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[_LittleNipper]

Mark 3:1-35

And Jesus once more went into the synagogue, and was there a man having a withered hand,

and Jesus was being observed, to see if Jesus might heal on the sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

And Jesus said to the man having the withered hand, `stand in the middle.'

And Jesus said to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or evil? life to save, or to murder?' but they said nothing.

And having looked round at them in anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, `Stretch out your hand;' and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

and the Pharisees having left, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against Jesus how they might destroy him.

And Jesus left with his disciples to the seaside, and a great crowd from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and from around Tyre and Sidon -- a great crowd -- having heard the fantastic things Jesus was doing --- came to see him.

And Jesus said to his disciples that a small boat would be helpful, because of the crowds, that they may not crush upon him,

for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves against him, in order to touch him -- those with plagues;

and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying -- `You are God's Son;'

and often Jesus was telling them that they would remain silent concerning Him.

And Jesus went up to the mountain, and called near whom he desired, and they went to Him.

And Jesus selected 12, that they may be with him, and that he may send them out to preach,

and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out demons.

And Jesus gave Simon the name Peter;

and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James --- Jesus gave them them the names -- Boanerges, meaning, `Sons of thunder;'

and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Alpheus' son James, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,

and Judas Iscariot, who would betray Jesus; and they come into a house.

And once again a crowd gathered, so that they are not able even eat bread;

and friends of Jesus having heard, went to take Him away, for they said that He was overwhelmed,

and the scribes from Jerusalem having come down, said -- `He hath Beelzeboul,' and -- `Through the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.'

And, having called them near, Jesus smiled and said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

and if a kingdom against itself is split, that kingdom cannot stand;

and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but is finished.

`No one is able to take a powerful man's possessions, if first the strong man is not bound, and then his house maybe robbed.

Truly I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

but whoever rejects the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven--when the age ends, but is in danger of eternal judgment;'

because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'

Then came along Jesus' brethren and mother, and stood outside, they sought to call on him,

and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, `See, your mother and brethren outside are seeking you.'

And Jesus answered them, saying, `Who is my mother, or brothers?'

And having looked about a circle of those sitting around him, Jesus saith, `See, my mother and my brothers!

for whoever may do God's will, he is my brother, sister, and mother.'

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered,

2 and they were watching him, whether on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith to the man having the hand withered, `Rise up in the midst.'

4 And he saith to them, `Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save, or to kill?' but they were silent.

5 And having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

6 and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.

7 And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon -- a great multitude -- having heard how great things he was doing, came unto him.

9 And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him,

10 for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him -- as many as had plagues;

11 and the unclean spirits, when they were seeing him, were falling down before him, and were crying, saying -- `Thou art the Son of God;'

12 and many times he was charging them that they might not make him manifest.

13 And he goeth up to the mountain, and doth call near whom he willed, and they went away to him;

14 and he appointed twelve, that they may be with him, and that he may send them forth to preach,

15 and to have power to heal the sicknesses, and to cast out the demons.

16 And he put on Simon the name Peter;

17 and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names -- Boanerges, that is, `Sons of thunder;'

18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,

19 and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up; and they come into a house.

20 And come together again doth a multitude, so that they are not able even to eat bread;

21 and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

22 and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said -- `He hath Beelzeboul,' and -- `By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

23 And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

24 and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

25 and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

26 and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end.

27 `No one is able the vessels of the strong man -- having entered into his house -- to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

28 `Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,

29 but whoever may speak evil in regard to the Holy Spirit hath not forgiveness -- to the age, but is in danger of age-during judgment;'

30 because they said, `He hath an unclean spirit.'

31 Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

32 and a multitude was sitting about him, and they said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren without do seek thee.'

33 And he answered them, saying, `Who is my mother, or my brethren?'

34 And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

35 for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

[_LittleNipper]

Mark 4:1-41

Once more Jesus began to teach by the lake, but the crowd gathering around him was so large that he climbed into a boat on the lake and sat there, while the crowd stayed on shore at the water’s edge.

He explained many things in parables. In the course of his lecture, he said to them:

“Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed.

As he tossed it, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up.

Other seed fell on rocky areas where there was not much soil. It sprouted fast because the soil was shallow;

but when the sun rose high, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up.

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and strangled it; so that no grain was yielded.

But other seed fell onto rich soil and produced grain; it sprouted, and grew, and yielded a crop — thirty, sixty, even a hundred times what was sown.”

And he concluded, “Whoever has ears to listen, let him hear!”

When Jesus was alone, the people around him with the 12 asked him concerning the parables.

He answered them, “To you the secret of the Kingdom of God has been supplied; but to those on the outside, everything is in parables,

so that they may be always watching but never seeing; always listening but never understanding. Otherwise, they might repent and be forgiven!”

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you be able to understand any parable?

The sower distributes the message.

Those alongside the path where the message is distributed are people who no sooner hear it than Satan comes and takes away the message distributed among them.

Likewise, those receiving seed on rocky areas are people who hear the message and joyfully accept it immediately;

but they have no depth in themselves. So they hold out for a while, but as soon as some trouble or persecution arises on account of the message, they immediately run.

Others are those distributed among thorns — they hear the message;

but the problems of the world, the deceitful glamor of wealth and all the other kinds of desires press in and stifle the message; so that it produces nothing.

But those planted on rich soil hear the message, accept it and bear fruit — thirty, sixty or a hundredfold.”

Jesus commented to them, “A lamp isn’t brought in to be put under a basket or under the bed, is it? Wouldn’t you put it on a lamppost?

Truthfully, nothing is hidden, except to be disclosed; and nothing is shrouded, except to come out into the open.

Those who have ears to hear with, let them listen!”

He also said to them, “Pay attention to what you are hearing! The measure that you use to measure others will be applied to measure to you — and more besides!

For anyone who has something will be given more; but from anyone who is empty, even what he does have will be taken away.”

And he said, “The Kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

Nights he rests, days he’s busy; and meanwhile the seeds sprout and grow — how, he doesn’t know.

By itself the soil produces a crop — first the stalk, then the head, and finally the full grain in the head.

But as soon as the crop is ready, the man comes with his sickle, because it’s harvest-time.”

Jesus also said, “With what can we compare the Kingdom of God? What illustration should we use to paint it?

It is like a mustard seed, which, when planted, is among the smallest of all the seeds in the field;

but after it has been planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all the plants, with such big branches that the birds flying about can construct nest in it shelter.”

With many parables like these Jesus spoke the message to them, to the extent that they were capable of bearing it.

He did not say a thing to them without applying a parable; when he was alone with his own group he explained everything to them.

That day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.”

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took Him across in that boat He'd been in --- though the were other boats surrounding him.

A furious windstorm awoke, and the waves crested over the boat, so that it was close to being swamped.

But Jesus was in the stern on a mattress, asleep. They woke him and said to him, “Rabbi, don't You care that we’re about to be killed?”

He awoke, reprimanded the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind subsided, and there was a dead calm.

Jesus asked them, “Why are you fearful? Have you no trust yet?”

But they were terrified and asked one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the waves obey him?”

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

2 and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

3 `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

5 and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

9 And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

11 and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

13 And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

14 He who is sowing doth sow the word;

15 and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

16 `And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

17 and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

18 `And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

20 `And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

21 And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

22 for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

23 If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

24 And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

25 for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.'

26 And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

27 and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

28 for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

29 and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

30 And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

31 As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

32 and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

33 And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

35 And he saith to them on that day, evening having come, `We may pass over to the other side;'

36 and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.

37 And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

38 and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'

39 And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:

40 and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?'

41 and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

[_LittleNipper]

Mark 5:1-43

Jesus and his disciples arrived at the other side of the lake at the Gadarenes.

As soon as He disembarked, a man with a demon came out of the burial caves to meet him.

He lived in the burial caves; and no one could keep him tied up, not even with chain.

He had often been chained hand and foot, but he would snap the chains and break the irons off his feet, and no one could control him.

Night and day he wandered through the graves and hills, howling and cutting himself with stones.

Seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him

and screamed at the top of his lungs, “What do you want with me, Jesus, God's Son? I beg you in God’s name! Don’t torment me!”

For Jesus had already begun to say, “Unclean spirit, come out of this man!”

Jesus asked him, “What’s your name?” “My name is Legion,” he answered, “there are loads of us”;

and he kept begging Jesus not to send them from that area.

Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding near the hill,

and the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so we can enter them.”

Jesus gave them permission. They came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, stampeded down the hillside into the lake and drowned.

The swineherds ran and told it in the town and the surrounding country, and the citizen went to see what had happened.

They came to Jesus and saw the man who harbored the legion of demons, seated, dressed and in his right mind; and they were frightened.

Those who had seen it all explained what had happened to the man controlled by demons and the pigs;

and the people began pleading for Jesus to leave their local.

As Jesus climbed into the boat, the man who had been demonized begged him to be allowed to go with him.

But Jesus would not allow it. Instead, he said to him, “Go home to your people, and tell them how much Lord in his mercy has done for you.”

He went away and began proclaiming in the Decapolis (Ten Towns) how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.

Jesus crossed in the boat to the other side of the lake, and a great crowd gathered around him.

There came to him a synagogue official, named Jairus, who fell at his feet

and pleaded desperately with him, “My little daughter near death. Please! Come and lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and survive!”

Jesus went with him; and a large crowd followed, pressing all around him.

Among them was a woman who hemorrhaged for 12 years

and had suffered a great deal under many physicians. She had spent her life savings; yet instead of improving, she had grown worse.

She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe;

for she thought, “If I touch even his clothes, I will be healed.”

Instantly the hemorrhaging stopped, and she felt in her body that she had been healed from the disease.

At the same time, Jesus, aware that energy had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my garment?”

His disciples responded, “You see the people pressing in on you; and should ask, ‘Who touched me?’”

But Jesus looking looking around to see who had done it.

The woman, frightened and trembling, because she knew what occurred to her, came and fell down in front of him and told him the whole truth.

“Daughter,” Jesus said to her, “your trust has healed you. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official’s house came, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the rabbi any longer?”

Ignoring what they had said, Jesus told the synagogue official, “Don’t be afraid, just keep trusting.”

He let no one follow him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;.

When they came to the synagogue official’s house, he found a hightened commotion, with people weeping and wailing loudly.

On entering, Jesus said to them, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child isn’t dead, she’s just asleep!”

And they jeered at him. But he put them all outside, brought the child’s father and mother and those with him, and went in where the child lay.

Taking her by the hand, he said to her, “Talita, kumi!” (which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”).

At once the girl got up and began walking around; she was 12 years old. Everybody was entirely shocked.

Jesus gave them strict orders to say nothing about this to anyone, and told them to feed her.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes,

2 and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

3 who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him,

4 because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,

5 and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones.

6 And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,

7 and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'

8 (for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

9 and he was questioning him, `What [is] thy name?' and he answered, saying, `Legion [is] my name, because we are many;'

10 and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.

11 And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,

12 and all the demons did call upon him, saying, `Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

13 and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea -- and they were about two thousand
-- and they were choked in the sea.

14 And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

15 and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded -- him having had the legion -- and they were afraid;

16 and those having seen [it], declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine;

17 and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

18 And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him,

19 and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own [friends], and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;

20 and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.

21 And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea,

22 and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,

23 and he was calling upon him much, saying -- `My little daughter is at the last extremity -- that having come, thou mayest lay on her [thy] hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'

24 and he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him,

25 and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,

26 and many things having suffered under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse,

27 having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,

28 for she said -- `If even his garments I may touch, I shall be saved;'

29 and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.

30 And immediately Jesus having known in himself that out of him power had gone forth, having turned about in the multitude, said, `Who did touch my garments?'

31 and his disciples said to him, `Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and thou sayest, `Who did touch me!'

32 And he was looking round to see her who did this,

33 and the woman, having been afraid, and trembling, knowing what was done on her, came, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth,

34 and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

35 As he is yet speaking, there come from the chief of the synagogue's [house, certain], saying -- `Thy daughter did die, why still dost thou harass the Teacher?'

36 And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'

37 And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

38 and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;

39 and having gone in he saith to them, `Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;

40 and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying,

41 and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, `Talitha cumi;' which is, being interpreted, `Damsel (I say to thee), arise.'

42 And immediately the damsel arose, and was walking, for she was twelve years [old]; and they were amazed with a great amazement,

43 and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

[_LittleNipper]

Mark 6:1-56

Then Jesus departed and traveled to his home town --- his disciples followed him.

On the Sabbath he taught in the synagogue, and many who listened were astounded. They asked, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom he has been received? What are these miracles worked through him?

Isn’t he only the carpenter? Mary's son --- the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here also?” And they were offended.

But Jesus said to them. “The only place people don’t respect a prophet is in his home town, among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

So Jesus could do no miracles there, other than lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

He was surprised at their lack of trust.

Then Jesus hiked through the surrounding towns and villages, teaching.

Jesus summoned the 12 and began sending them out in pairs, giving them control over demonic spirits.

He instructed them, “Take nothing for your journey except a walking stick — no bread, knapsack, or money in your belt.

Wear shoes but not an extra shirt.

Whenever you enter a house, remain there until you leave that location;

and if the people of some place will not welcome you, and they refuse to hear you, then, as you leave, shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.”

So they set out and preached that people should turn from sin to God.

They expelled many demons, and they anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

Meanwhile, King Herod heard about all this, for Jesus' reputation was spreading. Some were saying, "John who Immersed has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Others said, “It is Elijah!” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

But when Herod heard about it, he reassoned, “John, whom I had beheaded, has been raised.”

For Herod had sent and had John arrested and chained in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. Herod had married her,

but John had told him, “It violates the Law for you to marry your brother’s wife.”

So Herodias held grudge against him and wanted him executed. But this she could not accomplish,

because Herod was awed by John and protected him, for he knew that he was a righteous and holy man. Whenever he heard him, he became deeply upset; yet he enjoyed listening to him.

Finally, any opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet on his birthday for his nobles and officers and the leading men of the Galilee.

The daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and she impressed Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want; I will give it to you”

And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

So she left and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” She said, “The head of John the Immerser.”

Immediately the daughter hurried back to the king and announced her request: “I want you to give me right now on a platter the head of John the Immerser.”

Herod was appalled; but out of regard for the oaths he had sworn before his dinner guests, he did not want to break his word to her.

So the king immediately sent a soldier from his personal guard with orders to fetch John's head. The soldier went and beheaded John in the prison, brought his head on a platter, and hNSED to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

When John's disciples heard of it, they came and retrieved the body and laid it in a grave.

How those who had been sent out rejoined Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

There were so many people coming and going that they didn't have time to eat, so Jesus said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a place where we can be alone, and you can rest.”

They went off by themselves to an isolated spot;

but many people, seeing them leave and recognizing them, ran ahead on foot from all the towns and got there first.

When Jesus came ashore, he observed a huge crowd. Being compassionate towards them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, Jesus began teaching them many things.

By this time, the hour was late. The disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote location, and it’s getting late.

Send the people away, so that they can go and buy food for themselves in the surrounding farms and towns.”

But Jesus answered them, “Give them something to eat, yourselves!” They replied, “We are to go and spend thousands on bread, and give it to them to eat?”

He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and check.” When they had found out, they said, “Five. Plus two fish.”

Then Jesus ordered all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass.

They sat down in groups of 50 or a 100.

Then Jesus took the 5 loaves and the 2 fish, and, looking up toward heaven, made a blessing. Next Jesus broke up the loaves and began distributing them among the disciples to distribute. He also portioned up the 2 fish among them all.

They all ate as much as they desired,

and they collected 12 baskets full of the broken pieces and fish.

Those who ate the loaves numbered 5000 men.

Immediately Jesus had His disciples enter the boat and go on ahead of Him toward the other side of the lake, towards Bethsaida, while Jesus dispersed the crowds away.

After he had left them, he went into the hills to pray.

When night arrived, the boat was upon the lake, and Jesus was by himself on land.

He saw that they were having difficulty rowing, because the wind was against them; so at around four o’clock in the morning he came toward them, walking upon the water! He meant to come up alongside them;

but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought it was some spirit and let out a shriek;

for they all saw him and were terrified. However, he spoke to them. “Courage,” he said, “it is I. Stop being afraid!”

He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,

for they did not understand about the loaves; on the contrary, their hearts had been made harden like stone.

After they had crossed, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored.

As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus,

and began running around throughout that whole region and bringing sick people on their stretchers to any place where they understood Him to be.

Wherever Jesus went --- towns, cities or in the country, they laid out the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the fringe of his robe, and all who touched it were healed.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him,

2 and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, `Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.

4 And Jesus said to them -- `A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;'

5 and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal [them];

6 and he wondered because of their unbelief. And he was going round the villages, in a circle, teaching,

7 and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

8 and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only -- no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle,

9 but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

10 And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,

11 and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

12 And having gone forth they were preaching that [men] might reform,

13 and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing [them].

14 And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- `John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

15 Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

16 And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

17 For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

18 for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

19 and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

20 for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

21 And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

22 and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

23 and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'

24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'

25 and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

26 And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

27 and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

28 and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

29 and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

30 And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

31 and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

32 and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.

33 And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him,

34 and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

35 And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, -- `The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced,

36 let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

37 And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

38 And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'

39 And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

40 and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.

41 And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves, and was giving to his disciples, that they may set before them, and the two fishes
divided he to all,

42 and they did all eat, and were filled,

43 and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,

44 and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

45 And immediately he constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before to the other side, unto Bethsaida, till he may let the multitude away,

46 and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

47 And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land;

48 and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them.

49 And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,

50 for they all saw him, and were troubled, and immediately he spake with them, and saith to them, `Take courage, I am [he], be not afraid.'

51 And he went up unto them to the boat, and the wind lulled, and greatly out of measure were they amazed in themselves, and were wondering,

52 for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.

53 And having passed over, they came upon the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore,

54 and they having come forth out of the boat, immediately having recognised him,

55 having run about through all that region round about, they began upon the couches to carry about those ill, where they were hearing that he is,

56 and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.

[_Choyo Chagas]

Mark 6:1-56
...
Others said, “It is Elijah!” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
..-
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

mark 6:15 Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

you are wrong as usual
there is no prophet called elijah in new testament
he is elias; a different person --- by kjv d&c
joseph smith said it; (((he has read only kjv...)))

do you know?
search http://unbound.biola.edu/ for "elijah", ylt version first then kjv ver

[_LittleNipper]

Mark 6:1-56
...
Others said, “It is Elijah!” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
..-
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

mark 6:15 Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

you are wrong as usual
there is no prophet called elijah in new testament
he is elias; a different person --- by kjv d&c
joseph smith said it; (((he has read only kjv...)))

do you know?
search http://unbound.biola.edu/ for "elijah", ylt version first then kjv ver

There was no "NEW Testament when the people said this. They were regarding a revered Jewish prophet from the past. Mr. Smith didn't go to seminary.

[_LittleNipper]

Mark 7:1-37

And there came to Jesus a group of Pharisees, and of scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

and had observed some of Jesus' disciples eating their bread with unwashed hands.

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, would not eat until they washed their hands diligently, holding to the ways of the elders;

and when they come from shopping, except they took a bath they would not eat. Plus many other additional things, which they follow, such as, washing of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels.)

And the Pharisees and the scribes ask Jesus, Why His disciples didn't follow the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with dirty hands?

And Jesus told them, "Correctly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor Me with their lips, But their hearts are not in it.

But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as their doctrines man's regulations.

You desert the commandment of God, and cling tight to the tradition of men."

And Jesus said unto them, Knowingly you reject the commandment of God, so you can keep your tradition.

For Moses reported, "Honor your father and your mother; and, He that speaks evil of his father or mother, let him die:

However, you say, "If a man shall say to his father or his mother, that what might have been used to help their father or mother is given to God,

you no longer make him help his parents;

voiding the word of God by your tradition, which you delivered: and many similar things you do.

And Jesus invited the multitude to come to Him again, and said unto them, "Hear me all of you, and comprehend:

there is nothing outside man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of the man are what defile the man."

And when he went into the house removed from the multitude, his disciples asked Jesus what the parable meant.

And Jesus replied to them, "Are you so dense too? Realize, that whatever goes into the man from outside him, cannot defile him;

because it doesn't travel into his heart, but to his belly, and goes out into the air? This Jesus said, making all meats clean.

And Jesus said, That which comes out of the man defiles the man.

For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, a look of disgust, railing, pride, foolishness:

all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man."

And from there Jesus got up, and journeyed away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And Jesus entered a house, and wanted no man to know it --- but Jesus could not hide.

But right away a woman, whose little daughter had a demon, heard of His whereabouts, came and fell down at his feet.

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she begged Jesus that He would cast the demon out of her daughter.

And Jesus replied to her, "Let the children first be fed: for it is not right to take the children’s bread and cast it to dogs.

But she answered and said unto Him, "Yes, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs."

And Jesus said to her, "For your reply go your way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter."

And she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon had left.

And again Jesus left the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the borders of (the Ten Cities) Decapolis.

And they brought to Jesus a deaf and dumb man. And they begged Jesus to lay His hand upon him.

And Jesus took him aside from the multitude privately, and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat, and touched his tongue;

and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha", translated, "Be opened."

And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he could speak normally.

And Jesus charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, the more a great deal they made of it publicly.

And they were unbelievably astonished, saying, "He hath done all things well; he makes even the deaf hear, and the dumb to speak."


Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

2 and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

3 for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

4 and, [coming] from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and
couches.

5 Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

6 and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;

7 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

8 for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

9 And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

11 and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), [is] whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

12 and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

13 setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

14 And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand;

15 there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.

16 If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

17 And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

18 and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

19 because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

20 And he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

21 for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

23 all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'

24 And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,

25 for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, --

26 and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation -- and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.

27 And Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast [it] to the little dogs.'

28 And she answered and saith to him, `Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children's crumbs.'

29 And he said to her, `Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;'

30 and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

31 And again, having gone forth from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis,

32 and they bring to him a deaf, stuttering man, and they call on him that he may put the hand on him.

33 And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,

34 and having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, `Ephphatha,' that is, `Be thou opened;'

35 and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

36 And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming [it],

37 and they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, `Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.'

[_Maksutov]

Cool! Another demon cast out! Where did it go?

Hey, the dumb speak on this forum all the time. No miracle there.

[_LittleNipper]

Cool! Another demon cast out! Where did it go?

Hey, the dumb speak on this forum all the time. No miracle there.

Suggested reading:
https://www.compellingtruth.org/demons-Bible.html

[_LittleNipper]

Mark 8:1-38

At this time another large crowd gathered before Him and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and told them,

“I feel compassion for the crowd. They have been around Me now 3 days and have nothing left to eat.

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint along the road; because some of them have come a long way.”

His disciples replied to Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this isolated place to feed these people?”

He asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They answered, “Seven.”

Jesus directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the 7 loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to pass out before them, and they served the crowd.

They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had given thanks, He ordered the fish to be passed before them as well.

And the people ate and were filled; and they picked up seven large baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

About 4000 were there besides women and children. And Jesus sent them away.

Then immediately He climbed into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

The Pharisees came out and began to contentiously and debate with Him, demanding from Jesus a sign from heaven, to test Him.

He groaned and sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no sign will be allotted this generation!”

Leaving them, He again boarded the boat and left for the other side.

Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

Jesus repeatedly ordered them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the additions of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

They began discussing this with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread that He said this.”

Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you still not see or comprehend? Are your hearts thick?

Though you have eyes, are you blind? And though you have ears, are you deaf? And do you not remember,

when I broke the 5 loaves for the 5 thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They answered, “12”

“And the 7 loaves for the 4000, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they answered, “7”

And He was saying to them, “And you still don't get it?”

Then they arrived at Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him.

Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

And he looked up and said, “I see people, but appear like walking trees.”

Then again Jesus laid His hands on his eyes; and the man stared intently and his sight was completely restored, and he began to see everything clearly.

And He sent him to his home, saying, “Stay out of the village.”

Then Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And along the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

They answered Him, “John who immerses; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the former prophets.”

And He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to Him, “You are the Messiah/the Anointed One.”

Then Jesus strictly warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

And Jesus started teaching them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected as the Messiah by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be killed, and after 3 days rise up.

He was declaring the matter straight forward. Then Peter took Him aside and began to disagree with Jesus.

But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan; for your mind is not aimed upon God’s will or values and purposes, but on what satisfies man.”

Jesus gathered the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to follow as My disciple, he must set aside personal interests, and carry his cross and believe in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me.

For whoever wishes to save his life will eventually die, but whoever dies for My sake and the gospel’s will have eternal life.

For what value to man to gain the entire world, and lose his soul?

For what will a man give in exchange for his soul and eternal life?

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,

2 `I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

3 and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

4 And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?'

5 And he was questioning them, `How many loaves have ye?' and they said, `Seven.'

6 And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before [them]; and
they did set before the multitude.

7 And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before [them];

8 and they did eat and were filled, and they took up that which was over of broken pieces -- seven baskets;

9 and those eating were about four thousand. And he let them away,

10 and immediately having entered into the boat with his disciples, he came to the parts of Dalmanutha,

11 and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;

12 and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, `Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.'

13 And having left them, having entered again into the boat, he went away to the other side;

14 and they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat,

15 and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'

16 and they were reasoning with one another, saying -- `Because we have no loaves.'

17 And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

18 Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?

19 When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' they say to him, `Twelve.'

20 `And when the seven to the four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' and they said, `Seven.'

21 And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

22 And he cometh to Bethsaida, and they bring to him one blind, and call upon him that he may touch him,

23 and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put [his] hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

24 and he, having looked up, said, `I behold men, as I see trees, walking.'

25 Afterwards again he put [his] hands on his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored, and discerned all things clearly,

26 and he sent him away to his house, saying, `Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell [it] to any in the village.'

27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cesarea Philippi, and in the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, `Who do men say me to be?'

28 And they answered, `John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'

29 And he saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?' and Peter answering saith to him, `Thou art the Christ.'

30 And he strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it,

31 and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again;

32 and openly he was speaking the word. And Peter having taken him aside, began to rebuke him,

33 and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, `Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

34 And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

35 for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

36 for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

37 Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

38 for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'