Gospel of Mark bible study chapters 9 through 16

 

            Here are the last 8 chapters of the gospel of Mark, in the first chapters Jesus continues His ministry, healing, teaching then goes into Jerusalem and then interacts with the Pharisees, teaches, including an end times teaching then gives His life for our sins, and then as promised on the third day rises from the dead and gives another version of the great commission (Mark’s gospel version) at the very end of the gospel.

For the first 8 chapters of this gospel, 1-8 please go to this link

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/gospel-of-mark-bible-study-chapters-1-through-8/10200653891643286

In Mark chapter 9, there is the transformation scene and, after casting out a demon of a man’s son and healing the son, Jesus prophesies His own death again then gives a short teaching at the end

(Mark 9:1)  And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power."

 

(Mark 9:2)  And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

 

(Mark 9:3)  and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.

 

(Mark 9:4)  And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

 

(Mark 9:5)  And Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

 

(Mark 9:6)  For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.

 

(Mark 9:7)  And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him."

 

(Mark 9:8)  And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

 

(Mark 9:9)  And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

 

(Mark 9:10)  So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.

 

(Mark 9:11)  And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"

 

(Mark 9:12)  And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

 

(Mark 9:13)  But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him."

 

(Mark 9:14)  And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

 

(Mark 9:15)  And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him.

 

(Mark 9:16)  And he asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?"

 

(Mark 9:17)  And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute.

 

(Mark 9:18)  And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able."

 

(Mark 9:19)  And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

 

(Mark 9:20)  And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

 

(Mark 9:21)  And Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.

 

(Mark 9:22)  And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

 

(Mark 9:23)  And Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! All things are possible for one who believes."

 

(Mark 9:24)  Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!"

 

(Mark 9:25)  And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."

 

(Mark 9:26)  And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead."

 

(Mark 9:27)  But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

 

(Mark 9:28)  And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

 

(Mark 9:29)  And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."

 

(Mark 9:30)  They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know,

 

(Mark 9:31)  for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

 

(Mark 9:32)  But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

 

(Mark 9:33)  And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

 

(Mark 9:34)  But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

 

(Mark 9:35)  And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

 

(Mark 9:36)  And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

 

(Mark 9:37)  "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."

 

(Mark 9:38)  John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us."

 

(Mark 9:39)  But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

 

(Mark 9:40)  For the one who is not against us is for us.

 

(Mark 9:41)  For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.

 

(Mark 9:42)  "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

 

(Mark 9:43)  And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

 

(Mark 9:45)  And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

 

(Mark 9:47)  And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell,

 

(Mark 9:48)  'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'

 

(Mark 9:49)  For everyone will be salted with fire.

 

(Mark 9:50)  Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

 

In Mark chapter 10 Jesus speaks on divorce, deals with the rich ruler (young man), reminds us of our need to serve and to be humble, then opens a blind man’s eyes

(Mark 10:1)  And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.

 

(Mark 10:2)  And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

 

(Mark 10:3)  He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"

 

(Mark 10:4)  They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away."

 

(Mark 10:5)  And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

 

(Mark 10:6)  But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'

 

(Mark 10:7)  'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,

 

(Mark 10:8)  and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.

 

(Mark 10:9)  What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

 

(Mark 10:10)  And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.

 

(Mark 10:11)  And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,

 

(Mark 10:12)  and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

 

(Mark 10:13)  And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.

 

(Mark 10:14)  But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

 

(Mark 10:15)  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

 

(Mark 10:16)  And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

 

(Mark 10:17)  And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

 

(Mark 10:18)  And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

 

(Mark 10:19)  You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'"

 

(Mark 10:20)  And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth."

 

(Mark 10:21)  And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

 

(Mark 10:22)  Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

 

(Mark 10:23)  And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"

 

(Mark 10:24)  And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!

 

(Mark 10:25)  It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

 

(Mark 10:26)  And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?"

 

(Mark 10:27)  Jesus looked at them and said, "With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God."

 

(Mark 10:28)  Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left everything and followed you."

 

(Mark 10:29)  Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

 

(Mark 10:30)  who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

 

(Mark 10:31)  But many who are first will be last, and the last first."

 

(Mark 10:32)  And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,

 

(Mark 10:33)  saying, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

 

(Mark 10:34)  And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."

 

(Mark 10:35)  And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."

 

(Mark 10:36)  And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

 

(Mark 10:37)  And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory."

 

(Mark 10:38)  Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?"

 

(Mark 10:39)  And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized,

 

(Mark 10:40)  but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

 

(Mark 10:41)  And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

 

(Mark 10:42)  And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

 

(Mark 10:43)  But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

 

(Mark 10:44)  and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

 

(Mark 10:45)  For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

 

(Mark 10:46)  And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

 

(Mark 10:47)  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

 

(Mark 10:48)  And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

 

(Mark 10:49)  And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart. Get up; he is calling you."

 

(Mark 10:50)  And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.

 

(Mark 10:51)  And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabbi, let me recover my sight."

 

(Mark 10:52)  And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way.

 

In Mark 11, Jesus enters Jerusalem on a colt where He curses a fig tree, and then chases the vendors out of the temple and then starts to answer questions of the Pharisees who test Him

(Mark 11:1)  Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples

 

(Mark 11:2)  and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

 

(Mark 11:3)  If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'"

 

(Mark 11:4)  And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.

 

(Mark 11:5)  And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

 

(Mark 11:6)  And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go.

 

(Mark 11:7)  And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

 

(Mark 11:8)  And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

 

(Mark 11:9)  And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

 

(Mark 11:10)  Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

 

(Mark 11:11)  And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

 

(Mark 11:12)  On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.

 

(Mark 11:13)  And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

 

(Mark 11:14)  And he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.

 

(Mark 11:15)  And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

 

(Mark 11:16)  And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

 

(Mark 11:17)  And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."

 

(Mark 11:18)  And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

 

(Mark 11:19)  And when evening came they went out of the city.

 

(Mark 11:20)  As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

 

(Mark 11:21)  And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."

 

(Mark 11:22)  And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.

 

(Mark 11:23)  Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

 

(Mark 11:24)  Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

 

(Mark 11:25)  And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

 

(Mark 11:26)  [But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.]

 

(Mark 11:27)  And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

 

(Mark 11:28)  and they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?"

 

(Mark 11:29)  Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

 

(Mark 11:30)  Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me."

 

(Mark 11:31)  And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

 

(Mark 11:32)  But shall we say, 'From man'?"--they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.

 

(Mark 11:33)  So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

 

In Mark chapter 12 Jesus tells a parable of the vineyard and the tenants then deals with questions from the Pharisees and scribes, and compliments the widow on her donation, declaring it to be the most generous in relative terms

(Mark 12:1)  And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

 

(Mark 12:2)  When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

 

(Mark 12:3)  And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

 

(Mark 12:4)  Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully.

 

(Mark 12:5)  And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.

 

(Mark 12:6)  He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

 

(Mark 12:7)  But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

 

(Mark 12:8)  And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.

 

(Mark 12:9)  What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.

 

(Mark 12:10)  Have you not read this Scripture: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

 

(Mark 12:11)  this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

 

(Mark 12:12)  And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

 

(Mark 12:13)  And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.

 

(Mark 12:14)  And they came and said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?"

 

(Mark 12:15)  But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it."

 

(Mark 12:16)  And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

 

(Mark 12:17)  Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at him.

 

(Mark 12:18)  And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,

 

(Mark 12:19)  "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

 

(Mark 12:20)  There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.

 

(Mark 12:21)  And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.

 

(Mark 12:22)  And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.

 

(Mark 12:23)  In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife."

 

(Mark 12:24)  Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?

 

(Mark 12:25)  For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

 

(Mark 12:26)  And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

 

(Mark 12:27)  He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong."

 

(Mark 12:28)  And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

 

(Mark 12:29)  Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

 

(Mark 12:30)  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

 

(Mark 12:31)  The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

 

(Mark 12:32)  And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him.

 

(Mark 12:33)  And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

 

(Mark 12:34)  And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

 

(Mark 12:35)  And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

 

(Mark 12:36)  David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.'

 

(Mark 12:37)  David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.

 

(Mark 12:38)  And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces

 

(Mark 12:39)  and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

 

(Mark 12:40)  who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

 

(Mark 12:41)  And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

 

(Mark 12:42)  And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.

 

(Mark 12:43)  And he called his disciples to him and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.

 

(Mark 12:44)  For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on."

 

Mark chapter 13 is an end times prophecy  and teaching chapter where Jesus speaks of the end times, talking of what will happen during them ,on false teachers and false Christs, and exhorting strongly all to be awake and ready for the rapture

(Mar 13:1)  And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"

 

(Mark 13:2)  And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."

 

(Mark 13:3)  And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

 

(Mark 13:4)  "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?"

 

(Mark 13:5)  And Jesus began to say to them, "See that no one leads you astray.

 

(Mark 13:6)  Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and they will lead many astray.

 

(Mark 13:7)  And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet.

 

(Mark 13:8)  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

 

(Mark 13:9)  "But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.

 

(Mark 13:10)  And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

 

(Mark 13:11)  And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

 

(Mark 13:12)  And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

 

(Mark 13:13)  And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

 

(Mark 13:14)  "But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

 

(Mark 13:15)  Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

 

(Mark 13:16)  and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

 

(Mark 13:17)  And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!

 

(Mark 13:18)  Pray that it may not happen in winter.

 

(Mark 13:19)  For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.

 

(Mark 13:20)  And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

 

(Mark 13:21)  And then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it.

 

(Mark 13:22)  For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

 

(Mark 13:23)  But be on guard; I have told you all things beforehand.

 

(Mark 13:24)  "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

 

(Mark 13:25)  and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

 

(Mark 13:26)  And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

 

(Mark 13:27)  And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

 

(Mark 13:28)  "From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

 

(Mark 13:29)  So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates.

 

(Mark 13:30)  Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

 

(Mark 13:31)  Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

 

(Mark 13:32)  "But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

 

(Mark 13:33)  Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.

 

(Mark 13:34)  It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.

 

(Mark 13:35)  Therefore stay awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning--

 

(Mark 13:36)  lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.

 

(Mark 13:37)  And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake."

 

Here is the first chapter of the passion of Jesus with the anointing of Jesus, the last supper, the prayer at Gethsemane, Jesus’ arrest and Peter denying Him three times as Jesus predicted, also the start of Jesus’ trials

(Mark 14:1)  It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

 

(Mark 14:2)  for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people."

 

(Mark 14:3)  And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

 

(Mark 14:4)  There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that?

 

(Mark 14:5)  For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they scolded her.

 

(Mark 14:6)  But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

 

(Mark 14:7)  For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.

 

(Mark 14:8)  She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

 

(Mark 14:9)  And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."

 

(Mark 14:10)  Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.

 

(Mark 14:11)  And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

 

(Mark 14:12)  And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

 

(Mark 14:13)  And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,

 

(Mark 14:14)  and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'

 

(Mark 14:15)  And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us."

 

(Mark 14:16)  And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

 

(Mark 14:17)  And when it was evening, he came with the twelve.

 

(Mark 14:18)  And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."

 

(Mark 14:19)  They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?"

 

(Mark 14:20)  He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.

 

(Mark 14:21)  For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

 

(Mark 14:22)  And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."

 

(Mark 14:23)  And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.

 

(Mark 14:24)  And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

 

(Mark 14:25)  Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

 

(Mark 14:26)  And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

 

(Mark 14:27)  And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

 

(Mark 14:28)  But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."

 

(Mar 14:29)  Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not."

 

(Mark 14:30)  And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

 

(Mark 14:31)  But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.

 

(Mark 14:32)  And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

 

(Mark 14:33)  And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

 

(Mark 14:34)  And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch."

 

(Mark 14:35)  And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

 

(Mark 14:36)  And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

 

(Mark 14:37)  And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

 

(Mark 14:38)  Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

 

(Mark 14:39)  And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.

 

(Mark 14:40)  And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him.

 

(Mark 14:41)  And he came the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

 

(Mark 14:42)  Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand."

 

(Mark 14:43)  And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

 

(Mark 14:44)  Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard."

 

(Mark 14:45)  And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, "Rabbi!" And he kissed him.

 

(Mark 14:46)  And they laid hands on him and seized him.

 

(Mark 14:47)  But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

 

(Mark 14:48)  And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

 

(Mark 14:49)  Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled."

 

(Mark 14:50)  And they all left him and fled.

 

(Mark 14:51)  And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,

 

(Mark 14:52)  but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

 

(Mark 14:53)  And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

 

(Mark 14:54)  And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire.

 

(Mark 14:55)  Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

 

(Mark 14:56)  For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.

 

(Mark 14:57)  And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

 

(Mark 14:58)  "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"

 

(Mark 14:59)  Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

 

(Mark 14:60)  And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"

 

(Mark 14:61)  But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

 

(Mark 14:62)  And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

 

(Mark 14:63)  And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?

 

(Mark 14:64)  You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.

 

(Mark 14:65)  And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him with blows.

 

(Mark 14:66)  And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

 

(Mark 14:67)  and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."

 

(Mark 14:68)  But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean." And he went out into the gateway and the rooster crowed.

 

(Mark 14:69)  And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them."

 

(Mark 14:70)  But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."

 

(Mark 14:71)  But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."

 

(Mark 14:72)  And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

In chapter 15 is Jesus’ hearing with Pilate and then He is then is ordered to be flogged and crucified, and then  He then dies and is buried paying for all of our sins in doing that, and fulfilling many prophecies.

(Mark 15:1)  And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

 

(Mark 15:2)  And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."

 

(Mark 15:3)  And the chief priests accused him of many things.

 

(Mar 15:4)  And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you."

 

(Mark 15:5)  But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

 

(Mark 15:6)  Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

 

(Mark 15:7)  And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

 

(Mark 15:8)  And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

 

(Mark 15:9)  And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"

 

(Mark 15:10)  For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

 

(Mark 15:11)  But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

 

(Mark 15:12)  And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?"

 

(Mark 15:13)  And they cried out again, "Crucify him."

 

(Mark 15:14)  And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him."

 

(Mark 15:15)  So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

 

(Mark 15:16)  And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.

 

(Mark 15:17)  And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

 

(Mark 15:18)  And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

 

(Mark 15:19)  And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

 

(Mark 15:20)  And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

 

(Mark 15:21)  And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

 

(Mark 15:22)  And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

 

(Mark 15:23)  And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

 

(Mark 15:24)  And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

 

(Mark 15:25)  And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

 

(Mark 15:26)  And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews."

 

(Mark 15:27)  And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

 

(Mark 15:28)  [And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "He was numbered with the transgressors."]

 

(Mark 15:29)  And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

 

(Mark 15:30)  save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

 

(Mark 15:31)  So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

 

(Mark 15:32)  Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

 

(Mark 15:33)  And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

 

(Mark 15:34)  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

 

(Mark 15:35)  And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

 

(Mark 15:36)  And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."

 

(Mark 15:37)  And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

 

(Mark 15:38)  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

 

(Mark 15:39)  And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

 

(Mark 15:40)  There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

 

(Mark 15:41)  When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

 

(Mark 15:42)  And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

 

(Mark 15:43)  Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

 

(Mark 15:44)  Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

 

(Mark 15:45)  And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

 

(Mark 15:46)  And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

 

(Mark 15:47)  Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

 

 

In chapter 16 then Jesus rises from the dead, encounters various people, including Mary, and then gives the great commission for all.

(Mar 16:1)  When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

 

(Mark 16:2)  And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

 

(Mark 16:3)  And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"

 

(Mark 16:4)  And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back--it was very large.

 

(Mark 16:5)  And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

 

(Mark 16:6)  And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.

 

(Mark 16:7)  But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you."

 

(Mark 16:8)  And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

 

(Mark 16:9)  [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

 

(Mark 16:10)  She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

 

(Mark 16:11)  But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

 

(Mark 16:12)  After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.

 

(Mark 16:13)  And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

 

(Mark 16:14)  Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

 

(Mark 16:15)  And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

 

(Mark 16:16)  Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

 

(Mark 16:17)  And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

 

(Mark 16:18)  they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

 

(Mark 16:19)  So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

 

(Mark 16:20)  And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]

 

Jesus loves us all so much that He went through all that He went through which is described in this gospel so well just so we could be restored in that love relationship with the Father and with Him, Jesus, who will judge all of us, both alive and dead. I am going to put a prayer in now that will facilitate you inviting Jesus in your heart because, really there is no relationship that can compare with a relationship with the Lord Jesus. He welcomes back any who stray and that are willing to repent. Please pray this prayer then with me to come to Jesus or to return to Him if you have strayed:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours