Mark 9:1-50
I can assure you that some of the people standing here will not die before they observe God’s kingdom come with power.
Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him. They went up on a high mountain, where they could be alone. There observed by His disciples, Jesus was completely changed.
And his clothes became much more brilliant than any whitener on earth could make them.
Then Moses and Elijah were there speaking with Jesus.
Peter said to Jesus, “Teacher, it is good for us to be here! Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
But Peter and the others were terribly upset, and he did not know what he was saying.
The shadow of a cloud moved around and covered them. From the cloud a voice said, “This is my Son, and I love him. Listen to what he says!”
Immediately the disciples looked around, but they saw only Jesus.
As Jesus and his disciples were coming down the mountain, he told them not to say a word about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had been raised from death.
So they kept it to themselves. But they wondered what he meant by the words “raised from death.”
The disciples asked Jesus, “Don’t the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?”
And Jesus answered,
"Elijah certainly will arrive to ready things. But don’t the Scriptures also say that the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected?
I can assure you that Elijah has already come. And people treated him just as they wished, as the Scriptures promised.
When Jesus and his three disciples came back down, they saw a large crowd around the other disciples. The teachers of the Law of Moses were arguing with them.
The crowd was really surprised to see Jesus, and everyone hurried over to greet him.
Jesus asked, “What are you upset about?”
Someone from the crowd responded, “Teacher, I brought my son to you. A demon keeps him from talking.
Whenever the demon attacks my son, it throws him to the ground and makes him foam at the mouth and grit his teeth in pain. Then he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the demon, but they couldn’t do it.”
Jesus said, “You people don’t have any faith! How much longer must I contend with this? Bring the boy to me.”
They brought the boy, and as soon as the demon saw Jesus, it made the boy quake. He fell down and began rolling on the ground and foaming at the mouth.
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”
The man answered, “Ever since he was a child.
The demon has often tried to kill him by throwing him into a fire or into water. Please have pity and help us if you can!”
Jesus replied, “Why do you say ‘if you can’? Anything is possible for someone of faith!”
Right away the boy’s father shouted, “I do have faith! Please help me to gain more.”
When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering fast, he spoke authoritatively to the demon that had kept the boy from speaking or hearing. He said, “I order you to come out of the boy! Don’t ever torment him again.”
The spirit shrieked and made the boy shake all over. Then it leaped out of him. The boy appeared a corpse, and almost everyone said he was.
But Jesus took hold of his hand and helped him get up.
After Jesus and the disciples had gone back home and were alone, they asked him, “Why couldn’t we get rid of that demon?”
Jesus answered, “Only fervent prayer can drive away that kind of demon.”
Jesus left with his disciples and started through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know about it,
because he was teaching the disciples that the Son of Man would be handed over to people who would kill him. But 3 days later he would rise to life.
The disciples did not understand what Jesus meant, and they were fearfu to ask.
Jesus and his disciples went to His home in Capernaum. After they were inside the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about along the way?”
They had been arguing about which one of them was the greatest, and so they remain silent.
After Jesus sat down and told the 12 disciples to gather around Him, He explained, “If you wish the place of honor, you must become a slave and serve others!”
Then Jesus had a child stand close. He put His arm around the child and said,
“When you welcome even a child regarding Me, you welcome Me. And when you welcome Me, you welcome the One who sent Me.”
John said, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to drive demons from people. But he wasn’t one of us, and we told him to stop.”
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Don’t stop him! No one who works miracles in my name will quickly turn and say something bad about me.
Anyone who isn’t fighting us is for us.
And anyone who gives you a cup of water in My name, just because you are Mine, will surely be rewarded.
It will be horrible for people who cause even one of My littlest followers to sin. Those people would be better off thrown into the ocean with a heavy stone fastened around their throats.
So if you occupy yourself with sin, cut it out! You would be better off to go into eternity naïve than to be amused and be thrown into the fires of hell with no escape.
If you roam around to sin, stop it. You would be better off to go into life without any experiences than to have done everything and be tossed into hell.
If something causes you to sin, don't hang onto it. You would be better off to go into God’s kingdom with less than to have more and be tossed into hell.
The torments there never stop, and the fire never ceases to consume.
for every one with fire shall be purified, and every sacrifice with salt shall be seasoned.
Salt is okay. But if it no longer tastes salty, how can one retrieve that taste? Keep salt among you and live peacefully with each other."
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And he said to them, `Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'
2 And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,
3 and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten [them].
4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answering saith to Jesus, `Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'
6 for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, hear ye him;'
8 and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves.
9 And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;
10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
12 And he answering said to them, `Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?
13 But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
14 And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,
15 and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him.
16 And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'
17 and one out of the multitude answering said, `Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit;
18 and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.'
19 And he answering him, said, `O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;'
20 and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing -- foaming.
21 And he questioned his father, `How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, `From childhood,
22 and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.'
23 And Jesus said to him, `If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'
24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, `I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'
25 Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, `Spirit -- dumb and deaf -- I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into
him;'
26 and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,
27 but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
28 And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself -- `Why were we not able to cast it forth?'
29 And he said to them, `This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'
30 And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know,
31 for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, `The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,'
32 but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
33 And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'
34 and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;
35 and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'
36 And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,
37 `Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'
38 And John did answer him, saying, `Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'
39 And Jesus said, `Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me:
40 for he who is not against us is for us;
41 for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;
42 and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.
43 `And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --
44 where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.
45 `And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire -- the unquenchable --
46 where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.
47 And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire --
48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
49 for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.
50 The salt [is] good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season [it]? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'
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Mark 10:1-52 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Then he left Capernaum and headed south towards Judea's borders and into the area east of the Jordan River. And as before there were the crowds; and again Jesus taught them.
Some Pharisees came and asked him, “Do you permit divorce?” Thinking they might trap Jesus.
“What did Moses say Concerning divorce?” Jesus asked them.
“He said it was permissible,” they replied. “He said that all a man has to do is write his wife a letter of dismissal.”
“And why did he say that?” Jesus asked. “I’ll tell you—it was in concession to your hardhearted wickedness.
But it certainly isn’t God’s way. For from the very beginning God made a male and female to be joined permanently in marriage; therefore a man is to leave his father and mother,
and he and his wife are united so that they are no longer independent, but one.
And no man may separate what God has joined together.”
Later, when Jesus was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the topic again.
He told them, “When a man divorces his wife to marry someone else, he commits adultery against her.
And if a wife divorces her husband and remarries, she, too, commits adultery.”
Once when some mothers were bringing their children to Jesus to have them blessed, the disciples tried to dissuade them, telling them not to bother Jesus.
But when Jesus observed what was happening he was very much displeased with his disciples and said to them, “Let the children come to me, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they. Don’t send them away!
I tell you as seriously as I can that anyone who refuses to come to God as a little child will never be allowed into His Kingdom.”
Then He took the children into his arms and placed His hands on their heads and blessed them.
As he was starting on a trip, a man came running to him and knelt down and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to get to heaven?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is good!
But now to your question—you know the commandments: don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t cheat, respect your father and mother.”
“Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve never once broken any of those laws.”
Jesus felt genuine love for this man as he looked at him. “You lack only one thing,” he told him; “go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor—and you shall have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”
Then the man’s face fell, and he went sadly away, for he was quite wealthy.
Jesus watched him depart, then turned around and said to his disciples, “It’s almost impossible for the rich to get into the Kingdom of God!”
This amazed them. So Jesus said it again: “Dear children, how hard it is for those who trust in wealth to enter the Kingdom of God.
It is easier for a camel to go through the needle's eye than for a wealthy man to enter the Kingdom of God.”
The disciples were skeptical!y asked “Then who in the world can be saved, if not a rich man?”
Jesus looked at them intently, then said, “For man it's impossible. But not with God. With God everything is possible.”
Then Peter began to mention all that he and the other disciples had given up. “We’ve given up everything to follow you,” he said.
And Jesus replied, “Let me assure you that no one has ever given up anything—home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or property—for love of me and to tell others the Good News,
who won’t be given back, a 100 times over, homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—with persecutions!
“All these will be his here on earth, and in the world to come he shall have everlasting life.
But many people who seem to be important now will be the least important then; and many who are considered least here shall be greatest there.”
Now they were on the way to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking along ahead; and as the disciples were following they were filled with worry and dread.
Taking them aside, Jesus once more began describing all that was going to happen to him when they arrived at Jerusalem.
“When we get there,” he told them, “The Son of man will be arrested and taken before the chief priests and the Jewish leaders, who will sentence me to die and hand me over to the Romans to be killed.
They will mock me and spit on me and flog me with their whips and kill me; but after three days I will come back to life again.”
Then Zebedee's sons James and John, came close and spoke to Jesus. “Master, we want you to do us a favor.”
“What is it?” Jesus asked.
“We want to sit on the thrones next to yours in your Kingdom,” they said, “one at your right and the other at your left!”
But Jesus answered, “You have no idea what you're asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of sorrow I must drink from? Or to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?”
“Oh, yes,” they said, “we are!”
And Jesus said, “You shall in fact drink from my cup and be baptized with my baptism,
but I do not have the right to place you on thrones next to mine. Those appointments have already been made.”
When the other disciples discovered what James and John had asked, they were very indignant.
So Jesus called them to him and said, “As you know, the kings and great men of the earth rule over the people;
but among you it is different. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant.
And whoever wants to be greatest of all must be the slave of everyone.
For even the Son of Man is not here to be served, but to help others, and to give my life as payment for many.”
And so they reached Jericho. Later, as they left town, a great crowd was following. Now it happened that Timaeus' son Bartimaeusa (blind beggar) was sitting beside the road as Jesus was passing.
When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus from Nazareth was near, he began to shout out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
“Shut up!” some of the people yelled at him.
But he only shouted the louder, over and over, “O Son of David, have mercy on me!”
When Jesus heard him, he stopped there in the road and said, “Tell him to come over.”
So they called the blind man. “Don't despare,” they said, “come on, He’s calling you!”
Bartimaeus cast aside his old coat and flung it aside, jumped up and came to Jesus.
“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked.
“O Teacher,” the blind man said, “I want to see!”
And Jesus said to him, “All right, it’s done. Your faith has healed you.”
And instantly the blind man could see and followed Jesus along the road!
1 And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.
2 And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
3 and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'
4 and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
5 And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
6 but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
8 and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
9 what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
10 And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,
11 and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;
12 and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'
13 And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,
14 and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
15 verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;'
16 and having taken them in his arms, having put [his] hands upon them, he was blessing them.
17 And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'
18 And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One -- God;
19 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'
20 And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'
21 And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and
come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'
22 And he -- gloomy at the word -- went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.
23 And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
25 It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'
26 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, `And who is able to be saved?'
27 And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'
28 And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'
29 And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',
30 who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;
31 and many first shall be last, and the last first.'
32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them
the things about to happen to him,
33 -- `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,
34 and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'
35 And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'
36 and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'
37 and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'
38 and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'
39 And they said to him, `We are able;' and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;
40 but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared.'
41 And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,
42 but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;
43 but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,
44 and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;
45 for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
46 And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus -- Bartimaeus the blind -- was sitting beside the way begging,
47 and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David -- Jesus! deal kindly with me;'
48 and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'
49 And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;'
50 and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.
51 And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;'
52 and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.
Then he left Capernaum and headed south towards Judea's borders and into the area east of the Jordan River. And as before there were the crowds; and again Jesus taught them.
Some Pharisees came and asked him, “Do you permit divorce?” Thinking they might trap Jesus.
“What did Moses say Concerning divorce?” Jesus asked them.
“He said it was permissible,” they replied. “He said that all a man has to do is write his wife a letter of dismissal.”
“And why did he say that?” Jesus asked. “I’ll tell you—it was in concession to your hardhearted wickedness.
But it certainly isn’t God’s way. For from the very beginning God made a male and female to be joined permanently in marriage; therefore a man is to leave his father and mother,
and he and his wife are united so that they are no longer independent, but one.
And no man may separate what God has joined together.”
Later, when Jesus was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the topic again.
He told them, “When a man divorces his wife to marry someone else, he commits adultery against her.
And if a wife divorces her husband and remarries, she, too, commits adultery.”
Once when some mothers were bringing their children to Jesus to have them blessed, the disciples tried to dissuade them, telling them not to bother Jesus.
But when Jesus observed what was happening he was very much displeased with his disciples and said to them, “Let the children come to me, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they. Don’t send them away!
I tell you as seriously as I can that anyone who refuses to come to God as a little child will never be allowed into His Kingdom.”
Then He took the children into his arms and placed His hands on their heads and blessed them.
As he was starting on a trip, a man came running to him and knelt down and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to get to heaven?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is good!
But now to your question—you know the commandments: don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t cheat, respect your father and mother.”
“Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve never once broken any of those laws.”
Jesus felt genuine love for this man as he looked at him. “You lack only one thing,” he told him; “go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor—and you shall have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”
Then the man’s face fell, and he went sadly away, for he was quite wealthy.
Jesus watched him depart, then turned around and said to his disciples, “It’s almost impossible for the rich to get into the Kingdom of God!”
This amazed them. So Jesus said it again: “Dear children, how hard it is for those who trust in wealth to enter the Kingdom of God.
It is easier for a camel to go through the needle's eye than for a wealthy man to enter the Kingdom of God.”
The disciples were skeptical!y asked “Then who in the world can be saved, if not a rich man?”
Jesus looked at them intently, then said, “For man it's impossible. But not with God. With God everything is possible.”
Then Peter began to mention all that he and the other disciples had given up. “We’ve given up everything to follow you,” he said.
And Jesus replied, “Let me assure you that no one has ever given up anything—home, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or property—for love of me and to tell others the Good News,
who won’t be given back, a 100 times over, homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—with persecutions!
“All these will be his here on earth, and in the world to come he shall have everlasting life.
But many people who seem to be important now will be the least important then; and many who are considered least here shall be greatest there.”
Now they were on the way to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking along ahead; and as the disciples were following they were filled with worry and dread.
Taking them aside, Jesus once more began describing all that was going to happen to him when they arrived at Jerusalem.
“When we get there,” he told them, “The Son of man will be arrested and taken before the chief priests and the Jewish leaders, who will sentence me to die and hand me over to the Romans to be killed.
They will mock me and spit on me and flog me with their whips and kill me; but after three days I will come back to life again.”
Then Zebedee's sons James and John, came close and spoke to Jesus. “Master, we want you to do us a favor.”
“What is it?” Jesus asked.
“We want to sit on the thrones next to yours in your Kingdom,” they said, “one at your right and the other at your left!”
But Jesus answered, “You have no idea what you're asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of sorrow I must drink from? Or to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?”
“Oh, yes,” they said, “we are!”
And Jesus said, “You shall in fact drink from my cup and be baptized with my baptism,
but I do not have the right to place you on thrones next to mine. Those appointments have already been made.”
When the other disciples discovered what James and John had asked, they were very indignant.
So Jesus called them to him and said, “As you know, the kings and great men of the earth rule over the people;
but among you it is different. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant.
And whoever wants to be greatest of all must be the slave of everyone.
For even the Son of Man is not here to be served, but to help others, and to give my life as payment for many.”
And so they reached Jericho. Later, as they left town, a great crowd was following. Now it happened that Timaeus' son Bartimaeusa (blind beggar) was sitting beside the road as Jesus was passing.
When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus from Nazareth was near, he began to shout out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
“Shut up!” some of the people yelled at him.
But he only shouted the louder, over and over, “O Son of David, have mercy on me!”
When Jesus heard him, he stopped there in the road and said, “Tell him to come over.”
So they called the blind man. “Don't despare,” they said, “come on, He’s calling you!”
Bartimaeus cast aside his old coat and flung it aside, jumped up and came to Jesus.
“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked.
“O Teacher,” the blind man said, “I want to see!”
And Jesus said to him, “All right, it’s done. Your faith has healed you.”
And instantly the blind man could see and followed Jesus along the road!
1 And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.
2 And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
3 and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'
4 and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
5 And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
6 but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
8 and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
9 what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
10 And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,
11 and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;
12 and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'
13 And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them,
14 and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
15 verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child -- he may not enter into it;'
16 and having taken them in his arms, having put [his] hands upon them, he was blessing them.
17 And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'
18 And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One -- God;
19 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'
20 And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'
21 And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, `One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and
come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'
22 And he -- gloomy at the word -- went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.
23 And Jesus having looked round, saith to his disciples, `How hardly shall they who have riches enter into the reign of God!'
24 And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!
25 It is easier for a camel through the eye of the needle to enter, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.'
26 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying unto themselves, `And who is able to be saved?'
27 And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'
28 And Peter began to say to him, `Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'
29 And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',
30 who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;
31 and many first shall be last, and the last first.'
32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them
the things about to happen to him,
33 -- `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,
34 and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'
35 And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, `Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'
36 and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'
37 and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;'
38 and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with -- to be baptized?'
39 And they said to him, `We are able;' and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized;
40 but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared.'
41 And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,
42 but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them;
43 but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister,
44 and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;
45 for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
46 And they come to Jericho, and as he is going forth from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, a son of Timaeus -- Bartimaeus the blind -- was sitting beside the way begging,
47 and having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and to say, `The Son of David -- Jesus! deal kindly with me;'
48 and many were rebuking him, that he might keep silent, but the more abundantly he cried out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'
49 And Jesus having stood, he commanded him to be called, and they call the blind man, saying to him, `Take courage, rise, he doth call thee;'
50 and he, having cast away his garment, having risen, did come unto Jesus.
51 And answering, Jesus saith to him, `What wilt thou I may do to thee?' and the blind man said to him, `Rabboni, that I may see again;'
52 and Jesus said to him, `Go, thy faith hath saved thee:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Is this original with you, Nipper or have I read it somewhere else?
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Hopefully you've read the Bible many times...Quasimodo wrote:Is this original with you, Nipper or have I read it somewhere else?
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Re: Bible verse by verse
LittleNipper wrote:Hopefully you've read the Bible many times...Quasimodo wrote:Is this original with you, Nipper or have I read it somewhere else?
Once is enough if you understand it.
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Hey, you don't know that any of this happened. You weren't there! Isn't that your argument against evolution?
Especially Paul. He wasn't there for any of it. He had a holy brain fart and decided that made him an expert.
Really, we don't know if any of them were there and we don't even know who did the writing. But it's TWOO!
Especially Paul. He wasn't there for any of it. He had a holy brain fart and decided that made him an expert.
Really, we don't know if any of them were there and we don't even know who did the writing. But it's TWOO!
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Maksutov wrote:Hey, you don't know that any of this happened. You weren't there! Isn't that your argument against evolution?
Especially Paul. He wasn't there for any of it. He had a holy brain fart and decided that made him an expert.
Really, we don't know if any of them were there and we don't even know who did the writing. But it's TWOO!
Fortunately for us, we have written historic accounts from several people that totally jive. Evolution is supposed to have taken place before man existed. and so there are no witnesses and the only opinions regarding evolution developed long after the fact, even if only 6000 years ago.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Not really, as with experiments, repetition counts. And in depth study is key.Maksutov wrote:
Once is enough if you understand it.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Mark 11:1-33
Jesus and his followers were coming closer to Jerusalem. They came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent 2 of his followers on an errand.
He said to them, “Go to the town you can see there. When you enter it, you will find a young donkey that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here to me.
If anyone asks you why you are taking the donkey, tell them, ‘The Master needs it, and he will send it along.’”
The followers went into the town. They found a young donkey tied in the street near the door of a house, and they untied it.
Some people were standing there observing. They asked, “What are you doing? Why are you untying that donkey?”
The followers answered the way Jesus told them, and the people let them take the donkey.
The disciples brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it.
Many people strew their coats on the road for Jesus. Others cut branches in the fields and spread the branches on the road.
Some of them were walking ahead of Jesus. Others were walking behind him. Everyone shouted,
“‘Praise Him!’
‘Welcome! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’
“God bless the kingdom of our father David. That kingdom is coming!
Praise to God in heaven!”
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple. He looked at everything in the Temple area, but it was already late. So he went to Bethany with the twelve apostles.
The next day, Jesus was leaving Bethany hungry.
He saw a fig tree with leaves. So he went to the tree to see if it had any figs growing on it. But he found no figs on the tree. There were only leaves, because it was not in season for figs to grow.
So Jesus said to the tree, “People will never eat fruit from you again.” His followers heard him say this.
When Jesus and his followers came to Jerusalem, they entered the Temple area. Jesus began driving out the people who were buying and selling things there. He tossed over the tables that belonged to those who were exchanging different kinds of money. And he turned over the benches of those who were selling doves.
Jesus refused to allow anyone to carry merchandise through the Temple area.
Then Jesus began teaching the people and said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.’ But you have turned it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’”
When the leading priests and the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said, they began trying to find a way to murder Him. They were afraid of Him because all the people were enthralled with his teaching.
That night Jesus and his followers left the city.
The next morning Jesus was walking with his followers. They saw the fig tree that he spoke to the day before. The tree was brittle and dead, even the roots.
Peter remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “Teacher, look! Yesterday, you told that fig tree to die. Now it is dry and dead!”
Jesus answered, “Have faith in God.
The truth is, you can say to this mountain, ‘Mountain go and fall into the sea.’ And if you have no doubts in your mind and believe that what you say will happen, then God will accomplish it for you.
So I tell you to ask for what you want in prayer. And if you believe that you have received those things, then they will be yours.
When you are praying and you remember that you're upset with another person about something, forgive that person. Forgive them so that your Father in heaven will also forgive your sins.”
Jesus and his followers went again to Jerusalem. Jesus was walking in the Temple area. The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and the older Jewish leaders came to him.
They said, “Tell us! What authority do you have to do such things? Where does Your authority originate?”
Jesus answered, “I will ask you a question. You answer my question. Then I will tell you whose authority I apply to do these things.
Tell me: When John immersed people, did his authority come from God or was it only from other people? Answer me.”
These Jewish leaders sceemed concerning Jesus’ question. They said to each other, “If we answer, ‘John’s immersion was from God,’ then Jesus will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe John?’
But we can’t say that John’s baptism was from someone else.” (These leaders were scared of the citizens, because the people believed that John was a prophet.)
So the leaders answered Jesus, “We have no idea.”
Jesus said, “Then I will not inform you who gave me the authority to do these things.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And when they come nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 and saith to them, `Go away to the village that is over-against you, and immediately, entering into it, ye shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men hath sat, having loosed it, bring [it]:
3 and if any one may say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the lord hath need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.'
4 And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door without, by the two ways, and they loose it,
5 and certain of those standing there said to them, `What do ye -- loosing the colt?'
6 and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them.
7 And they brought the colt unto Jesus, and did cast upon it their garments, and he sat upon it,
8 and many did spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way.
9 And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, `Hosanna! blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord;
10 blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'
11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the morrow, they having come forth from Bethany, he hungered,
13 and having seen a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he shall find anything in it, and having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not a time of figs,
14 and Jesus answering said to it, `No more from thee -- to the age -- may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.
15 And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew,
16 and he did not suffer that any might bear a vessel through the temple,
17 and he was teaching, saying to them, `Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'
18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;
19 and when evening came, he was going forth without the city.
20 And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from the roots,
21 and Peter having remembered saith to him, `Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'
22 And Jesus answering saith to them, `Have faith of God;
23 for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall
be to him whatever he may say.
24 Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.
25 `And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;
26 and, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.'
27 And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
28 and they say to him, `By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'
29 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will question you -- I also -- one word; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things;
30 the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'
31 And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?
32 But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;
33 and answering they say to Jesus, `We have not known;' and Jesus answering saith to them, `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'
Jesus and his followers were coming closer to Jerusalem. They came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent 2 of his followers on an errand.
He said to them, “Go to the town you can see there. When you enter it, you will find a young donkey that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here to me.
If anyone asks you why you are taking the donkey, tell them, ‘The Master needs it, and he will send it along.’”
The followers went into the town. They found a young donkey tied in the street near the door of a house, and they untied it.
Some people were standing there observing. They asked, “What are you doing? Why are you untying that donkey?”
The followers answered the way Jesus told them, and the people let them take the donkey.
The disciples brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it.
Many people strew their coats on the road for Jesus. Others cut branches in the fields and spread the branches on the road.
Some of them were walking ahead of Jesus. Others were walking behind him. Everyone shouted,
“‘Praise Him!’
‘Welcome! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’
“God bless the kingdom of our father David. That kingdom is coming!
Praise to God in heaven!”
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple. He looked at everything in the Temple area, but it was already late. So he went to Bethany with the twelve apostles.
The next day, Jesus was leaving Bethany hungry.
He saw a fig tree with leaves. So he went to the tree to see if it had any figs growing on it. But he found no figs on the tree. There were only leaves, because it was not in season for figs to grow.
So Jesus said to the tree, “People will never eat fruit from you again.” His followers heard him say this.
When Jesus and his followers came to Jerusalem, they entered the Temple area. Jesus began driving out the people who were buying and selling things there. He tossed over the tables that belonged to those who were exchanging different kinds of money. And he turned over the benches of those who were selling doves.
Jesus refused to allow anyone to carry merchandise through the Temple area.
Then Jesus began teaching the people and said, “It is written in the Scriptures, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.’ But you have turned it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.’”
When the leading priests and the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said, they began trying to find a way to murder Him. They were afraid of Him because all the people were enthralled with his teaching.
That night Jesus and his followers left the city.
The next morning Jesus was walking with his followers. They saw the fig tree that he spoke to the day before. The tree was brittle and dead, even the roots.
Peter remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “Teacher, look! Yesterday, you told that fig tree to die. Now it is dry and dead!”
Jesus answered, “Have faith in God.
The truth is, you can say to this mountain, ‘Mountain go and fall into the sea.’ And if you have no doubts in your mind and believe that what you say will happen, then God will accomplish it for you.
So I tell you to ask for what you want in prayer. And if you believe that you have received those things, then they will be yours.
When you are praying and you remember that you're upset with another person about something, forgive that person. Forgive them so that your Father in heaven will also forgive your sins.”
Jesus and his followers went again to Jerusalem. Jesus was walking in the Temple area. The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and the older Jewish leaders came to him.
They said, “Tell us! What authority do you have to do such things? Where does Your authority originate?”
Jesus answered, “I will ask you a question. You answer my question. Then I will tell you whose authority I apply to do these things.
Tell me: When John immersed people, did his authority come from God or was it only from other people? Answer me.”
These Jewish leaders sceemed concerning Jesus’ question. They said to each other, “If we answer, ‘John’s immersion was from God,’ then Jesus will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe John?’
But we can’t say that John’s baptism was from someone else.” (These leaders were scared of the citizens, because the people believed that John was a prophet.)
So the leaders answered Jesus, “We have no idea.”
Jesus said, “Then I will not inform you who gave me the authority to do these things.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And when they come nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
2 and saith to them, `Go away to the village that is over-against you, and immediately, entering into it, ye shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men hath sat, having loosed it, bring [it]:
3 and if any one may say to you, Why do ye this? say ye that the lord hath need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.'
4 And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door without, by the two ways, and they loose it,
5 and certain of those standing there said to them, `What do ye -- loosing the colt?'
6 and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them.
7 And they brought the colt unto Jesus, and did cast upon it their garments, and he sat upon it,
8 and many did spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way.
9 And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, `Hosanna! blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord;
10 blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'
11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.
12 And on the morrow, they having come forth from Bethany, he hungered,
13 and having seen a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he shall find anything in it, and having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not a time of figs,
14 and Jesus answering said to it, `No more from thee -- to the age -- may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.
15 And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew,
16 and he did not suffer that any might bear a vessel through the temple,
17 and he was teaching, saying to them, `Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make it a den of robbers?'
18 And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;
19 and when evening came, he was going forth without the city.
20 And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from the roots,
21 and Peter having remembered saith to him, `Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'
22 And Jesus answering saith to them, `Have faith of God;
23 for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall
be to him whatever he may say.
24 Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.
25 `And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;
26 and, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.'
27 And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
28 and they say to him, `By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'
29 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will question you -- I also -- one word; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things;
30 the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'
31 And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?
32 But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;
33 and answering they say to Jesus, `We have not known;' and Jesus answering saith to them, `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'
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Re: Bible verse by verse
LittleNipper wrote:Maksutov wrote:Hey, you don't know that any of this happened. You weren't there! Isn't that your argument against evolution?
Especially Paul. He wasn't there for any of it. He had a holy brain fart and decided that made him an expert.
Really, we don't know if any of them were there and we don't even know who did the writing. But it's TWOO!
Fortunately for us, we have written historic accounts from several people that totally jive. Evolution is supposed to have taken place before man existed. and so there are no witnesses and the only opinions regarding evolution developed long after the fact, even if only 6000 years ago.
No you don't. And Bart Ehrman can show where several books of the New Testament are forgeries.
So not only do you not understand science, you don't know anything about your Bible either. Ignorance is bliss, right?
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov