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“What God Has Himself Yoked Together, Man Must not Separate”
1 From that place Jesus+ set out and went to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan. Crowds again came flocking to him, and just as he always did,+ he began teaching them once again. 2 Some Pharisees came up to him and posed a question to him. “Does the Torah permit+ a man to divorce his wife?” they asked in order to test him.
3 “What was it that Moses commanded you?” Jesus asked them in reply.
4 “Moses allowed a man+ to write this out—‘a written notice of divorce’+—and to send her away,” they said.
5 “It was because of the hardness of ᵖyour hearts that he wrote you this command,” Jesus said to them. 6 “In the beginning, however, when everything was created,+ God+ ‘made them male and female.’+ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and be united with his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’+ Thus they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What God, therefore, has himself yoked together, man must not separate.”
10 When they were back in the house,+ the disciples, in regard to this matter, began asking him some questions. 11 And he told them, “If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of committing adultery against her.”+ 12 (Likewise, if a woman,+ after divorcing her husband, marries another man, she is guilty of committing adultery.)+
“Let the Children Come to Me”
13 Some people+ were trying to bring some children to Jesus+ in hopes that he would touch them. The disciples, though, scolded those who brought them.+ 14 Jesus, when he saw this, was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me and don’t try to stop them! It is to lowly people such as these, you see, that the Kingdom of God belongs. 15 Amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: If someone does not welcome the Kingdom of God like a child, he will certainly not enter it.” 16 Then, after putting his arms around the children,+ Jesus+ invoked blessing+ after blessing upon them as he placed his hands on their heads.+
“How Difficult It Will Be for Those Who Have Wealth to Enter the Kingdom of God!”
17 As Jesus was starting on his way, a man ran up and fell on his knees before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit life in the coming age+?”
18 “Exactly why is it that ˢyou are calling me good?” asked Jesus. “No one is good, except for one—God. 19 You know the commandments: ‘ˢYou must not murder,’+ ‘ˢYou must not commit adultery,’+ ‘ˢYou must not steal,’+ ‘ˢYou must not bear false testimony,’+ ˢyou must not withhold wages,+ ‘ˢHonor your father and mother.’+”
20 “Teacher,” the man+ said, “these things, all of them, I have carefully observed since I was a young man.+”
21 Jesus, then, looking straight at the man,+ expressed affection+ for him and said to him, “You are lacking one thing: Go and sell this—everything you own—and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure stored away in heaven.+ Then come along with me as a disciple.+”+
22 A gloomy look came over the man’s face when he heard this answer,+ and he went away feeling sad, because he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!”+ 24 The disciples were shocked at these words. Jesus, however, said to them yet again, “Dear children, how difficult it is to enter the Kingdom of God! 25 It is truly easier for a camel to pass through the very eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God.”
26 At that the disciples+ were even more taken aback. “Then who can be saved?” they asked one another.
27 Jesus, looking straight at them, said, “Only with mere men is it impossible, but not with God. Indeed all things, you see, are possible with God.”
28 Then Peter spoke up and said to him,+ “What about us? We have left behind everything to be your disciples.”
29 Jesus said, “Amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: There is no one who has left behind house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for that of the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, unending life.+ 31 Many, however, who are now first, will at that time be last, and many who are now last will at that time be first.”
“We Are Going Up to Jerusalem”
32 Now, they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and his disciples+ were in awe. The others who followed, however, were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, Jesus+ began to speak to them of the things that were destined to happen to him. 33 “Listen,” he said, “we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the Torah-experts; they will condemn him to death and then hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill him. After three days, however, he will rise to life.”
“If Someone Desires to Become Great among You, He Must Be Your Servant”
35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to Jesus+ and said, “Teacher, we’d like you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
36 “What would ᵖyou like me to do for you?” he asked them.
37 “Please grant us the honor of sitting beside you, one of us at your right hand and the other at your left, in your glory,” they said to him.
38 “ᵖYou two have no idea what you’re asking,” Jesus said to them. “Are you able to drink the cup of suffering that I myself am going to drink? Are you able to be baptized with this: The overwhelming affliction+ with which I myself am about to be baptized?”+
39 “We are able,” they replied.
“The cup that I myself am to drink ᵖyou will indeed drink,” said Jesus, “and with the overwhelming affliction+ with which I myself am to be baptized you will indeed be baptized.40 To sit at my right hand or at my left, however, is not for me to grant. No, these places will go to those for whom they have been prepared.”
41 When the other ten disciples heard about this, they became outraged at James and John. 42 So after calling them over to himself, Jesus said to them, “ᵖYou disciples know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles dominate their subjects,+ and that their high-ranking leaders+ wield authority over the people+ like tyrants. 43 This, however, is precisely how it must not be among you. No, if someone desires to become great among you, he must be ᵖyour servant, 44 and if someone desires to be first among you, he must be the slave of all. 45 Even the Son of Man, you see, came not to be served, but to serve and give up his life as a payment+ for+ ‘many’+ to release them from slavery.”+
“Son of David! Jesus! Have Mercy on Me!”
46 They came to Jericho. As Jesus+ was leaving Jericho, together with his disciples and a large crowd, sitting there beside the road was Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar. 47 When he learned that it was Jesus of Nazareth himself, he began shouting, “Son of David! Jesus! Have mercy on me!” 48 Many people kept warning him to be quiet, but he started shouting even more loudly, “Son of David! Have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stopped and said, “Tell the man to come here.”+
So they called the blind man and said to him, “Take courage! To your feet! He’s calling for you.”50 So throwing off his cloak, the man+ jumped up and came to Jesus.
51 “What is it that ˢyou would like me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
“Rabbi,” the blind man said to him, “I want to see again.”
52 “ˢYou may go,” Jesus said to him. “This faith of yours has healed+ you.” And instantly the man+ received his sight! Then he began following along with Jesus+ on the road.
+1:1Cf Ac 1:22.+1:2Ml 3:1+1:3Lit the paths, or your paths. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 3:3).+1:3Is 40:3+1:5Or confessing.+1:5Cf Ps 32:3.+1:8Or in.+1:9Lit In those days. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 56). Cf NIV, NCV.+1:10Lit he.+1:10Or the skies. So throughout this section.+1:11Or the skies. So throughout this section.+1:11Cf Gn 22:2, 16; Is 42:1.+1:12Lit him.+1:13Cf Ge 21:15-19; 1 Ki 19:5-8; Ps 78:23-25, 91:11; Lk 22:43; Heb 1:14.+1:14Cf Ps 40:9-10 (see LXX); Is 40:9, 52:7, 61:1 (see LXX); Rm 1:1.+1:15Cf Dn 2:21, 9:24-27; Ga 4:4; Eph 1:10.+1:15Cf Is 13:6-9; Dn 2:34-35, 44-45; Jl 1:15, 2:1, 2:11, 2:31, 3:14; Ob 15; Zp 1:7-9, 14-18; Ml 4:5; Mt 5:20-24; Lk 10:11-12, 21:31; Rm 13:12; 1 Pt 4:7.+1:15Cf ISV. It must be remembered here that Jesus is addressing a Jewish audience familiar with the OT and the promises of the covenants.+1:15Lit in the gospel. ME(OTB)/IT. In both the OT and NT, the “gospel” isn’t just a generic message, but relates specifically to the promises of the covenants. Cf Gn 12:1-3, 22:18, 26:4, 28:14; 2 Sm 7; 1 Ch 17; Ps 2, 40:9-10 (cf LXX), 89, 132; Is 40:9, 52:7, 61:1 (cf LXX); Ac 7:5, 13:23, 13:32, 26:6; Rm 1:1, 4:14-16; 2 Co 1:20; Ga 3:7-29 (see esp vs 8); Tit 1:2; Re 10:7. Cf πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ ( pisteuete en euangeliō) here with ἐπίστευσαν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ ( episteusan en tois logois autou) at Ps 105:12 in the LXX (Ps 106:12 in the MT), and with the HCSB, NET, NIV, NLT, and TEV renderings of the MT there.+1:15Cf Is 40:27-31; Hab 2:3.+1:16Lit he.+1:16Lit and Andrew the brother of Simon.+1:17Lit Come after me. ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:19).+1:21Lit he.+1:22Lit they.+1:24Or Leave us alone! Lit What to us and to you? ME(I/F) (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 8:28). Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV.+1:24Lit Did you come, or Have you come. Cf TEV.+1:25Lit to him.+1:26\ Or after.+1:26Lit him.+1:30Lit immediately. ME. Cf TEV.+1:32This was a Sabbath (cf Mk 1:21, 29). Healing was forbidden on the Sabbath (see, eg, Mt 12:2, Jn 9:16), and therefore the people had to wait until evening to bring the sick to Jesus.+1:32Lit to him.+1:34Lit he.+1:35Lit he.+1:38Lit he.+1:39Mark really seems to love this aspect of Jesus’ ministry!+1:40Lit to him.+1:40Lit he.+1:41Or Jesus was moved with compassion. Lit Being moved in the inward parts. ME(I/F) (see DBL Greek, #5072). An independent clause has been used in translation to allow for more natural expression of the idiom in English.+1:41Lit he.+1:42Lit him.+1:43Lit him.+1:43Lit he.+1:44Lit show yourself to the priest. ME(OTB) (see Lv 14:1-32). Following the lead of the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mt], 224). Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+1:44Lit the things. ME(OTB)/IT (see Lv 14:1-32). Cf NIV, TEV.+1:44Cf Lv 14:1-32.+1:44Or as proof, or as a witness, or as a testimony.+1:44Or to them.+1:45Lit he.+1:45Lit word.+1:45Lit he.+1:45Lit they.+2:1Lit he.+2:1Lit it was heard. ME. Cf CJB, NET, NLT, NCV, TEV.+2:2Lit He.+2:2Or the word.+2:3Lit they. Cf ISV, NET.+2:4Lit he.+2:7Lit why. The rhetorical impact intended by the question here is more effectively conveyed in English with something like “how dare.” Cf CJB, TEV; UBSHS (Mk), 78; translation and notes at Lk 5:21.+2:7Lit Who can forgive sins except God alone? ME. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:8Lit in his spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Jn], 212).+2:10Or know, or realize.+2:10Or on the earth. Cf Ps 2, 8; Dn 7:13-14.+2:12Lit he.+2:13Lit beside the lake. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+2:14Lit follow me. ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:19).+2:14Lit he.+2:14Lit he.+2:15Lit his.+2:15Lit For they were many and were following/accompanying him. ME. Cf CJB, NLT. For a discussion of the interpretive options here, see UBSHS (Mk), 86.+2:16Lit the scribes of the Pharisees. ME(H) (see NET Bible Notes, Mk 2:16).+2:17Lit came to call/invite, or have come to call/invite. See note at Mt 5:17. Cf TEV at Mk 1:24.+2:17Or to invite.+2:18Lit they. Cf ISV, NIV, TEV.+2:18Lit to him.+2:20Lit days. Here ἡμέραι ( hēmerai) is being used in its generic sense of “time” (see, eg, BDAG, 438, sv 4). Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NIV.+2:20Lit at/on/in that day.+2:21Lit If not/otherwise. ME. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NIV, RSV.+2:22Lit If not/otherwise. ME. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NIV, RSV.+2:23Lit he.+2:23Lit to make a road. ME(I/F) (see UBSHS [Mk], 96). Cf NIV, TEV.+2:26Cf Lv 16:32; 1Sa 21:1-6; 2 Sa 8:17;1 Ch 24:6.+2:26Cf Ex 25:30; Lv 24:5-9; 1Sm 21:6.+2:26Lit which is forbidden for [one] to eat, except...+2:26Cf Lv 24:5-9.+2:27Lit man. ME. Cf CJB, NRSV, TEV.+3:1Lit he.+3:1Lit dried up. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 23.173).+3:2Lit they. Cf CJB, NCV, TEV.+3:2Lit him.+3:2Lit him.+3:2Lit in order to accuse him.+3:3Lit he.+3:4Lit Which is lawful? ME(H) (see note at Mt 12:10).+3:4Or to do evil?+3:5Lit the hardness/calloused state/insensitivity of their heart. ME(H/OTB). “People in the ancient Near East viewed the heart as the seat of emotions, the intellect, and the will” (see FSB, Ex 4:21; cf ANLEX, 215, sv καρδία 2; Ibid, 340, sv πώρωσις; FSB, Mk 3:5; Ex 4:21; for a good example of the close interrelationship between emotion, will, and understanding that is assumed in the Scriptures, see Proverbs 2). In modern Western culture, we tend to associate the heart with the emotions and perhaps even the will, but not so much with the mind, intellect, and understanding. (In fact, heart and mind are often viewed in contradistinction to one another.) Some translations try to compensate at this point by using “mind” in translation (see, eg, the NCV and TEV at Mk 6:52 and 8:17).+3:5Cf Ex 32:9-14; Dt 9:13-14.+3:5Lit he.+3:6Lit went out and began giving counsel against him. ME. Cf ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+3:9Lit they. Cf NIV, TEV.+3:12Lit him not to make known. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 110). Cf ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+3:13Lit he.+3:13Or wanted. Cf Lk 6:13.+3:14Lit to be with him. ME. Cf ISV, NLT.+3:20Lit so that they.+3:20Lit were not able to eat bread. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+3:21Lit they were saying. The subject here has been interpreted as an impersonal plural (for a brief discussion of the interpretive options here, see UBSHS [Mk], 116). This is reflected in the translation.+3:21Lit he.+3:21Or For they were saying, “He’s lost his mind.” Cf Jn 6:41-70.+3:22Lit He has Beelzebul. Cf NET, NIV, NLT.+3:23Lit he.+3:26Or rebels, or rises up.+3:26Lit he is going to have his end, or he has his end, or he will certainly have his end. The meaning here is not the end of Satan’s existence, but the end of his power and kingdom (see UBSHS [Mk], 121).+3:27Or the strong man’s.+3:28Lit the sons of men. ME(I/F) (see UBSHS [Mk], 122). Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NET, TEV.+3:28Lit blasphemies.+4:1Lit he.+4:2Lit And he was saying to them in his teaching. ME. ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτο ( en tē didachē autou) here is active in meaning (ie, it is referring to “the act of teaching” and to “the thing taught”) ( UBSHS [Mk], 128). Cf CJB, ISV.+4:5Lit did not have much soil. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 403).+4:6Lit because it did not have root. ME. Cf NET.+4:9Lit He who has ears, let him hear. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 11:15).+4:10Lit he.+4:11Cf Dn 2:17-47, 4:9; Rm 11:25, 16:25; 1 Co 4:1-2, 13:2, 14:2, 15:51; Eph 1:9, 3:3-9, 5:32, 6:19; Col 1:26-27, 2:2, 4:3; 1 Ti 3:9, 16; Re 1:20, 10:7, 17:5.+4:12Lit it. IT.+4:12Is 6:9, 10.+4:14Or word, or teaching. So throughout this section.+4:15Lit those who. Masculine inflections are used throughout the explanation of the parable, since people are meant. Throughout this section, “the seed” is used in translation for the sake of clarity and to aid information flow.+4:17Lit And they have no root in themselves. ME. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:17Or fall away. Cf Jb 2:9; Ps 118:22; Is 28:16; Mt 11:2; Rm 9:33; 1 Pe 2:6-8.+4:21Lit he.+4:22Lit For there is not anything hidden except that it may be disclosed. ME. Cf ISV.+4:22Lit nor has become concealed but that it may come out into the open. ME. Cf ISV.+4:22Cf Dt 29:29; Pr 25:2; Dn 2:21-22.+4:23Lit If someone has ears to hear, let him hear. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 11:15).+4:24Lit See what you are hearing. ME (see BDAG, 179, sv βλέπω 4, 6).+4:24Lit By which measure you measure it will be measured to you, and it will be added to you. ME. Cf NLT. Following here the lead of the NLT, which, in my opinion, captures the meaning of this saying in this context very well. Cf Jsh 1:8; Ps 1:2, 19:14, 49:3, 119:18; Dn 1:17, 2:20-23, 7:15-16, 8:15-16, 9:20-23; Mt 13:11-2, 52; Rm 15:14; 1 Co 1:5.+4:25Lit He who has, it will be given/entrusted/granted to him. ME/IT (see translation and notes at Mt 13:12).+4:25Cf Dn 1:17, 2:20-23, 7:15-16, 8:15-16, 9:20-23; Mt 13:11-12, 13:52, 25:29; Eph 1:7-9, 16-18.+4:25Lit He who does not have, even what he has. ME/IT (see translation and notes Mt 13:12).+4:25Cf Ho 4:4-6, 6:7-10; Mic 3:9-12; Zp 3:4; Mal 2:7-9; Mt 21:33-46; Rm 11:7-15, 25.+4:27Lit and he is sleeping and getting up night and day. VPR (see VCC [Mk 4:27]). The meaning here is “‘sleep in the night and rise in the day’” (see UBSHS [Mk], 146).+4:29Lit the fruit.+4:29Lit As soon as the fruit permits. ME. Cf ESV, HCSB, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, TEV.+4:29Cf Jl 3:13; Ho 6:11; Mt 13:36-43; Re 14:15.+4:30Lit Or by/with what parable. ME. Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+4:30Lit put. ME (see BDAG, 1003, sv τίθημι 1.b.α.). Cf HCSB, ISV, NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:31Lit which.+4:32Lit the birds of the sky. ME(I/F) (see BDAG, 809, sv πετεινόν; NET Bible Notes, 13:32). Cf NCV, NET.+4:32Dn 4:12, Ezk 17:23+4:32Cf Is 2:2-4, 42:1-4, 49:5-6; Ac 10:9-15.+4:33Lit he.+4:33Or word, or teaching.+4:33Or to hear, or to understand.+4:35Lit said to them.+4:36Or took him along, just as he was, in the boat. Cf HCSB, TEV. Following the interpretation favored by the UBSHS (see UBSHS (Mk), 152; cf NET Bible Notes, Mk 4:36) in translation here.+4:36Lit were with. ME (see BDAG, 636, sv μετά 2.a.γ.א; UBSHS [Mk], 152).+4:37Lit and. The translation here is based on the context. Cf TEV.+4:37Lit and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that already the boat was being filled.+4:38Lit He.+4:38Lit sleeping on a cushion. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 154). Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:38Lit They.+4:39Lit he.+4:39Lit the lake, or the sea. ME. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+4:39Cf Jb 38:8-11; Ps 104:5-9; Jr 5:22.+4:40Lit to them.+4:41Lit They.+4:41Lit and the lake, or and the sea. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+4:41Cf Gn 1:9, 8:1-5; Jb 38:11; Ps 18:15, 89:9, 93:4, 102:5-7, 106:9, 107:29; Jr 5:22.+5:1Lit the region of the Gerasenes. ME(H)/IT (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 8:28, Mk 5:1).+5:2Lit He.+5:2See note at Mt 8:28. Cf NCV, TEV.+5:3Lit he.+5:3Lit had his dwelling. ME. Cf most English translations.+5:5Lit And through all night and day.+5:6Lit he.+5:7Or Leave me alone! Lit What to me and to you? ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 8:29).+5:7Or tormented, or tortured.+5:8Lit for. IT. Cf NCV, TEV.+5:8Or had repeatedly said, or was saying.+5:9Lit he.+5:10Lit with him.+5:12Lit They.+5:12Lit with him.+5:13Lit He.+5:13Lit in the lake/sea. Cf NLT.+5:14Lit they.+5:16Lit them.+5:17Lit with him.+5:18Lit he.+5:18Lit with him.+5:19Lit he.+5:19Cf Gn 12:1-3, 22:18, 26:4, 28:14; Ex 34:6; Is 42:6-9, 43:10-11, 49:6-7.+5:20Lit he.+5:20Lit in the Decapolis (“Ten Cities”). ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:25).+5:22Lit him.+5:23Lit has finally, or is at an extreme. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 23.151; UBSHS (Mk), 169). Cf most English translations.+5:23Or delivered, or saved.+5:24Lit he.+5:25Lit who had been in a flow of blood. ME(OTB) (see note at Mt 9:20). Cf Lv 15:25-30.+5:27Lit she.+5:28Or saved, or delivered.+5:29Lit And immediately her flow of blood dried up. ME. Cf ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, TEV.+5:30Or perceiving in himself.+5:31Lit and yet you ask. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 174). Cf NLT.+5:34Lit he.+5:35Lit they.+5:36Or overhearing.+5:36Lit the word/message being spoken. ME. Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV, TEV.+5:36Or keep trusting, or keep believing.+5:37Lit He.+5:40Lit He.+5:41Or get up, or arise.+5:42Lit And they were in awe with great awe, or And they were astonished with great astonishment. Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NET, NLT, NIV, TEV.+5:43Lit he.+6:1Lit He.+6:3Cf Ps 118:22; Is 8:14; 28:16; Mt 11:6; Lk 2:34; Rm 9:33; 1 Pe 2:6-8.+6:6Lit he.+6:6Lit And he was going around the villages in a circuit. ME. Cf NIV, NLT.+6:9Lit but having put on. Cf ISV, NLT.+6:9Lit two tunics, or two inner garments. ME. Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NIV, TEV.+6:10Lit there, or in that place. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+6:10Lit leave from there/that place. ME. Cf NET.+6:12Lit they.+6:14Lit the king. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:1).+6:14Lit his.+6:14Lit They. Cf most translations.+6:17Lit had sent and arrested John. ME. Cf NCV, NIV, TEV.+6:18Lit It is not lawful. ME(H) (see note at Mt 12:10).+6:18Cf Lv 18:16, 20:21.+6:19Lit against him.+6:20Lit he.+6:20Lit to him.+6:20Or was at a loss, or was confused. ἀπορέω ( aporeō) in this context is most likely referring to worry and anxiety. (Note the statement that “he was afraid of John”; cf L-N, 32.9; UBSHS [Mk], 196.) Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, TEV.+6:22Lit the king. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:1).+6:24Lit she.+6:24Lit She.+6:25Lit she.+6:27Lit his.+6:27Lit he.+6:29Lit his.+6:30Lit gathered to. IT. A return is implied here. CJB, ESV, LEB, NLT, RSV, TEV.+6:31Lit and they.+6:32Lit according to that which is private. ME (see note at Mk 4:10).+6:33Lit there, or to that place.+6:33Or on foot.+6:34Lit he.+6:34Or he was moved with compassion for them. Lit he was moved in the inward parts. ME(I/F) (see DBL Greek, #5072).+6:35Lit When it had already become much hour. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 67.77). Cf HCSB, ISV, NASB, NET.+6:35Lit and the hour is already much. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 67.77).+6:36Lit them.+6:37Lit Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat? The question here is most likely rhetorical and exclamatory, not a request for permission (see UBSHS [Mk], 205). This interpretation is reflected in the translation. Cf NCV, NIV, NLT.+6:37Lit he.+6:37Lit two hundred denarii. ME(H) (see note at Mt 18:24).+6:39Lit He.+6:41ME(H)/IT. The “loaves” were not long like those in supermarkets today, but were small and round. (One person might normally eat three during a meal.) Five loaves might have been enough for two people (see L-N, 5.8; UBSHS [Mt]), 460.+6:41Or pickled. ME(H)/IT. The fish were not raw, but were cooked or pickled (see UBSHS [Mt], 460; UBSHS [Mk], 205).+6:41Lit he.+6:41Or heaven.+6:41Or and asked God’s blessing upon them, or and praised God. Lit blessed. ME (see BSL, Mt 14:19, sv εὐλογέω; UBSHS [Mt], 461; translation and notes at Mk 10:16).+6:41Lit to them.+6:42Lit And all ate and were satisfied. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 462). Cf CJB, NLT.+6:43Lit they.+6:43Lit took up, or removed, or carried. Following the lead of the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mk], 210). In this context, “took up/removed” doesn’t mean “picked up off the ground,” but that the people put the leftovers in the baskets as the disciples went around with them, or possibly as people brought the leftovers back to the disciples, or both.+6:45Lit he.+6:46Lit to them. Cf TEV.+6:47Lit He.+6:48Lit around the fourth watch of the night. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:25).+6:48Or pass by.+6:49Lit they.+6:50Lit he.+6:50Or I AM. See note at Mt 14:27. The same applies here. Cf Gn 1:1-10; Ex 3:14-15, 23:21; Jn 1:1-3, 17:6.+6:51Lit They.+6:53Lit came. Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+6:53Lit at Gennesaret. ME(H)/IT (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 14:34).+6:54Lit they.+6:54Lit him.+6:55Lit where they heard he was. ME. Cf NET.+6:56Lit they.+6:56Lit the tassel. ME(OTB)/IT (see note at Mt 14:36). Cf Nu 15:37-41, Dt 22:12.+7:1Lit around him.+7:3ἐὰν μὴ πυγμῇ νίψωνται τὰς χεῖρας (ean mē pugmē nipsōntai tas xeiras) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element (the clause has been rendered positively to allow for this).+7:3Lit with the fist, or in the proper way. For a discussion of similar practices in modern Orthodox Judaism, see Stern, JNTC, Mk 7:2.+7:3Lit the tradition of the elders. ME(H) (see note at Mt 15:2).+7:4Or washed themselves. Lit baptized. ME (see BDAG, 164, sv βαπτίζω 1; L-N, 53.31; UBSHS [Mk], 222). Cf HCSB, ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, TEV.+7:4Lit many other things. ME. Cf ESV, HCSB, ISV, NIV, NLT, NRSV, RSV.+7:4Lit received to hold/observe/adhere. Cf HCSB, LEB.+7:4Lit the baptism. ME. Cf NLT.+7:4Or dining couches. Some manuscripts omit “couches reclined on at meals/dining couches.” For further discussion, see NET Bible Notes, Mk 7:4.+7:5Lit ...not walk according to the tradition of the elders? ME(H) (see note at Mt 15:2).+7:5Lit their bread. ME. Cf NCV, NIV.+7:6Lit he.+7:7Is 29:13+7:9Lit You splendidly/well reject. ME. Cf CJB, NET, NCV, NLT, TEV.+7:9Cf Rm 10:3.+7:10Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16+7:10Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9+7:11Lit that is, a gift. ME(H)/IT (see L-N, 53.22; NAC [Mk], 116, NAC [Mt], 238; NET Bible Notes, Mk 7:11; UBSHS [Mk], 228). Cf HCSB, NCV, NIV, NLT.+7:15Some manuscripts have verse 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear” (ESV).+7:17Lit he.+7:18Lit In the same way. ME (see BDAG, 742, sv οὕτω 1.b.).+7:18“Disciples” is drawn from the plural “you” here.+7:21Or evil thoughts, or evil ideas, or evil designs, or evil reasonings. Cf LEB.+7:22Lit an evil eye. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 6:23).+7:22Or slander.+7:24Lit he.+7:26Or a Gentile, or a Greek.+7:26Lit a Syrophoenician by race/nation/people. ME. Cf NET, NRSV.+7:26Lit him.+7:27Cf Rm 1:16.+7:29Lit word. Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, TEV.+7:29Lit he.+7:30Lit she.+7:31Lit he.+7:31Lit through the region of the Decapolis (“Ten Cities”). ME(H) (see FSB, Mt 4:25; HNTC, 46; Robertson, Word Pictures, Mt 4:25; TCBC, 399).+7:32Lit They.+7:32Lit on him.+7:33Lit he.+7:33Lit him.+7:33Lit away from the crowd according to that which is private. ME. Cf ESV, NIV, NET, NRSV, RSV, TEV.+7:33Lit his.+7:34Or to heaven.+7:34Lit he.+7:34Or sighed.+7:34Lit to him.+7:35Lit his.+7:35Lit the chain of his tongue was loosed. ME(I/F). Cf CJB, ISV, NLT.+7:36Lit He.+7:36Lit them. Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NLT, TEV.+7:36Lit they were proclaiming [it] even more. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+8:1Lit In those days. ME (see note at Mk 1:9). Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+8:1Lit he.+8:2Or I am moved with compassion for. Lit I am moved in the inward parts. ME(I/F) (see DBL Greek, #5072).+8:6Lit he.+8:6IT (see note at Mt 15:36).+8:6Lit to serve, and they served it to the crowd. Cf NCV, NIV, TEV.+8:7Or pickled. ME(H)/IT (see note at Mt 15:36).+8:7Lit he.+8:7Or had asked God’s blessing upon. Lit had blessed. ME (see note at Mt 14:19).+8:8Lit And they ate and were satisfied. ME (see translation and notes at Mt 14:20).+8:8Lit they.+8:8Lit took up, or removed, or carried. Following the lead of the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mk], 210). In this context, “took up/removed” doesn’t mean “picked up off the ground,” but that the people put the leftovers in the baskets as the disciples went around with them, or possibly as people brought the leftovers back to the disciples, or both.+8:9Lit he.+8:9Lit them.+8:11Lit with him.+8:11Or from the sky. Cf Ex 4:1–9, 7:8–13, 10:21-23; 1 Ki 18:38; 2 Ki 1:9-16; Ps 19:1-5; Is 13:10, 34:4; Jl 2:10, 30-31; Hab 3:11; Mt 24:29; Mk 8:11-12; Lk 21:11; Re 6:12-13, 8:12.+8:12Or sigh.+8:12Lit And groaning/having groaned (or sighed) deeply/intensely in his spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 251).+8:12Lit he.+8:12Cf Dt 6:16; Is 7:12, 13:10, 34:4; Jl 2:10, 30-31; Am 5:18; Hab 3:11; Mal 3:15; Mt 15:1-4, 24:29; Lk 21:11; Ac 5:9; Re 6:12-13, 8:12.+8:12ME (OTB)/IT (see BDAG, 278, sv εἰ 4; JFB, Mk 8:12; Robertson, Word Pictures, Mk 8:12; UBSHS [Mk], 251; Wuest, Word Studies, Mk 8:10). This is an example of aposiopesis (see Robertson, Grammar, 1024). Following the NIV’s rendering of self-imprecatory statements in the Old Testament in the rendering of the IT here. See, eg, 2 Sm 3:9, 3:35, 19:13; 1 Ki 2:23; Ru 1:19.+8:14Lit They.+8:15Lit he.+8:16Lit they.+8:17Lit he.+8:17Lit Do you have your heart hardened? See note at Mk 3:5.+8:18Cf Is 42:18-19, 43:8; Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mt 13:13.+8:19Cf Mk 6:30-44.+8:19Lit …did you take up? or …did you remove? or …did you carry? See note at Mk 6:43. The same applies here and in v 20.+8:19Cf 1 Ki 17:11-16.+8:22Lit they. This is an indefinite plural. Cf ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT.+8:22Lit to him.+8:22Lit him.+8:23Lit he.+8:23Lit his.+8:24Or after looking up/around. The context makes it clear that the man hasn’t fully regained his sight yet.+8:24Lit he.+8:24Lit I see men, for I see [them] walking around like trees. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 258). Cf HCSB, ISV, LEB, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+8:25Lit He.+8:25Lit his.+8:25Lit he.+8:25Or looked intently, or stared with eyes open wide.+8:26Lit he.+8:30Lit he.+8:31See note at Mt 16:21. The same applies here.+8:31Cf Ps 22; Is 53.+8:31See note at Mt 21:42. The same applies here.+8:31Ps 118:22+8:31Cf Ex 12:1-28; Lv 23:4-8; Dt 16:1-8; Jn 19:36; 1 Co 5:7.+8:31Cf Lv 23:9-14; 1 Co 15:4, 20.+8:33Or after.+8:33Lit he.+8:33Lit turning around. Cf the CJB at Mt 16:23. The fact that Jesus is turning toward the other disciples from a location off to the side indicates that hevis turning his back on Peter here. The words “get behind me,” therefore, are coupled with a powerful visual demonstration.+8:33Lit things. See note at Mt 16:23. The same applies here.+8:34Lit he.+8:34Lit follow after me. ME(H) (see notes at Mt 4:19, 10:38, and 16:24). Cf HCSB, NET, NLT.+8:34Cf Jn 6:66.+8:35Or wants, or intends, or purposes.+8:35Or for.+8:36Lit What benefit/profit/advantage/value/worth is it...? See note at Mt 16:26. The same applies here.+8:36Or suffer the loss of.+8:36Cf 1 Ti 6:8-10, 17-19.+8:37Cf Ps 49:7-9.+8:38Lit of him.+8:38Cf Is 40:5; Ek 1:26-28, 3:12-13, 3:23; Dn 7:13-14.+8:38Cf Mt 13:41.+9:1Or before, or until. See note at Mt 16:28. The same applies here.+9:1See note at Mt 16:28. The same applies here.+9:1Cf Is 4:4:2-6, 60:1; Dn 2:34-35, 2:44-45, 7:21-22; 1 Co 4:20; 1 Th 3:13; 2 Pe 1:16-20.+9:2Lit according to that which is private alone. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 272).+9:3Lit of such sort.+9:5Cf Lv 23:42.+9:5Μωϋσεῖ ( Mōusei) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore καὶ (kai) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+9:7Cf Ex 13:21-22, 14:19-24, 19:16-18, 20:18, 24:15-18, 33:9-10, 40:28-29; 2 Ch 7:1; Dt 4:33, 5:24-26; Is 4:2-6; Ezk 1:4-6, 25-28; Mt 17:5.+9:7Lit Hear him. ME (see L-N, 36.14).+9:9Lit he.+9:10Lit they.+9:10Or The order they obeyed, arguing among themselves...; or The matter they kept to themselves, arguing... Cf NASB.+9:11Lit him.+9:11Cf Ml 4:5-6.+9:12Ml 4:6. Cf LXX.+9:12Ml 4:6 makes it clear that the “things” “turned back” or “brought back” are “hearts.” Cf Dt 30:2-3; 1 Ki 18:37-38; 2 Ki 1:1-16; Ml 4:6, Re 11:3-6. Cf also the NET’s rendering of Ml 4:6.+9:12Cf Ps 22; Is 53; Lk 24:26-27.+9:13Cf Lk 1:17+9:13Lit did to him as many things as they wanted. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 543).+9:14Lit When they.+9:15Lit him.+9:16Lit He.+9:18Lit it.+9:19Lit he.+9:19Lit him.+9:20Lit him.+9:20Lit him.+9:20Lit him.+9:21Lit his.+9:21Lit From childhood. ME (see L-N, 67.153). Cf NCV, NLT.+9:21Lit he.+9:22Lit It.+9:22Or often throws.+9:22Lit into [with submergence implied]. The concern here is not that the boy has been falling into shallow water, but that the demon has tried to drown the boy. I have signaled this in translation with “under.” Cf UBSHS (Mk), 286.+9:25Lit You mute and deaf spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 288). Cf ISV.+9:26Lit it.+9:26Lit him.+9:26Lit he.+9:27Lit him.+9:28Lit he.+9:28Lit according to one’s own/what is private. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 290).+9:28Lit drive it out.+9:29Lit he.+9:29Some manuscripts add “and fasting” (ESV).+9:30Lit he.+9:31Or when, or after.+9:32Lit they.+9:32Lit But they didn’t understand the statement. ME. Cf ISV, NIV, NLT.+9:33Lit him.+9:33Lit them.+9:33Lit on the road. ME (see BDAG, 691, sv ὁδός). Cf CJB.+9:35Lit he.+9:36Lit he.+9:36Lit around him.+9:37Lit in my name. ME (see notes at Mt 10:41). Cf also Mk 9:41. Note that in both Mt 10:41 and Mk 9:41, the idiom applies to the person who is being received.+9:38Lit since he was not accompanying us. ME (see note at Mt 4:19; UBSHS [Mk], 297). Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+9:41Lit gives you a cup of water in name. ME (see translation and notes at Mt 10:41-42; cf Mt 18:5). Cf CJB, HCSB, NASB, NET, NRSV, RSV.+9:42Lit little ones, or small ones. ME (see note at Mt 10:42).+9:42Cf 2 Co 11:1-6.+9:43Some manuscripts have verses 44 and 46 (which are the same as v 48). For a brief discussion of the manuscript variants here, see NET Bible Notes at Mk 9:44.+9:48Lit the worm of them. Though some degree of possession is implied here, this isn’t the primary function of the genitive here. “Them” is the object of an implied verb (“feeding”) (see UBSHS [Mk], 304). Cf TEV.+9:48Is 66:24+9:49Some manuscripts add “and every sacrifice will be salted with salt” (ESV).+9:49Cf Gn 19:26; Ex 30:35; Lv 2:13; Nu 18:19; Dt 29:23; Jg 9:45; 2 Ki 2:21; 2 Ch 13:5; Jb 39:6; Ps 11:6; Jr 17:6; Ezk 38:22, 43:24; Zp 2:9; Lk 17:28-32; 2 Pt 2:6, 3:5-12; Re 16:8-9, 20:14.+9:50Or good. Drawing from the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mk], 305).+9:50“In the ancient world...what was often sold as salt was highly adulterated and the sodium chloride could leach out in humid weather, in which case the residue (normally a form of lime) would be useless” ( L-N, 5.25).+9:50Cf Mk 9:33 above; Rm 12. Remember, this whole discussion originated because the disciples were arguing about who would be the greatest.+10:1Lit he.+10:1Lit as he was accustomed. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+10:2Lit Is it lawful...?. ME(H) (see note at Mt 12:10).+10:4IT. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+10:4Dt 24:1.+10:6Or when creation began. Lit at/from the beginning of creation. ME. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, and TEV at Mk 13:19.+10:6Lit he.+10:6Gn 1:27+10:8Gn 2:24+10:10Lit And back into the house, or And into the house again. ME (see UBSHS [Mk]), 312. Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+10:11Cf Mt 5:31-32.+10:12Lit she.+10:12Here Mark is most likely extending the application of Jesus’ teaching for Gentile readers, since according to Jewish law only a man could initiate a divorce (see NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:12; UBSHS [Mk], 314). “As such it may be an interpretive and parenthetical comment by the author rather than part of the saying by Jesus, which would stop at the end of v. 11. As such it should then be placed in parentheses” ( NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:12).+10:13Lit they.+10:13Lit to him.+10:13Lit scolded them. See note at Mt 19:13. The same applies here.+10:16Lit around them. Here Jesus is most likely in a seated position, receiving the kids into his arms and blessing them while they sit on his lap (see UBSHS [Mk], 317).+10:16Lit he.+10:16Lit blessed. ME(H) (see Stern, JNTC, Mk 10:16; UBSHS [Mk], 316).+10:16Or invoked a blessing over each of them as he placed his hands on them, or blessed each of them by placing his hands on them. Jesus is mostly likely placing his hands on their heads (see Stern, JNTC, Mk 10:16; UBSHS [Mt], 598).+10:17This is a more literal rendering of ζωὴν αἰώνιον ( zōēn aiōnion), which most English translations render as “eternal life.” See UBSHS (Jn), 88.+10:19Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17+10:19Ex 20:14; Dt 5:18+10:19Ex 20:15; Dt 5:19+10:19Ex 20:16; Dt 5:20+10:19Or you must not defraud. This is most likely an allusion to Dt 24:14 (see NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:19) and/or passages like Lv 19:13 and Ml 3:5. Cf Jm 5:4.+10:19Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16+10:20Lit he.+10:20Lit since my youth. ME. Cf ISV. Most likely from the time of his bar-mitzvah (see NAC [Mk], 163; UBSHS [Mk], 320).+10:21Lit at him.+10:21Or felt love. Cf CJB, NET, NLT. Here the aorist tense is functioning inceptively. It is mostly likely conveying some sort of expression or display of affection (see BDAG, ἀγαπάω 1.b.α.; UBSHS [Mk], 320).+10:21Cf Mt 6:16-18; Lk 14:14; 1 Ti 6:17-19.+10:21Lit come follow me. ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:19).+10:21Cf 1 Ki 19:19-21.+10:22Lit Having become gloomy in appearance at the word. ME. Cf NIV, NLT, TEV.+10:23Cf 1 Ti 6:9-10.+10:26Lit they.+10:28Lit began saying to him. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+10:30Lit life in the coming age. Because the “age to come” has already been stated in the temporal frame, “unending” has been used translation here.+10:32Lit they. Cf NIV, NLT, TEV; UBSHS (Mk), 328.+10:32Lit he.+10:35Lit to him.+10:38Lit the baptism. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 24.82; M-M, 102, sv βαπτίζω; UBSHS [Mk], 332).+10:38Cf Php 3:10-11; Heb 11:35.+10:39Lit the baptism. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 24.82; M-M, 102, sv βαπτίζω; UBSHS [Mk], 332).+10:42Lit dominate them.+10:42Lit their great men. ME(H) (see L-N, 87.40). Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, TEV.+10:42Lit them.+10:45Cf Ps 49:7-9, Heb 2:9-15.+10:45Or in place of, or in exchange for. ἀντί ( anti) here is most likely being used in its primary sense of substitution/exchange (for discussion, see Wallace, Grammar, 365-8).+10:45This is most likely an allusion to Is 53:12 (cf LXX).+10:45Cf Gn 2:16; Ps 49:7-9; Is 53:10-12; Mt 26:28; Rm 5:15-17; 1Ti 2:6; Tit 2:14; Heb 2:9-15, 9:28.+10:46Lit he.+10:49Lit Call him. ME. Cf NCV, NLT.+10:50Lit he.+10:52Or delivered, or saved.+10:52Lit he.+10:52Lit him.
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