Yehovah's Modern English Scriptures

Yehovah’s Modern English Scriptures

MARK 1-10 (with Strong’s numbers)

The Holy *Good News*, the Announcement of Mark the Evangelist

Mark 1: THE beginning of the *Good News* of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of Yehovah’. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Look, I will send My emissaries* before You, who will prepare Your way. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Master; level* [2090] His roads’”. 4 John immersed* in the wilderness, and heralded the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5 All the people* of Judea came out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and he immersed* them in the Jordan river, while they confessed their sins. 6 This John was clothed in camels’ hair, and was clothed with a leather belt about his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 7 He hearlded, “Look, after me One will come more powerful than I, of whom I am not worthy to stoop and untie the strings of His shoes”. 8 I have immersed* you with water; but He will immerse* you with the Holy Spirit. 9 During this time Yeshua came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was immersed* in the Jordan by John. 10 Immediately on His coming out of the water, He saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending like a dove on Him. 11 Then a voice came from the heavens, and said “You are My beloved Son, in whom I delight”. 12 Immediately the Spirit carried Him into the wilderness. 13 He was there in the wilderness forty days, having His *character tested* [3985] by Satan. He was with the wild beasts; and holy Messengers* ministered to Him. 14 After John was *taken into custody*, Yeshua came into Galilee, and proclaimed the *Good News* of the Kingdom of Yehovah. 15 He said, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of Yehovah is near. *Amend your ways*, and believe the *Good News*. 16 As He walked near the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 Yeshua told them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. 18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed Him. 19 As He went a little further, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in a boat mending their nets. 20 He called them, and immediately they left Zebedee their father in the boat, with the hired hands, and followed Him. 21 When they entered Capernaum, He immediately taught on the Sabbath in their synagogues. 22 They were astonished at His teaching; for He taught them, as someone having authority, and not as their Law professors. 23 In their synagogue was a man who had an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 24 and said, “What have we to do with you Yeshua of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who You are, the Holy One of Yehovah”. 25 Yeshua admonished him, and said, “Muzzle* [5392] it and come out of him”. 26 The unclean spirit threw him down, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him. 27 They were all amazed, and inquired among themselves, and said, “What is this? What new teaching is this? For with authority He commands the unclean spirits, and they obey Him". 28 Immediately His fame spread into all the land of Galilee. 29 He left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and they told him about her. 31 He came, took her hand, raised her up; and immediately the fever left her, then she began to serve them. 32 That evening at sunset, they brought to Him everyone who was diseased, and demon possessed. 33 Everyone in city gathered at the door. 34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; but He didnt allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him. 35 In the morning, He rose very early before the others, and went to a solitary place where He prayed. 36 Simon and his associates were looking for Him. 37 When they found Him, they told him, “Everyone is looking for You”. 38 He told them, “Go into the nearby villages and towns; for I will also herald there. It was for this reason that I came. 39 He heralded* [2784] in all their synagogues, in all Galilee, and cast out demons. 40 A leperous man came to Him, and fell at His feet, and begging told him, “If you will, you can make me clean”. 41 Yeshua had compassion on him, and stretched out His hand, and touched him, and said, “I am willing, be clean”. 42 Immediately, his leprosy left him, and he became clean. 43 He warned him, as He sent him away, 44 He said, “See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priests [1], and offer an oblation because of your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 45 He, as he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to divulge the matter, so that Yeshua couldnt openly go into the city, but was outside*, in desert places; and they came to Him from every quarter.

[1] See why “priests” must be plural. Keyword priests.

Mark 2: Yeshua entered into Capernaum again after some time. When they heard that He was in the house, 2 many gathered together, so that the house couldnt hold them all, not even before the door. So He spoke with them. 3 They came to Him and brought to Him a paralytic [3885, paralutikos], carried by four people. 4 Since they couldnt come near Him, because of the crowd, they climbed onto the roof, and removed the roofing of the place where Yeshua was, and let the cot down with the paralytic. 5 When Yeshua saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins have been *acquitted and sent away* [863]”. 6 There were some Law professors and Pharisees there, who sat and thought to themselves, 7 “Who is this speaking, blasphemy? Who can acquit* [863] sins, except Yehovah only”? 8 Yeshua perceived, in His spirit, what they had thought to themselves; and He asked them, “Why do you reason to yourselves as you do? 9 Which is the easier to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are *acquitted and sent away*’, or to say, ‘Arise, take up your cot, and walk”? 10 But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic, 11 I say to you, ‘Arise, take your cot, and go to your house’”. 12 He immediately arose, took up his cot, and left before them all; so that they were all amazed, and praised Yehovah, and said, “We never saw the like”. 13 Again He went to the sea; and the crowd came to Him, and He taught them. 14 As he traveled along He saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tax office. He told him, “Follow Me. He got up and followed Him. 15 Then, as He was dining in Levi’s house, many tax extractors and sinners accompanied* Yeshua and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they followed Him. 16 When the Law professors and Pharisees saw that He ate with tax extractors and sinners, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat and drink with tax extractors and sinners”? 17 When Yeshua heard it, He told them, “The healthy dont need a physician, but the seriously sick, I didnt come to call the righteous, but sinners”. 18 John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees fasted; they came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples dont fast”? 19 Yeshua told them, “Can the guests at the *wedding hall* [3567] fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? No. 20 But the time will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. 21 No one takes a patch of new cloth and sews it on an old garment, because the new patch might not adhere to the old, and the rip would become even greater. 22 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, because the wine might burst the sacks, and the sacks be ruined, and the wine spilled; but they put new wine into new sacks. 23 As Yeshua was passing thru the grain fields on a Sabbath, His disciples walked and plucked some grain. 24 The Pharisees told him, “Look at what they are doing on the Sabbath; they are breaking the Law”. 25 Yeshua told them, “Havent you read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him? 26 He entered the house of Yehovah, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of Yehovah’s table that wasnt Lawful for any but priests to eat, he also gave some to those with him. 27 He told them, “The Sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the Sabbath”. 28 Likewise, the Son of man is Master of the Sabbath.

Mark 3: Yeshua entered into a synagogue again. There was a man there, whose hand was withered. 2 They watched Him, hoping* that He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could accuse Him. 3 He told the man of the withered hand, “Stand up among us”. 4 He also asked them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil, to give life to a person, or to kill”? But they were silent. 5 He looked at them with indignation, being grieved because of their callousness. He told the man, “Stretch out your hand”. He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out immediately, with Herod’s partisans, and deliberated about how they could destroy Him. 7 Yeshua left with His disciples to the sea. Many people accompanied Him from Galilee, and from Judea, 8 and Jerusalem, and Idumaea, and beyond Jordan, and Tyre, and Sidon; great crowds, when they heard all that He did, came to Him. 9 He told His disciples to get a boat ready for Him, because of the crowd, so that they wouldnt crush Him. 10 He had healed so many, that they rushed Him, in order to touch Him. 11 When those who were afflicted with unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down and cried out, “You are the Son of Yehovah”. 12 But He warned them not to make His identity known. 13 He climbed a mountain, and called whom He pleased; and they came to Him. 14 He chose twelve to be with Him, whom He would send out to be heralds*, 15 and who would have power to heal the sick, and cast out demons. 16 To Simon he gave the name of Cephas. 17 To James the son of Zebedee and to John, James’ brother, He gave the name of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder. 18 He also chose Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanite, and 19 Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him. They came to the house; 20 and the crowd assembled again, so that they couldnt eat. 21 His relatives heard, and went out to seize Him; for they said, “He is out of His mind”. 22 The Law professors who had come down from Jerusalem, said, “Beelzebub is in Him; and by the prince of demons He expels demons. 23 Yeshua called them, and explained to them by analogies* [3850], “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 For if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cant stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cant stand. 26 If Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cant stand, but is at his end. 27 No one can enter the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; then he can rob his house. 28 It is certain that, “All sins, and the blasphemies that men may utter will be forgiven them; 29 but there is never any forgiveness for anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit; he is subject [1777] to eternal condemnation* [2920, krisis]”. 30 Because they had said, “An unclean spirit is in Him”. 31 His mother and His brothers came, and, standing outside*, sent someone to call Him to them. 32 The crowd was sitting around him, and they told Him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside* calling for you”. 33 He replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers”? 34 He looked at those who sat by Him, and said, “Look My mother and My brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of Yehovah, is My brother, My sister, and My mother”.

Mark 4: He began to teach by the side of the sea again. Great crowds were gathered around Him; so He embarked and sat in a boat on the sea, and the whole crowd stood on the seaside. 2 He taught them many things with analogies*. In His teaching, He said, 3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell beside of the path; and birds came, and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, so that it had little soil; it soon shot up because it had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it was not rooted, it dried up. 7 Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up, and choked them, and they yielded no fruit. 8 Other seed fell on good ground, and sprouted, and grew, and yielded fruit; some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred times over. 9 He said, ‘Whoever has ears to hear, should listen’”. 10 When they were by themselves, those with Him, together with the twelve, asked Him about this analogy*. 11 Yeshua told them, “You are granted to understand the mystery of the Kingdom of Yehovah; but to those outside*, everything is in analogies*; 12 that when they see, they wont see, and when they hear, they wont perceive; otherwise they would be converted, and their sins would be forgiven. [1] 13 He told them, “Dont you understand this analogy*? How then will you understand other analogies*? 14 The sower who sowed, sowed the truth*. 15 Those by the side of the path, are those to whom the truth is sown; but as soon as they have heard it, Satan comes, and takes away the truth that was sown in their minds. 16 Those sown on the rocky ground, are those who, when they hear the truth, immediately receive it with joy. 17 Because they havent rooted themselves, they only endure temporarily; and when there is trouble or persecution because of the truth, they are quickly *offended and fall away*. 18 Those sown among thorns, are those who hear the truth, 19 but the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and persistent lust comes in and chokes the truth, and it is without fruit. 20 Those sown on good ground are those who hear the truth, accept it, and bear fruit, by thirties, by sixties, and by hundreds. 21 He told them, “Is a lamp brought to be placed under a basket, or under a bed? Isnt it to be placed on a lampstand? 22 For nothing is hidden that wont be exposed, and nothing is concealed, that wont be made known. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear. 24 He asked them, “Do you understand what you heard? With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you. More will be given to those who hear. 25 For to the one who has, more will be given; and from the one who doesnt have, even what little he has, will be taken from him. 26 He said, “The Kingdom of Yehovah, is like a man who sowed seed on the ground, 27 he sleeps and rises, night and day, and the seed grows and shoots up, while *he is oblivious to it*. 28 For the earth is fruitful, first the sprout, later the ear, finally, there are complete heads of grain. 29 When the crop is ripe, the sickle is immediately *let loose* [649], because the harvest is ready. 30 He said, “What could we compare the Kingdom of Yehovah to; what analogy* would illustrate it? 31 It is like a single* mustard seed which, when it is sown in the ground, is the least of all seeds sown in the earth; 32 yet when it is sown it springs up, and becomes larger than all the herbs, and produces great branches, so that birds can rest under its shadow. 33 Yeshua spoke to the people with many such analogies* for them to consider* [191]. 34 He didnt talk to them without analogies* [3850], but to His disciples, between Himself and them, he explained everything. 35 That evening He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side”. 36 They sent the crowds away, and they took Him away in a boat. Other boats also accompanied Him. 37 There was a great storm with violent wind; the waves kept rushing at the boat and it was being filled. 38 Yeshua was asleep on a cushion in the stern [4403] of the boat. They came and awoke Him, and told him, “Rabbi, dont you care that we are going to die”? 39 He arose, and censured* the wind, and said to the sea, “Be silent [4623], muzzle* [5392] it”. The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He told them, “Why were you so fearful? Why dont you have faith”? 41 Then they were frightfully* [phobeo] fearful [phobos]. They said to each other, “Who is this, that even the winds and the sea listen* [5259] to Him”?

[1] This article on parables or analogies* (off site) is incredibly helpful, particularly concerning this verse.

Mark 5: He came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2 As He left the boat, a man encountered Him from the graveyard who had an unclean spirit. 3 He lived in the graveyard; and no one could confine him with chains. 4 Every time he had been confined with shackles and chains, he had broken the chains and burst the shackles. No one could restrain him. 5 Continually, night and day, he was in the graveyard, he cried and cut himself with stones. 6 When he saw Yeshua at a distance, he ran and worshipped Him. 7 He cried out loudly, “What have I to do with you, Yeshua, Son of the Highest [5310] Yehovah? I adjure You by Yehovah, that you dont torment me. 8 For He had told him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit”. 9 He demanded of him, “What is your name”? He replied to Him, “Our name is Legion, for we are many”. 10 He begged that he wouldnt send him out of the region. 11 There were a great number of swine feeding by the mountain. 12 The demons begged of Him, “Send us to those swine, that we may enter them”. 13 He allowed them. The unclean spirits went out, and entered the swine; and the herd of about two thousand ran to a precipice, and fell into the sea, and were drowned in the waters. 14 Those who tended them, fled and told about it in the city and in the villages; and they came out to see what had happened. 15 They came to Yeshua, and saw the man in whom the demons had been, the one who had been possessed by the legion, clothed, and sober, and sitting; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it explained to them what had happened to the man with the demons, and about the swine. 17 After this they asked Him to leave their region. 18 As He got on the boat, the one who had been demon possessed begged to accompany Him. 19 He didnt allow him, but told him, “Go home to your people, and tell them what Yehovah has done for you, and that He has had mercy on you. 20 He went, and began to herald in Decapolis, what Yeshua had done for him. They were all amazed. 21 When Yeshua traveled by boat to the other side, great crowds again gathered around Him, as he was on the seashore. 22 One of the rulers of the synagogue, whose name was Jairus, came, and, on seeing Him, fell at His feet, 23 and plead with Him; “My daughter is very sick; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will be cured, and will live”. 24 Yeshua went with him; and a great crowd followed Him, crowding Him. 25 A woman there had had a hemorrhage for twelve years. 26 She had suffered much from many physicians, and had spent everything she had, yet she was no better at all, she was getting worse. 27 When she heard of Yeshua, she came behind Him in the huddled crowd, and touched His clothes. 28 For she said, “If I just touch His clothing, I will live”. 29 Immediately the hemorrhage dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 Yeshua at once knew in Himself, that virtue had gone out from Him, and He turned to the crowd, and said, “Who touched My garment”? 31 His disciples asked him, “You see the crowd pressing on all sides of You; and you ask, who touched Me”? 32 He looked around, to see who had done it. 33 The woman, fearing and trembling, because she knew what had taken place in her, came and fell down before Him, and told Him all the truth. 34 He told her, “My daughter, your faith has made you live, go in *peace of mind* [1515]; and be of *sound body* [5199], not diseased. 35 While He was speaking, some men from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, and said, “Your daughter is dead, why trouble the Master”? 36 But Yeshua heard the words they spoke, and told the ruler of the synagogue, “Dont fear; only believe”. 37 He didnt allow anyone to go with Him, except Simon Cephas, and James, and John, James’ brother. 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and He saw that there was an uproar, and crying, and wailing. 39 He entered and asked them, “Why are you in an uproar, and crying? The girl isnt dead, but is asleep. 40 They laughed at Him. But Yeshua put them all out. He took the girl’s father, and her mother, and those who were with him, and entered into where the girl lay. 41 He took the girl’s hand, and told her, “Child, arise”. 42 Immediately the twelve years old girl got up and walked. Everyone was astonished and ecstatic* [existemi]. 43 He emphatically admonished them that no one should learn of it. He also told them to feed her.

Mark 6: Yeshua left there and came to His own city, and His disciples followed Him. 2 When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard Him were astonished, and said, “Where did He get these ideas? What *Yehovah intelligence* [4678] is this, that is given to Him, that such mighty works are done by His hands! 3 Isnt this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and of Joses and of Judas and of Simon? Arent His sisters here with us? And they distrusted* Him. 4 Yeshua told them, “There is no prophet without honor, except in his own city, among his relatives, and in his own house”. 5 He couldnt do even one mighty miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few of the sick, and healed them. 6 He was astonished at their lack of faith. He traveled around the villages and taught. 7 He called His twelve, and began to send them out, by twos; and He gave them *power and authority* [1849] over unclean spirits, to cast them out. 8 He commanded them to take nothing on their journeys, except a staff; no wallet, no bread, and no brass in their money belts; 9 but to wear sandals, but not to even take an extra coat. 10 He told them, “Into whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that place. 11 Whoever wont receive you, nor hear you, when you go out of that place shake off [1621] the dust that clings* to your feet, as a testimony to them. It will certainly be more bearable* for Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than for that city”. 12 They went out and heralded, that people should *amend their ways*. 13 They cast out many demons, and many of the sick were anointed with oil, and healed. 14 Herod the king heard of Yeshua, for His name had become known to him, and he declared, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why He does mighty deeds. 15 Others said, “He is Elijah”, and others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets”. 16 But when Herod heard of him, he said, “He is John whom I beheaded; he has risen from the dead”. 17 For Herod had sent men and seized John and had him chained* in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had taken. 18 For John had told herod, “It isnt Lawful for you to take your brother’s wife”. 19 Herodias herself was an enemy of his, and wanted to kill him, but wasnt able. 20 For Herod was afraid of John, because he knew that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him, and listened to him on many topics and did those things, he gladly heard him. 21 There was a celebration, when Herod made a supper on his birthday, for his nobles and the governors and the leaders of Galilee. 22 Herodias’ daughter came in, and danced; and she pleased Herod and those with him. The king told the girl, “Ask of me whatever you want, and I will give it to you”. 23 He swore to her, “Whatever you ask for, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom”. 24 She went out, and told her mother, “What should I ask him for? She replied, “The head of John the Baptizer”. 25 She eagerly approached the king, and said, “I want for you to immediately give me the head of John the Baptizer on a dish ”. 26 The king was greatly sorry; yet, because of the oath, and because of the guests, he wouldnt deny her. 27 The king immediately sent an executioner, and commanded him to bring the head of John. He went, and beheaded John in the prison; 28 and brought it on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 His disciples heard of it; and they came and took his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 30 The emissaries* gathered before Yeshua, and told Him everything that they had done, and what they had taught. 31 He told them, “Come, let’s go into a desert by ourselves, and rest a little”. For there were many coming and going, and they hadnt even had the opportunity to eat. 32 They went by boat to a desert place by themselves. 33 But many saw them, as they departed, and knew them; and from all the cities, they ran there by land before Him. 34 Yeshua disembarked and saw great crowds, and He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep having no shepherd. He began to teach them many things. 35 Late in the day, His disciples came to Him, and said, “This is a desert place, and it’s getting late. 36 Dismiss them so that they can go into the fields around us and into the villages, and buy bread for themselves; for they have nothing to eat. 37 He told them, “Give them food to eat”. They replied, “Will we go and buy bread of the value of two hundred denarii, and give them to eat? 38 He told them, “Go, see how many loaves you have here”. When they checked, they told Him, “Five loaves and two fish”. 39 He had them make the people sit on the green* grass in groups. 40 They reclined, in groups of a hundred, and of fifty. 41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked towards heaven, and blessed and broke the bread, and gave it to His disciples to set before them; and they also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate, and were satisfied. 43 Then they gathered twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fish. 44 Those who had eaten bread were five thousand men. 45 He immediately urged His disciples to get into the boat, and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowds. 46 When He had sent them away, He went up to a mountain to pray. 47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He alone on the land. 48 He saw them straining themselves in rowing; for the wind was against them. In the fourth watch of the night, Yeshua came to them walking on the waters; and He was would have passed them by. 49 They saw Him walking on the waters, and they supposed it was a phantom* [5326, phantasma], and they cried out. 50 For they all saw Him, and were afraid. Immediately He spoke with them, and said, “Take courage; *I AM*; dont be afraid”. 51 He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased. They were all amazed beyond measure, and marveled. 52 For they didnt learn by the bread; because their minds* were calloused. 53 When they had passed to the other shore, they came to the land of Gennesaret. 54 When they went out of the boat, the men of the place immediately recognized Him. 55 They ran thru all that region, and began to bring those who were sick, carrying them on cots to where they heard He was. 56 Wherever He entered into villages or cities, the sick were laid in the streets; and they eagerly sought Him, so that they might simply touch the edge of His clothing. Everyone who touched Him was healed.

Mark 7: Pharisees and Law professors gathered around Him, who had come from Jerusalem. 2 They saw some of His disciples eating bread, with their hands unwashed; and they found fault. 3 For all the Jews and the Pharisees, unless they carefully wash their hands wont eat; because they strictly followed the traditions of the elders. 4 When they come from a market place, unless they wash their food, they wont eat it. There are many other traditions that they accept and obey, like ceremonially washing cups, pots, bronze vessels, and couches. 5 The Law professors and Pharisees asked Him, “Why dont Your disciples follow the traditions of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands”? 6 He told them that Isaiah the prophet prophesied accurately concerning the hypocrites; as it is written, “These people honor Me with their lips, but their minds are very far from Me”. 7 They *waste their effort* worshipping Me, while teaching as doctrines the rules of men. 8 For you have forsaken the commandments of Yehovah, and respect the traditions of men, the washing of cups, and pots, and many things like these. 9 He also told them, “All too well you reject the Commandments of Yehovah, that you may preserve* your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, “Honor your father and your mother; and whoever *speaks evil of* his father or his mother, will surely die. 11 But you say, “If a man says to his father or to his mother, “Whatever you might have gotten from me is now offered to the sacred treasury”. 12 In this way you dont allow him to do anything for his father or his mother. 13 You reject the truth of Yehovah, because of the tradition that you hand down. You do many things like these”. 14 Yeshua called to the crowd, and told them, “Hear, everyone and understand. 15 There is nothing outside* of a person that by entering them can pollute them. But what comes out of them, that is what pollutes them. 16 Whoever has ears to hear, should listen”. 17 After Yeshua had entered the house, away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about this analogy* [3850]. 18 He told them, “Dont you understand either? Dont you know, that nothing entering a person from outside*, cant defile them? 19 For it doesnt enter into his mind, but into his belly, and is thrown into the digestive process that carries off all that is eaten. [1] 20 But it’s what comes out of a person that defiles them. 21 For from inside the mind of people, proceeds evil thoughts, adultery, prostitution, 22 theft, murder, avarice, malice, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, reviling, haughtiness, folly. 23 All of these evil things come from inside, and defile people. 24 From there Yeshua arose, and went to the border of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house, and didnt want anyone to know of His presence; but He couldnt be concealed. 25 For immediately a woman, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him; and she came, and fell before His feet, 26 (the heathen [2] woman was from Phenicia of Syria), and eagerly looked for Him, so that He would expel the demon from her daughter. 27 Yeshua told her, “Allow the children to be satisfied first; for it is wrong to take the children’s bread and throw it to dogs”. 28 She replied, “Yes Master, and yet the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs”. 29 Yeshua told her, “You may go because of what you said, the demon has forsaken* your daughter”. 30 She went to her house, and found her daughter lying on a cot, and the demon withdrawn from her. 31 Yeshua departed from the border of Tyre and Sidon again, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the border of Decapolis. 32 They brought to Him a deaf and stammering man, and searched Him out to lay His hand on him. 33 He led him aside from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue, 34 and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and told him, “Be opened”. 35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. 36 He charged them to tell no one of it; yet the more He charged them, the more they heralded it. 37 In astonishment they said, “He does everything excellently; He makes the deaf to hear, and the speechless to talk”.

[1] There is a spurious addition to verse 19, not found in the Aramaic nor the Textus Receptus, nor in Rheims’ (Catholic) “New Testament”, that is inserted in the ASV, the RSV, and the NIV: “thus purifying all foods”.

[2] See why this word is “heathen” (simply meaning a non Greek) rather than “Greek”. Keyword children.

Mark 8: In those days, when the crowd was large, and had nothing to eat, He called His disciples, and told them, 2 “I am moved with compassion for this crowd; for three days now they have continued with Me, and they have had nothing to eat. 3 If I send them to their homes fasting, they will faint along the way; for some of them have come from a great distance”. 4 His disciples told him, “Where can we, here in the desert, satisfy all of these with bread?” 5 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? They told Him, “Seven”. 6 He directed the crowds to sit on the ground; and He took the seven loaves, and blessed, and broke, and grave it to His disciples to give out; and they set the food before the crowds. 7 There were a few fish; and those He also blessed, and ordered them passed out. 8 They ate, and were satisfied; and they took up seven baskets of the remaining fragments. 9 The men who had eaten, were about four thousand; and He sent them away. 10 Immediately He entered a boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha. 11 The Pharisees came out, and began to *demand answers* [4802] of Him; and, maliciously testing Him, they demanded from Him a sign from heaven. 12 He sighed in His Spirit*, and said, “Why does this *perverse nation* seek a sign? Certainly no sign will be given to this *perverse nation*”. 13 He left them, and embarked on the boat; and they crossed to the other shore. 14 They had forgotten to take bread with them, and had but a single cake in the boat with them. 15 He charged them, saying, “Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod”. 16 They reasoned among themselves, and said, “It is because we have no bread”. 17 Yeshua knew it, and told them, “Why do you believe that it is because you have no bread? Dont you know, nor understand? How long will your minds be calloused [4456]? 18 You have eyes, but you dont see. You have ears, but you cant hear, you have no recollection! l9 When I broke the five loaves to five thousand, how many baskets full of the fragments did you take up? They told Him, “Twelve”. 20 He replied, “And when I broke seven for four thousand, how many baskets full of the fragments did you gather up? They said, “Seven”. 21 He asked them, “Why is it that you still *cant put this together in your minds* [4920]? 22 He came to Bethsaida; and they brought to Him a blind man, and earnestly wanting Him to touch Him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village, and spit on his eyes, and laid His hands on him; and asked him, what he saw. 24 He looked up, and said, “I see men like trees that walk”. 25 Again He laid His hands on his eyes, and he recovered, and saw everything plainly. 26 He sent him to his house, and told him, “Dont enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village. 27 Yeshua and His disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. He asked His disciples along the way, “Who do people say that I am”? 28 They told Him, “You are John the Baptizer; others say that You are Elijah; and others say that You are one of the prophets. 29 Yeshua asked them, “And who do you say that I am”? Simon replied, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God”. 30 He warned them not to repeat that about Him to anyone. 31 He began to teach them that the Son of man was about to suffer greatly, and be rejected by the elders, by the leading priests and by the Law professors, and be killed, and rise on the third day. 32 He spoke about this distinctly. Cephas took Him, and began to scold Him. 33 But He turned, and looked at His disciples, and scolded Simon, and said, “Get behind Me Satan; for you dont consider the things of Yehovah, but the things of mankind”. 34 Yeshua called the crowd together with His disciples, and told them, “Whoever follows Me must him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For, whoever wants to save his life, will lose it; and whoever will lose his life because of Me, and because of My *Good News*, will preserve it. 36 For, what advantage does a person* [444, anthropos] have, if they gain the whole world, but lose their eternal life? 37 Or what will a person give in exchange for their life? 38 For, whoever is ashamed of Me, and of My teachings, in this sinful and adulterous generation—the Son of man will also be ashamed of, when He comes in the splendor of His Father, with His holy Messengers

Mark 9: He told them with certainty, “There are some [1] standing here, who wont experience* death, until they see the Kingdom of Yehovah coming with great power”. 2 After six days, Yeshua took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain where He underwent a metamorphosis* [3339 metamorphoo] before them. 3 His clothing shone and was very white, like snow, more than men on earth can ever whiten. 4 Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Yeshua. 5 Cephas told him, “Rabbi, it is good* for us to be here. Let’s make three booths; one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”. 6 But he did not know what he said, for they were stricken with fear. 7 There was a cloud, and it overshadowed them. A voice came from the cloud, that said, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him”. 8 Suddenly, when the disciples looked up, they saw no one with them, except Yeshua. 9 As they descended the mountain, He commanded them to tell no one what they had seen, until after the Son of man was risen from the dead. 10 They kept these words in their minds; and inquired, “What does He mean by saying, ‘When He will be risen from the dead’”! 11 They asked Him, “Why do the Law professors say that Elijah must first come”? 12 He told them, “Elijah will certainly come first, to restore* all things; and, as it is written of the Son of man, He will suffer much, and be rejected. 13 But I tell you that Elijah has already come; and they have done to him everything that they wanted, as it was written of him”. 14 When He came to His disciples, He saw a great crowd with them, and the Law professors disputing with them. 15 Immediately the crowd saw Him, and were surprised; and they ran and greeted Him. 16 He asked the Law professors, “What were you disputing with them about”? 17 Someone in the crowd replied, “Master, I have brought to You my son, who has a spirit that wont speak. 18 Wherever he seizes him, he shakes and convulses him; and he grinds his teeth, and withers* away. I spoke to your disciples about casting him out; but they couldnt. 19 Yeshua told them, O incredulous nation*! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him to Me. 20 They brought him to Him. When the spirit saw Him, he immediately shook him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed and foamed. 21 Yeshua asked his father, “How long has he been this way. He replied, “From his childhood”. 22 Many times it has thrown him into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But, if you can do anything, help me and have compassion on me. 23 Yeshua told him, “If you *are able* [1410] to believe; everything is possible for the one who believes. 24 Immediately the child’s father cried out, “I believe; but help the weakness of my faith”. 25 When Yeshua saw that the people were running and gathering around Him, He reprimanded the unclean spirit, and told him, “You deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him; and never enter him again. 26 The demon *croaked like a raven* [2896], and convulsing* him, came out. He was as a dead person; so that many said he was dead. 27 Yeshua took him by the hand, and raised him up. 28 When Yeshua entered the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldnt we cast him out”? 29 He told them, “This kind comes out by nothing but fasting and prayer”. 30 Leaving there, they passed thru Galilee; and He didnt want anyone to recognize Him. 3l For He taught His disciples, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He is killed, on the third day, He will rise. 32 But they did not understand what He said; and they were afraid to ask Him. 33 They came to Capernaum. When they entered the house, He asked them, “What did you dispute about among yourselves on the way”? 34 They were silent; for along the way they had contended with each another, which should be the greatest among them. 35 Yeshua sat down, and called the twelve, and told them, “Whoever wants to be first, let him be last of all, and deacon* [2] [1249, diakonos] to all”. 36 He took a child, and set him among them, and took him in His arms and told them, 37 “Whoever receives one in My name, like this child, receives Me; and he who receives Me, receives not only Me, but the One who sent Me. 38 John told Him, “Rabbi, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him, because he doesnt follow us”. 39 Yeshua told them, “Dont forbid him; for no one who does mighty works in My name can *soon after* speak evil of Me. 40 So whoever is not against you, is for you. 41 For anyone who gives you just a cup of water to drink, because you are the Messiah’s disciples, certainly wont lose his compensation* [3408]. 42 It would be better for anyone who causes one of these little ones who believes in Me to stumble to have a millstone hung around his neck, and be thrown in the sea. 43 If your hand offends you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than to have both hands but go into Gehenna; 44 where the embers* dont die, and the fire isnt quenched. 45 If your foot offends you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than have both feet, but fall into Gehenna; 46 where the embers* dont die, and the fire is not quenched. 47 If your eye offends you, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the Kingdom of Yehovah with one eye, than to fall into Gehenna fire having both eyes; 48 where their worms doesnt die, and their fire is not quenched. 49 For everything will be scattered* [3] by the fire; and every sacrifice will be salted with salt. 50 Salt is a good thing; but if the salt deteriorates, what will you season with? Get salt; and be at peace with one another.

[1] The primary meaning of Strong’s 5100 is “a certain one”. Perhaps a reference to the emissary John who has no record of death (compare with Matthew 16:28, John 21:21-23). Yet the transformation, must be relevant.

[2] The word occasionally translated as “deacon”, in other versions, is a generic term for “servant”. In the YMES, Strong’s 1249 is consistently rendered as “deacon” to help illustrate the fallacy of hierarchical terminology. It refers to private servants, royal servants, Paul and even Yeshua!

[3] Using the keyword “salted”, see why this is not “salted” here.

Mark 10: He got up and went to the border of Judea, on the other side the Jordan. Great crowds followed Him there; and as usual He taught again. 2 The Pharisees came to Him, and, testing him, inquired if it were Lawful for a man to divorce his wife. 3 He asked them, “What did Moses command you”? 4 They replied, “Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and send her away”. 5 Yeshua told them, “Because of your hardened minds, Moses wrote for you this precept. 6 But, from the beginning, Yehovah made them male and female. 7 So a man should leave his father and his mother, and *be glued* [4347] to his wife; 8 and the two will be one body*. They are no longer longer two, but one body*. 9 So what Yehovah has joined, let no man separate. 10 In the house, the disciples asked Him again about this matter. 11 He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and takes another, commits adultery. 12 If a woman leaves her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery. 13 They brought little children to Him, so that He could touch them. But His disciples admonished those who brought them. 14 When Yeshua saw it, He was very displeased; and He said, “Allow the little children to come to Me, dont forbid them. For the Kingdom of Yehovah is for people like them. 15 It is certain that whoever doesnt receive the Kingdom of Yehovah like a little child, wont enter at all. 16 He took them in his arms, and laid His hands on them and blessed them. 17 As He walked along the way, someone ran and fell to his knees, and asked Him, “Good Master, what must I do, to inherit eternal life”? 18 Yeshua replied, “Why call Me good? There is no one good, but one, Yehovah. 19 You know the Commandments; dont commit adultery, dont steal, dont murder*, dont give false testimony, dont defraud; and honor your father and your mother. 20 He told Him, “Master, I have obeyed all of these from my childhood”. 21 Yeshua looked at him, and loved him, and told him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell everything that you possess, and give it to the poor, so that there will be a treasure for you in heaven; then take your cross, and follow Me”. 22 He was saddened by those words, and went away sorrowful, for he had great wealth. 23 Yeshua looked at His disciples, and told them, “It is difficult for the wealthy to enter into the Kingdom of Yehovah”! 24 The disciples were astonished at the remark. Yeshua, replied again, “Children, it is very difficult for those who trust in wealth, to enter into the Kingdom of Yehovah. 25 It is easier for a rope* [1] to pass thru the eye of a needle, than for the wealthy to enter the Kingdom of Yehovah. 26 They were astonished all the more, and said among themselves, “Who can *be saved*” [2]! 27 Yeshua looked at them again, and told them, “With men, it is impossible, but with Yehovah everything is possible. 28 Cephas replied, “Look, we have left everything, and have followed You”. 29 Yeshua said, “It is certain that no one who leaves houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, for My sake, and for the sake of My *Good News*, 30 who will not receive receive a hundred times more, here in the present time, including houses, brothers, sisters,, mothers, children, and lands—with persecution; and in the world to come, eternal life. 31 But many are first, who will be last; and last, who will be first. 32 As they were on their way, going toward Jerusalem, Yeshua went before them, and they were amazed, and walked after Him with trembling. He took His twelve, and began to tell them what was to become of Him. 33 “Look, we are going to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the leading priests and the Law professors; and they will condemn Him to die, and will deliver Him over to the heathen*. 34 They will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit in His face, and kill Him; but on the third day He will arise. 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, and asked, “Master, we want You to do for us whatever we ask”. 36 He asked them, “What do you want Me to do for you”? 37 They told Him, “Grant to us, that one of us can sit on Your right hand, and the other on Your left, in Your splendor”. 38 But He told them, “You dont know what you’re asking for. Are you able to drink from the same cup that I drink from, and be immersed* with the same baptism that I am immersed* with”? 39 They told Him, “We are able”. So Yeshua told them, “You will indeed drink the from cup that I drink from, and you will be immersed* with the same kind of baptism that I am immersed* with. 40 But for you to sit on My right hand and on My left, is not mine to give, it is for those for whom it is prepared. 41 When the ten heard this, they began to complain against James and John. 42 Yeshua called them, and said, “You know that those who *suppose that they are* [1380] to rule the nations, *subdue and subjugate* [2634] them; and their *high ranking officials* *wield power* [2715] over them. 43 But it must not be so among you; because whoever desires be great among you, must be a deacon*. 44 Anyone who desires to be *the most influential* [4413], must become a servant in *everything* [3956]. 45 Also the Son of man didnt come to be served, but to serve; and to give His life as a ransom for many. 46 They came to Jericho. As Yeshua was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a great crowd; Timeus, the son of Timeus, a blind man, was sitting by the side of the road begging. 47 When he heard that it was Yeshua the Nazarene passing by; and he began to cry out, Son of David, have mercy on me. 48 Many criticized him, telling him to be quiet. But he cried out all the more, and said, Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 Yeshua stood, and directed him to be called. They called the blind man, and told him, “Take courage; arise, He calls for you”. 50 The blind man threw off his coat and got up, and went to Yeshua. 51 Yeshua told him, “What do you want for Me do for you? The blind man told him, “Rabbi, I want to see”. 52 Yeshua told him, “Go; your faith has *made you whole* [4982]. Immediately his sight was restored; and he followed Him.

[1] See why it’s not a camel. Keyword: camel.

[2] Unlike Hebrew and Greek, Aramaic really doesnt have a word for “salvation”. “Life” is as close as can be had. Physical salvage can be had now. Spiritual “salvation” will have to wait for the resurrection.

* An asterisk indicates that a word* or *the wording* differs significantly from the Murdock Translation.