. And they murmured at her. ⁶And Jesus said: Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? She wrought a good work on me. ⁷For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always. ⁸She did what she could; she beforehand anointed my body for the preparation for burial. ⁹Verily I say to you, wherever the good news shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

¹⁰And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to deliver him up to them. ¹¹And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him up.

¹²And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples say to him: Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? ¹³And he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them: Go into the city, and there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him. ¹⁴And where he shall go in, say to the master of the house: The Teacher says, Where is the guest-chamber, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples? ¹⁵And he will show you a large upper room furnished, ready; there prepare for us. ¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he said to them; and they made ready the passover.

¹⁷And at evening he comes with the twelve. ¹⁸And as they were reclining at table, and eating, Jesus said: Verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me, one that eats with me! ¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I? And another said: Is it I? ²⁰And he answering said to them: It is one of the twelve, one that dips with me into the dish. ²¹The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born.

²²And as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf, blessed, and broke, and gave it to them, and said: Take it; this is my body. ²³And taking the cup, he gave thanks, and gave it to them; and they all drank of it. ²⁴And he said to them: This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many. ²⁵Verily I say to you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives. ²⁷And Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended; because it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. ²⁸But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹And Peter said to him: Though all shall be offended, yet will not I. ³⁰And Jesus says to him: Verily I say to thee, that thou this day, in this night, before a cock crows twice, wilt thrice deny me. ³¹But he said the more vehemently: If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. Likewise also said they all.

³²And they come to a place which was named Gethsemane. And he says to his disciples: Sit ye here, while I shall pray. ³³And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be troubled. ³⁴And he says to them: My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, unto death; tarry here, and watch. ³⁵And going forward a little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

³⁷And he comes, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? ³⁸Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. ⁴⁰And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

⁴¹And he comes the third time, and says to them: Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest? It is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Rise, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.

⁴³And immediately, while he was yet speaking, comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. ⁴⁴And his betrayer had given them a signal, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold of him, and lead him away securely. ⁴⁵And coming, he goes straightway to him, and says: Master, Master; and kissed him.

⁴⁶And they laid their hands on him, and held him fast. ⁴⁷And one of those standing by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and took off his ear. ⁴⁸And Jesus answering said to them: Came ye out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to take me? ⁴⁹I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold of me; but that the Scriptures might be fulfilled! ⁵⁰And all forsook him, and fled.

⁵¹And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men lay hold of him. ⁵²And leaving behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.

⁵³And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. ⁵⁴And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest, and was sitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire.

⁵⁵And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death; and they found none. ⁵⁶For many bore false witness against him; but their testimonies agreed not together. ⁵⁷And certain ones rose up, and bore false witness against him, saying: ⁵⁸We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands. ⁵⁹And not even so did their testimony agree.

⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee? ⁶¹But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? ⁶²And Jesus said: I am; and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. ⁶³And the high priest, rending his clothes, says: What further need have we of witnesses? ⁶⁴Ye heard the blasphemy. What think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet him, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him in charge.

⁶⁶And Peter being below in the court, there comes one of the maid-servants of the high priest; ⁶⁷and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁶⁸But he denied, saying: I do not know, nor do I understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the fore-court; and a cock crowed.

⁶⁹And the maid-servant, seeing him, began again to say to those standing by: This is one of them. ⁷⁰And he again denied it.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilæan. ⁷¹But he began to invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know this man of whom ye speak. ⁷²And a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus said to him: Before a cock crows twice, thou wilt thrice deny me. And as he thought thereon, he wept.

XV.

And straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. ²And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it. ³And the chief priests accused him of many things.

⁴And Pilate asked him again, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold what things they testify against thee. ⁵But Jesus no longer made any answer; so that Pilate marveled.

⁶And at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they asked. ⁷And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with his companions in sedition, who in the sedition had committed murder. ⁸And coming up, the multitude began to make request, according as he had always done for them. ⁹And Pilate answered them, saying: Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews? ¹⁰For he knew that through envy the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas. ¹²And Pilate answering, said again to them: What will ye then that I shall do to him whom ye call the King of the Jews? ¹³And they cried again: Crucify him. ¹⁴And Pilate said to them: What evil then has he done? And they cried the more exceedingly: Crucify him.

¹⁵And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be crucified. ¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. ¹⁷And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! ¹⁹And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did homage to him. ²⁰And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments.

And they lead him out to crucify him. ²¹And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. ²²And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull. ²³And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. ²⁴And having crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what any one should take. ²⁵And it was the third hour; and they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of the accusation against him was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. ²⁸And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: And he was reckoned with transgressors. ²⁹And they that passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days; ³⁰save thyself, and come down from the cross. ³¹Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with another, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he can not save. ³²Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamasabachthani? Which is interpreted: My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me? ³⁵And some of those standing by, hearing it, said: Behold, he calls Elijah. ³⁶And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down. ³⁷And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, expired. ³⁸And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. ³⁹And the centurion who was standing near, over against him, seeing that he so cried out and expired, said: Truly this man was the Son of God.

⁴⁰And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome; ⁴¹who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which is the day before the sabbath), ⁴³Joseph from Arimathæa, an honorable counselor, who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead. ⁴⁵And having learned it from the centurion, he gave the dead body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. ⁴⁷And Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where he was laid.

XVI. And the sabbath being past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

²And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, when the sun was risen. ³And they said to one another: Who will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre? ⁴And looking up, they see that the stone has been rolled away. For it was very great. ⁵And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were affrighted. ⁶And he says to them: Be not affrighted. Ye are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. ⁷But go, say to his disciples, and to Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him, as he said to you. ⁸And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre; for trembling and astonishment seized them. And they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

⁹And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. ¹¹And they, hearing that he is alive, and was seen by her, believed not.

¹²After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked, going into the country. ¹³They also went and reported it to the rest; nor did they believe them.

¹⁴Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at table, and upbraided their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who saw him after he was risen. ¹⁵And he said to them: Go into all the world, and preach the good news to every creature. ¹⁶He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned. ¹⁷And these signs shall accompany those who have believed; in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; ¹⁸they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

¹⁹The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God; ²⁰and they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed.