Mark 1:1–8:38

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

²As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.

³A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.

⁴John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.

⁵And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶And John was clothed camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey.

⁷And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

⁸I have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

⁹And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens open and the Spirit as a dove descending and remaining on him.

¹¹And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

¹²And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the desert.

¹³And he was in the desert forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan. And he was with beasts: and the angels ministered to him.

¹⁴And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came in Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

¹⁵And saying: The time is accomplished and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel:

¹⁶And passing by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea for they were fishermen.

¹⁷And Jesus said to them: Come after me; and I will make you to become fishers of men.

¹⁸And immediately leaving their nets, they followed him.

¹⁹And going on from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who also were mending their nets in the ship:

²⁰And forthwith he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with his hired men, they followed him.

²¹And they entered into Capharnaum: and forthwith upon the sabbath days going into the synagogue, he taught them.

²²And they were astonished at his doctrine. For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes.

²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

²⁴Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God.

²⁵And Jesus threatened him, saying: Speak no more, and go out of the man.

²⁶And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him.

²⁷And they were all amazed insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying: What thing is this? What is this new doctrine? For with power he commandeth even the unclean spirits: and they obey him.

²⁸And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of Galilee.

²⁹And immediately going out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰And Simon’s wife’s mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.

³¹And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

³²And when it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all that were ill and that were possessed with devils.

³³And all the city was gathered together at the door.

³⁴And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases. And he cast out many devils: and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.

³⁵And rising very early, going out, he went into a desert place: and there he prayed.

³⁶And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

³⁷And when they had found him, they said to him: All seek for thee.

³⁸And he saith to them: Let us go into the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also; for to this purpose am I come.

³⁹And he was preaching in their synagogues and in all Galilee and casting out devils.

⁴⁰And there came a leper to him, beseeching him and kneeling down, said to him: If thou wilt thou canst make me clean.

⁴¹And Jesus, having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand and touching him saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean.

⁴²And when he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him: and he was made clean.

⁴³And he strictly charged him and forthwith sent him away.

⁴⁴And he saith to him: See thou tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the high priest and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

⁴⁵But he being gone out, began to publish and to blaze abroad the word: so that he could not openly go into the city. but was without in desert places. And they flocked to him from all sides.

Chapter 2

And again he entered into Capharnaum after some days.

²And it was heard that he was in the house. And many came together, so that there was no room: no, not even at the door. And he spoke to them the word.

³And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four.

⁴And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was: and opening it, they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay.

⁵And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

⁶And there were some of the scribes sitting there and thinking in their hearts:

⁷Why doth this man speak thus? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only?

⁸Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit that they so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your hearts?

⁹Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed and walk?

¹⁰But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy):

¹¹I say to thee: Arise. Take up thy bed and go into thy house.

¹²And immediately he arose and, taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all: so that all wondered and glorified God, saying: We never saw the like.

¹³And he went forth again to the sea side: and all the multitude came to him. And he taught them.

¹⁴And when he was passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up, he followed him.

¹⁵And it came to pass as he sat at meat in his house, many Publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him.

¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

¹⁷Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners.

¹⁸And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast. And they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast?

¹⁹And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

²⁰But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: and then they shall fast in those days.

²¹No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent.

²²And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles.

²³And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward and to pluck the ears of corn.

²⁴And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

²⁵And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry himself and they that were with him?

²⁶How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?

²⁷And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

²⁸Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

Chapter 3

And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

²And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath days, that they might accuse him.

³And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

⁴And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace.

⁵And looking round about on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

⁶And the Pharisees going out, immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

⁷But Jesus retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee and Judea,

⁸And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him.

⁹And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

¹⁰For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

¹¹And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying:

¹²Thou art the Son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.

¹³And going up into a mountain, he called unto him…