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The book of Mark is like a newspaper story. It gives all the facts with lots of action. We read about Jesus’ power and the wonderful miracles he performs. We read how Jesus teaches his disciples. We read about all the exciting things that happen just before Jesus dies. We also read the story of Jesus’ death and the exciting news that he is alive again.

Jesus calms a storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 4:35 – 41

Jesus raises a dead girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 5:21 – 43

Jesus heals a young boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 9:14 – 32

Jesus holds the Lord’s Supper . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 14:12 – 26

Jesus dies and is buried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 15:21 – 47

Jesus rises from the dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark 16:1 – 8

Mark

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des ert 40 days. There Sa tan tempt ed him. The wild an i mals didn’t harm Jesus. An gels took care of him.

Jesus Preaches the Good News14 Af ter John was put in pris on,

Jesus went into Gal i lee. He preached the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The king dom of God has come near. Turn away from your sins and be lieve the good news!”

Jesus Chooses his First Disciples

16 One day Jesus was walk ing be side the Sea of Gal i lee. There he saw Si mon and his broth er An drew. They were throw ing a net into the lake. They were fish er men. 17 “Come and fol low me,” Jesus said. “I will send you out to fish for peo ple.” 18 At once they left their nets and fol lowed him.

John the Baptist Prepares the way

1 This is the be gin ning of the good news about Jesus the Mes si ah, the

Son of God. 2 Long ago Isa iah the proph et wrote, “I will send my messenger ahead

of you. He will prepare your way.”

(Malachi 3:1) 3 “A messenger is calling out in the

desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord. Make straight paths for him.’ ”

(Isaiah 40:3)

4 And so John the Bap tist ap peared in the des ert. He preached that peo­ple should be bap tized and turn away from their sins. Then God would for­give them. 5 All the peo ple from the coun try side of Ju dea went out to him. All the peo ple from Je ru sa lem went too. When they ad mit ted they had sinned, John bap tized them in the Jor­dan Riv er. 6 John wore clothes made out of cam el’s hair. He had a leath er belt around his waist. And he ate lo­custs and wild hon ey. 7 Here is what John was preach ing. “Af ter me, there is some one com ing who is more pow­er ful than I am. I’m not good enough to bend down and un tie his san dals. 8 I bap tize you with wa ter. But he will bap tize you with the Holy Spir it.”

Jesus Is Baptized and tempted9 At that time Jesus came from Naz­

a reth in Gal i lee. John bap tized Jesus in the Jor dan Riv er. 10 Jesus was com ing up out of the wa ter. Just then he saw heav en be ing torn open. Jesus saw the Holy Spir it com ing down on him like a dove. 11 A voice spoke to him from heav en. It said, “You are my Son, and I love you. I am very pleased with you.”

12 At once the Holy Spir it sent Jesus out into the des ert. 13 He was in the

brain GAME

John the Baptist Prepares the WayMark 1:1 – 81. Who did the prophet Isaiah say

would come before Jesus? What would he do?

2. What was the name of the messenger that God sent?

3. What did John wear? What did he eat?

SOAKit up!

“Come and follow me,” Jesus said. “I will send you out to fish for people.”

Mark 1:17

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sick. They also brought all who were con trolled by de mons. 33 All the peo ple in town gath ered at the door. 34 Jesus healed many of them. They had all kinds of sick ness es. He also drove out many de mons. But he would not let the de mons speak, be cause they knew who he was.

Jesus Prays in a Quiet Place35 It was very ear ly in the morn ing

and still dark. Jesus got up and left the house. He went to a place where he could be alone. There he prayed. 36 Si­mon and his friends went to look for Jesus. 37 When they found him, they called out, “Ev ery one is look ing for you!”

38 Jesus re plied, “ Let’s go some­where else. I want to go to the near by towns. I must preach there also. That is why I have come.” 39 So he trav eled all around Gal i lee. He preached in their syn a gogues. He also drove out de mons.

Jesus heals a Man who had a Skin Disease

40 A man who had a skin dis ease came to Jesus. On his knees he begged Jesus. He said, “If you are will ing to make me ‘ clean,’ you can do it.”

41 Jesus be came an gry. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am will ing to do it,” Jesus said. “Be ‘ clean’!” 42 Right away the dis ease left the man, and he was “ clean.”

43 Jesus sent him away at once. He gave the man a strong warn ing. 44 “ Don’t tell this to any one,” he said. “Go and show your self to the priest. Of fer the sac ri fic es that Mo ses com­mand ed. It will be a wit ness to the priest and the peo ple that you are ‘ clean.’ ” 45 But the man went out and start ed talk ing right away. He spread the news to ev ery one. So Jesus could no lon ger en ter a town open ly. He

19 Then Jesus walked a lit tle far ther. As he did, he saw James, the son of Zeb e dee, and his broth er John. They were in a boat pre par ing their nets. 20 Right away he called out to them. They left their fa ther Zeb e dee in the boat with the hired men. Then they fol lowed Jesus.

Jesus Drives Out an evil Spirit21 Jesus and those with him went to

Ca per na um. When the Sab bath day came, he went into the syn a gogue. There he be gan to teach. 22 The peo­ple were amazed at his teach ing. That’s be cause he taught them like one who had au thor i ty. He did not talk like the teach ers of the law. 23 Just then a man in their syn a gogue cried out. He was con trolled by an evil spir it. He said, 24 “What do you want with us, Jesus of Naz a reth? Have you come to de stroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God!”

25 “Be qui et!” said Jesus firm ly. “Come out of him!” 26 The evil spir it shook the man wild ly. Then it came out of him with a scream.

27 All the peo ple were amazed. So they asked each oth er, “What is this? A new teach ing! And with so much au thor i ty! He even gives or ders to evil spir its, and they obey him.” 28 News about Jesus spread quick ly all over Gal i lee.

Jesus heals Many People29 Jesus and those with him left the

syn a gogue. Right away they went with James and John to the home of Si mon and An drew. 30 Si mon’s moth er­in­law was ly ing in bed with a fe ver. They told Jesus about her right away. 31 So he went to her. He took her hand and helped her up. The fe ver left her. Then she be gan to serve them.

32 That eve ning af ter sun set, the peo ple brought to Jesus all who were

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he walked along he saw Levi, the son of Al phae us. Levi was sit ting at the tax col lec tor’s booth. “Fol low me,” Jesus told him. Levi got up and fol lowed him.

15 Lat er Jesus was hav ing din ner at Le vi’s house. Many tax col lec tors and sin ners were eat ing with him and his dis ci ples. They were part of the large crowd fol low ing Jesus. 16 Some teach­ers of the law who were Phar i sees were there. They saw Jesus eat ing with sin­ners and tax col lec tors. So they asked his dis ci ples, “Why does he eat with tax col lec tors and sin ners?”

17 Jesus heard that. So he said to them, “ Those who are healthy don’t need a doc tor. Sick peo ple do. I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to fol low me. I have come to get sin ners to fol low me.”

Jesus Is asked about Fasting18 John’s dis ci ples and the Phar i sees

were go ing with out eat ing. Some peo­ple came to Jesus. They said to him, “ John’s dis ci ples are fast ing. The dis­ci ples of the Phar i sees are also fast ing. But your dis ci ples are not. Why aren’t they?”

stayed out side in lone ly plac es. But peo ple still came to him from ev ery­where.

Jesus Forgives and heals a Man who Could Not walk

2 A few days lat er, Jesus en tered Ca per na um again. The peo ple

heard that he had come home. 2 So many peo ple gath ered that there was no room left. There was not even room out side the door. And Jesus preached the word to them. 3 Four of those who came were car ry ing a man who could not walk. 4 But they could not get him close to Jesus be cause of the crowd. So they made a hole by dig ging through the roof above Jesus. Then they low­ered the man through it on a mat. 5 Jesus saw their faith. So he said to the man, “Son, your sins are for giv en.”

6 Some teach ers of the law were sit ting there. They were think ing, 7 “Why is this fel low talk ing like that? He’s say ing a very evil thing! Only God can for give sins!”

8 Right away Jesus knew what they were think ing. So he said to them, “Why are you think ing these things? 9 Is it eas i er to say to this man, ‘Your sins are for giv en’? Or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has au thor i ty on earth to for give sins.” So Jesus spoke to the man who could not walk. 11 “I tell you,” he said, “get up. Take your mat and go home.” 12 The man got up and took his mat. Then he walked away while ev ery one watched. All the peo ple were amazed. They praised God and said, “We have nev er seen any thing like this!”

Jesus Chooses Levi and eats with Sinners

13 Once again Jesus went out be side the Sea of Gal i lee. A large crowd came to him. He be gan to teach them. 14 As

brain GAME

Jesus Heals a Sick ManMark 2:1 – 121. How were some men able to get

their friend to Jesus?

2. What was wrong with their friend? How did Jesus help him?

3. Why were some of the teachers of the law upset?

4. How do you think Jesus knew what they were thinking?

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man on the Sab bath day. 3 Jesus spoke to the man with the weak and twist ed hand. “ Stand up in front of ev ery one,” he said.

4 Then Jesus asked them, “What does the Law say we should do on the Sab bath day? Should we do good? Or should we do evil? Should we save life? Or should we kill?” But no one an­swered.

5 Jesus looked around at them in an­ger. He was very up set be cause their hearts were stub born. Then he said to the man, “ Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand had be­come as good as new. 6 Then the Phar i­sees went out and be gan to make plans with the He ro di ans. They want ed to kill Jesus.

Crowds Follow Jesus7 Jesus went off to the Sea of Gal­

i lee with his dis ci ples. A large crowd from Gal i lee fol lowed. 8 Peo ple heard about all that Jesus was do ing. And many came to him. They came from Ju dea, Je ru sa lem and Id u mea. They came from the lands east of the Jor dan Riv er. And they came from the area around Tyre and Si don. 9 Be cause of the crowd, Jesus told his dis ci ples to get a small boat ready for him. This would keep the peo ple from crowd ing him. 10 Jesus had healed many peo ple. So those who were sick were push ing for ward to touch him. 11 When peo ple con trolled by evil spir its saw him, they fell down in front of him. The spir­its shout ed, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But Jesus or dered them not to tell peo ple about him.

Jesus appoints the twelve Disciples

13 Jesus went up on a moun tain side. He called for cer tain peo ple to come to him, and they came. 14 He ap point ed 12 of them so that they would be with

19 Jesus an swered, “How can the guests of the groom go with out eat ing while he is with them? They will not fast as long as he is with them. 20 But the time will come when the groom will be tak en away from them. On that day they will go with out eat ing.

21 “No one sews a patch of new cloth on old clothes. Oth er wise, the new piece will pull away from the old. That will make the tear worse. 22 No one pours new wine into old wine­skins. Oth er wise, the wine will burst the skins. Then the wine and the wine skins will both be de stroyed. No, peo ple pour new wine into new wine­skins.”

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Day23 One Sab bath day Jesus was walk­

ing with his dis ci ples through the grain fields. The dis ci ples be gan to break off some heads of grain. 24 The Phar i sees said to Jesus, “Look! It is against the Law to do this on the Sab­bath day. Why are your dis ci ples do ing it?”

25 He an swered, “ Haven’t you ever read about what Da vid did? He and his men were hun gry. They need ed food. 26 It was when Abi a thar was high priest. Da vid en tered the house of God and ate the holy bread. Only priests were al lowed to eat it. Da vid also gave some to his men.”

27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sab bath day was made for man. Man was not made for the Sab bath day. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sab bath day.”

Jesus heals on the Sabbath Day

3 An oth er time Jesus went into the syn a gogue. A man with a weak

and twist ed hand was there. 2 Some Phar i sees were try ing to find fault with Jesus. They watched him close ly. They want ed to see if he would heal the

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end of him. 27 In fact, none of you can en ter a strong man’s house un less you tie him up first. Then you can steal things from his house. 28 What I’m about to tell you is true. Ev ery one’s sins and evil words against God will be for giv en. 29 But who ev er speaks evil things against the Holy Spir it will nev er be for giv en. Their guilt will last for ev er.”

30 Jesus said this be cause the teach­ers of the law were say ing, “He has an evil spir it.”

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers31 Jesus’ moth er and broth ers came

and stood out side. They sent some one in to get him. 32 A crowd was sit ting around Jesus. They told him, “Your moth er and your broth ers are out side. They are look ing for you.”

33 “Who is my moth er? Who are my broth ers?” he asked.

34 Then Jesus looked at the peo­ple sit ting in a cir cle around him. He said, “Here is my moth er! Here are my broth ers! 35 Any one who does what God wants is my broth er or sis ter or moth er.”

the Story of the Farmer

4 Again Jesus be gan to teach by the Sea of Gal i lee. The crowd that

gath ered around him was very large. So he got into a boat. He sat down in it out on the lake. All the peo ple were along the shore at the wa ter’s edge. 2 He taught them many things us ing sto ries. In his teach ing he said, 3 “Lis ten! A farm er went out to plant his seed. 4 He scat tered the seed on the ground. Some fell on a path. Birds came and ate it up. 5 Some seed fell on rocky plac es, where there wasn’t much soil. The plants came up quick ly, be­cause the soil wasn’t deep. 6 When the sun came up, it burned the plants. They dried up be cause they had no

him. He would also send them out to preach. 15 And he gave them au thor i ty to drive out de mons. 16 So Jesus ap point ed the 12 dis ci­

ples. Si mon was one of them. Jesus

gave him the name Pe ter. 17 There were James, son of Zeb­

e dee, and his broth er John. Jesus gave them the name Bo a­ner ges. Bo a ner ges means Sons of Thun der.

18 There were also An drew, Phil ip, Bar thol o mew, Mat thew, Thom as, and James, son of Al phae us. And there were Thad dae us and Si mon the Zeal ot. 19 Ju das Is car i ot was one of them

too. He was the one who was lat er go ing to hand Jesus over to his en e mies.

Jesus Is accused by teachers of the Law

20 Jesus en tered a house. Again a crowd gath ered. It was so large that Jesus and his dis ci ples were not even able to eat. 21 His fam i ly heard about this. So they went to take charge of him. They said, “He is out of his mind.”

22 Some teach ers of the law were there. They had come down from Je ru­sa lem. They said, “He is con trolled by Be el ze bul! He is driv ing out de mons by the pow er of the prince of de mons.”

23 So Jesus called them over to him. He be gan to speak to them us ing sto­ries. He said, “How can Sa tan drive out Sa tan? 24 If a king dom fights against it­self, it can’t stand. 25 If a fam i ly is di­vid ed, it can’t stand. 26 And if Sa tan fights against him self, and his help ers are di vid ed, he can’t stand. That is the

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on good soil like? The peo ple hear the mes sage. They ac cept it. They pro duce a good crop 30, 60, or even 100 times more than the farm er plant ed.”

a Lamp on a Stand21 Jesus said to them, “Do you bring

in a lamp to put it un der a large bowl or a bed? Don’t you put it on its stand? 22 What is hid den is meant to be seen. And what is put out of sight is meant to be brought out into the open. 23 Who ev er has ears should lis ten.”

24 “ Think care ful ly about what you hear,” he said. “As you give, so you will re ceive. In fact, you will re ceive even more. 25 Who ev er has some thing will be giv en more. Who ev er has noth ing, even what they have will be tak en away from them.”

the Story of the Growing Seed26 Jesus also said, “Here is what

God’s king dom is like. A farm er scat­ters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day the seed comes up and grows. It hap pens wheth er the farm er sleeps or gets up. He doesn’t know how it hap­pens. 28 All by it self the soil pro duc es grain. First the stalk comes up. Then the head ap pears. Fi nal ly, the full grain ap pears in the head. 29 Be fore long the grain rip ens. So the farm er cuts it down, be cause the har vest is ready.”

the Story of the Mustard Seed30 Again Jesus said, “What can we

say God’s king dom is like? What sto ry can we use to ex plain it? 31 It is like a mus tard seed, which is the small est of all seeds on earth. 32 But when you plant the seed, it grows. It be comes the larg est of all gar den plants. Its branch es are so big that birds can rest in its shade.”

33 Us ing many sto ries like these, Jesus spoke the word to them. He told them as much as they could

roots. 7 Oth er seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and crowd ed out the plants. So the plants did not bear grain. 8 Still oth er seed fell on good soil. It grew up and pro duced a crop 30, 60, or even 100 times more than the farm er plant ed.”

9 Then Jesus said, “Who ev er has ears should lis ten.”

10 Lat er Jesus was alone. The 12 dis­ci ples asked him about the sto ries. So did the oth ers around him. 11 He told them, “The se cret of God’s king dom has been giv en to you. But to out sid ers ev ery thing is told us ing sto ries. 12 In that way, “ ‘They will see but never know

what they are seeing. They will hear but never

understand. Otherwise they might turn and be

forgiven!’ ” (Isaiah 6:9,10)

13 Then Jesus said to them, “ Don’t you un der stand this sto ry? Then how will you un der stand any sto ries of this kind? 14 The seed the farm er plants is God’s mes sage. 15 What is seed scat­tered on a path like? The mes sage is plant ed. The peo ple hear the mes sage. Then Sa tan comes. He takes away the mes sage that was plant ed in them. 16 And what is seed scat tered on rocky plac es like? The peo ple hear the mes­sage. At once they re ceive it with joy. 17 But they have no roots. So they last only a short time. They quick ly fall away from the faith when trou ble or suf fer ing comes be cause of the mes­sage. 18 And what is seed scat tered among thorns like? The peo ple hear the mes sage. 19 But then the wor ries of this life come to them. Wealth comes with its false prom is es. The peo ple also long for oth er things. All of these are the kinds of things that crowd out the mes sage. They keep it from pro duc­ing fruit. 20 And what is seed scat tered

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could hold him. 4 His hands and feet had of ten been chained. But he tore the chains apart. And he broke the iron cuffs on his an kles. No one was strong enough to con trol him. 5 Night and day he screamed among the tombs and in the hills. He cut him self with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus a long way off, he ran to him. He fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shout ed at the top of his voice, “ Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? Swear to God that you won’t hurt me!” 8 This was be cause Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you evil spir it!”

9 Then Jesus asked the de mon, “What is your name?”

un der stand. 34 He did not say any­thing to them with out us ing a sto ry. But when he was alone with his dis ci­ples, he ex plained ev ery thing.

Jesus Calms the Storm35 When eve ning came, Jesus said to

his dis ci ples, “ Let’s go over to the oth er side of the lake.” 36 They left the crowd be hind. And they took him along in a boat, just as he was. There were also oth er boats with him. 37 A wild storm came up. Waves crashed over the boat. It was about to sink. 38 Jesus was in the back, sleep ing on a cush ion. The dis ci­ples woke him up. They said, “Teach er! Don’t you care if we drown?”

39 He got up and or dered the wind to stop. He said to the waves, “Qui et! Be still!” Then the wind died down. And it was com plete ly calm.

40 He said to his dis ci ples, “Why are you so afraid? Don’t you have any faith at all yet?”

41 They were ter ri fied. They asked each oth er, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

Jesus heals a Man Controlled by Demons

5 They went across the Sea of Gal­i lee to the area of the Ger a senes.

2 Jesus got out of the boat. A man con­trolled by an evil spir it came from the tombs to meet him. 3 The man lived in the tombs. No one could keep him tied up any more. Not even a chain

CHECKit out!

GrainMark 4:28 – 29Farmers raised crops of grain. People cut the ripe grain with sharp tools. Donkeys took the grain to the barns.

brain GAME

Jesus Calms the StormMark 4:35 – 411. Why did Jesus get into a boat?

2. What was Jesus doing during the storm? How did Jesus save his helpers?

3. Why were they so amazed at what he did?

4. Do you think you will be less afraid of storms if you remember this story? Why?

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23 He begged Jesus, “ Please come. My lit tle daugh ter is dy ing. Place your hands on her to heal her. Then she will live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.

A large group of peo ple fol lowed. They crowd ed around him. 25 A wom­ an was there who had a sick ness that made her bleed. It had last ed for 12 years. 26 She had suf fered a great deal, even though she had gone to many doc tors. She had spent all the mon ey she had. But she was get ting worse, not bet ter. 27 Then she heard about Jesus. She came up be hind him in the crowd and touched his clothes. 28 She thought, “I just need to touch his clothes. Then I will be healed.” 29 Right away her bleed ing stopped. She felt in her body that her suf fer ing was over.

30 At once Jesus knew that pow er had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd. He asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

31 “You see the peo ple,” his dis ci ples an swered. “They are crowd ing against you. And you still ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

32 But Jesus kept look ing around. He want ed to see who had touched him. 33 Then the wom an came and fell

“My name is Le gion,” he re plied. “ There are many of us.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

11 A large herd of pigs was feed­ing on the near by hill side. 12 The de­mons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs. Let us go into them.” 13 Jesus al lowed it. The evil spir its came out of the man and went into the pigs. There were about 2,000 pigs in the herd. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank. They ran into the lake and drowned.

14 Those who were tend ing the pigs ran off. They told the peo ple in the town and coun try side what had hap pened. The peo ple went out to see for them selves. 15 Then they came to Jesus. They saw the man who had been con trolled by many de mons. He was sit ting there. He was now dressed and think ing clear ly. All this made the peo ple afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told them what had hap pened to the man. They told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the peo ple be gan to beg Jesus to leave their area.

18 Jesus was get ting into the boat. The man who had been con trolled by de mons begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him. He said, “Go home to your own peo ple. Tell them how much the Lord has done for you. Tell them how kind he has been to you.” 20 So the man went away. In the area known as the Ten Cit ies, he be gan to tell how much Jesus had done for him. And all the peo ple were amazed.

Jesus heals a Dead Girl and a Suffering woman

21 Jesus went across the Sea of Gal­i lee in a boat. It land ed at the oth er side. There a large crowd gath ered around him. 22 Then a man named Ja­i rus came. He was a syn a gogue lead er. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

brain GAME

A Woman Touches JesusMark 5:24 – 341. Many people were probably

touching Jesus in the crowd. How was this woman’s touch different?

2. Why were Jesus’ helpers surprised by this?

3. What part of Jesus did the woman touch? Why do you think Jesus could feel it?

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dom that has been giv en to him? What are these re mark able mir a cles he is do ing? 3 Isn’t this the car pen ter? Isn’t this Mary’s son? Isn’t this the broth er of James, Jo seph, Ju das and Si mon? Aren’t his sis ters here with us?” They were not pleased with him at all.

4 Jesus said to them, “A proph et is hon ored ev ery where ex cept in his own town. He doesn’t re ceive any hon or among his rel a tives or in his own home.” 5 Jesus placed his hands on a few sick peo ple and healed them. But he could not do any oth er mir a cles there. 6 He was amazed be cause they had no faith.

Jesus Sends Out the twelve Disciples

Jesus went around teach ing from vil lage to vil lage. 7 He called the 12 dis ci ples to him. Then he be gan to send them out two by two. He gave them au thor i ty to drive out evil spir its.

8 Here is what he told them to do. “Take only a walk ing stick for your trip. Do not take bread or a bag. Take no mon ey in your belts. 9 Wear san dals. But do not take ex tra clothes. 10 When you are in vit ed into a house, stay there un til you leave town. 11 Some plac es may not wel come you or lis ten to you. If they don’t, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet. That will be a wit ness against the peo ple liv ing there.”

12 They went out. And they preached that peo ple should turn away from their sins. 13 They drove out many de mons. They poured ol ive oil on many sick peo ple and healed them.

John the Baptist’s head Is Cut Off

14 King Her od heard about this. Jesus’ name had be come well known. Some were say ing, “John the Bap tist has been raised from the dead! That is why he has the pow er to do mir a cles.”

at his feet. She knew what had hap­pened to her. She was shak ing with fear. But she told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Dear wom an, your faith has healed you. Go in peace. You are free from your suf fer ing.”

35 While Jesus was still speak ing, some peo ple came from the house of Ja i rus. He was the syn a gogue lead er. “Your daugh ter is dead,” they said. “Why both er the teach er any more?”

36 Jesus heard what they were say­ing. He told the syn a gogue lead er, “ Don’t be afraid. Just be lieve.”

37 He let only Pe ter, James, and John, the broth er of James, fol low him. 38 They came to the home of the syn a gogue lead er. There Jesus saw a lot of con fu sion. Peo ple were cry ing and sob bing loud ly. 39 He went in side. Then he said to them, “Why all this con fu sion and sob bing? The child is not dead. She is only sleep ing.” 40 But they laughed at him.

He made them all go out side. He took only the child’s fa ther and moth er and the dis ci ples who were with him. And he went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand. Then he said to her, “Tal i tha koum! ” This means, “Lit tle girl, I say to you, get up!” 42 The girl was 12 years old. Right away she stood up and be gan to walk around. They were to tal ly amazed at this. 43 Jesus gave strict or ders not to let any one know what had hap pened. And he told them to give her some­thing to eat.

a Prophet without honor

6 Jesus left there and went to his home town of Naz a reth. His dis­

ci ples went with him. 2 When the Sab­bath day came, he be gan to teach in the syn a gogue. Many who heard him were amazed.

“ Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “ What’s this wis­

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I will give you. I’ll give you up to half my king dom.”

24 She went out and said to her moth er, “What should I ask for?”

“The head of John the Bap tist,” she an swered.

25 At once the girl hur ried to ask the king. She said, “I want you to give me the head of John the Bap tist on a big plate right now.”

26 The king was very up set. But he thought about his prom ise and his din­ner guests. So he did not want to say no to the girl. 27 He sent a man right away to bring John’s head. The man went to the pris on and cut off John’s head. 28 He brought it back on a big plate. He gave it to the girl, and she gave it to her moth er. 29 John’s dis ci­ples heard about this. So they came and took his body. Then they placed it in a tomb.

Jesus Feeds Five thousand30 The apos tles gath ered around

Jesus. They told him all they had done and taught. 31 But many peo ple were com ing and go ing. So they did not even have a chance to eat. Then Jesus said to his apos tles, “Come with me by your selves to a qui et place. You need to get some rest.”

32 So they went away by them selves in a boat to a qui et place. 33 But many peo ple who saw them leav ing rec og­nized them. They ran from all the

15 Oth ers said, “He is Eli jah.” Still oth ers claimed, “He is a

proph et. He is like one of the proph­ets of long ago.”

16 But when Her od heard this, he said, “I had John’s head cut off. And now he has been raised from the dead!”

17 In fact, it was Her od him self who had giv en or ders to ar rest John. He had him tied up and put in pris on. He did this be cause of He ro di as. She was the wife of Her od’s broth er Phil ip. But now Her od was mar ried to her. 18 John had been say ing to Her od, “It is against the Law for you to be mar­ried to your broth er’s wife.” 19 He ro­di as couldn’t for give John for say ing that. She want ed to kill him. But she could not, 20 be cause Her od was afraid of John. So he kept John safe. Her od knew John was a holy man who did what was right. When Her od heard him, he was very puz zled. But he liked to lis ten to John.

21 Fi nal ly the right time came. Her od gave a ban quet on his birth day. He in vit ed his high of fi cials and mil i­tary lead ers. He also in vit ed the most im por tant men in Gal i lee. 22 Then the daugh ter of He ro di as came in and danced. She pleased Her od and his din ner guests.

The king said to the girl, “Ask me for any thing you want. I’ll give it to you.” 23 And he gave her his prom ise. He said to her, “Any thing you ask for

CHECKit out!

HousesMark 6:10Houses were not big. They were made of stone. The roof was made of sticks. Houses had small rooms. They did not have many windows.

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he gave them to his dis ci ples to pass around to the peo ple. He also di vid ed the two fish among them all. 42 All of them ate and were sat is fied. 43 The dis ci ples picked up 12 bas kets of bro­ken piec es of bread and fish. 44 The num ber of men who had eat en was 5,000.

Jesus walks on the water45 Right away Jesus made his dis ci­

ples get into the boat. He had them go on ahead of him to Beth sa i da. Then he sent the crowd away. 46 Af ter leav ing them, he went up on a moun tain side to pray.

47 Lat er that night, the boat was in the mid dle of the Sea of Gal i lee. Jesus was alone on land. 48 He saw the dis ci ples pull ing hard on the oars. The wind was blow ing against them. Short ly be fore dawn, he went out to them. He walked on the lake. When he was about to pass by them, 49 they saw him walk ing on the lake. They thought he was a ghost, so they cried out. 50 They all saw him and were ter­ri fied.

Right away Jesus said to them, “Be brave! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 51 Then he climbed into the boat with them. The wind died down. And they were com plete ly amazed. 52 They had not un der stood about the loaves. They were stub born.

53 They went across the lake and land ed at Gen nes a ret. There they tied up the boat. 54 As soon as Jesus and his dis ci ples got out, peo ple rec og nized him. 55 They ran through that whole area to bring to him those who were sick. They car ried them on mats to where they heard he was. 56 He went into the vil lag es, the towns and the coun try side. Ev ery where he went, the peo ple brought the sick to the mar­ket ar eas. Those who were sick begged him to let them touch just the edge of

towns and got there ahead of them. 34 When Jesus came ashore, he saw a large crowd. He felt deep con cern for them. They were like sheep with out a shep herd. So he be gan teach ing them many things.

35 By that time it was late in the day. His dis ci ples came to him. “ There is noth ing here,” they said. “It’s al ready very late. 36 Send the peo ple away. Then they can go to the near by coun­try side and vil lag es to buy some thing to eat.”

37 But Jesus an swered, “You give them some thing to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s pay! Should we go and spend that much on bread? Are we sup posed to feed them?”

38 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Go and see.”

When they found out, they said, “Five loaves and two fish.”

39 Then Jesus di rect ed them to have all the peo ple sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of 100s and 50s. 41 Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up to heav en and gave thanks. He broke the loaves into piec es. Then

brain GAME

Jesus Feeds 5,000Mark 6:30 – 441. Why did Jesus’ helpers want to

send the people away?

2. What did Jesus do with the five loaves and two fish?

3. How many people were fed? How much food was left over?

4. How does this story show that Jesus will take care of all your needs?

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20:9) 11 But you al low peo ple to say that what might have been used to help their par ents is Cor ban. Cor ban means A Gift Set Apart for God. 12 So you no lon ger let them do any thing for their par ents. 13 You make the word of God use less by put ting your own teach ings in its place. And you do many things like this.”

14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him. He said, “Lis ten to me, ev ery one. Un der stand this. 15-16 Noth ing out side of a per son can make them ‘un clean’ by go ing into them. It is what comes out of them that makes them ‘un clean.’ ”

17 Then he left the crowd and en­tered the house. His dis ci ples asked him about this teach ing. 18 “ Don’t you un der stand?” Jesus asked. “ Don’t you see? Noth ing that en ters a per son from the out side can make them ‘un clean.’ 19 It doesn’t go into their heart. It goes into their stom ach. Then it goes out of the body.” In say ing this, Jesus was call ing all foods “ clean.”

20 He went on to say, “What comes out of a per son is what makes them ‘un clean.’ 21 Evil thoughts come from the in side, from a per son’s heart. So do sex u al sins, steal ing and mur der. 22 Adul tery, greed, hate and cheat ing come from a per son’s heart too. So do de sires that are not pure, and want­ing what be longs to oth ers. And so do tell ing lies about oth ers and be ing proud and be ing fool ish. 23 All these evil things come from in side a per son and make them ‘un clean.’ ”

Jesus honors a Greek woman’s Faith

24 Jesus went from there to a place near Tyre. He en tered a house. He did not want any one to know where he was. But he could not keep it a se cret. 25 Soon a wom an heard about him. An evil spir it con trolled her lit tle daugh­ter. The wom an came to Jesus and fell

his clothes. And all who touched his clothes were healed.

what Makes People “Unclean”?

7 The Phar i sees gath ered around Jesus. So did some of the teach­

ers of the law. All of them had come from Je ru sa lem. 2 They saw some of his dis ci ples eat ing food with “un­clean” hands. That means they were not washed. 3 The Phar i sees and all the Jews do not eat un less they wash their hands to make them “ clean.” That’s what the el ders teach. 4 When they come from the mar ket, they do not eat un less they wash. And they fol low many oth er teach ings. For ex am ple, they wash cups, pitch ers, and ket tles in a spe cial way.

5 So the Phar i sees and the teach ers of the law ques tioned Jesus. “Why don’t your dis ci ples live by what the el­ders teach?” they asked. “Why do they eat their food with ‘un clean’ hands?”

6 He re plied, “Isa iah was right. He proph e sied about you peo ple who pre­tend to be good. He said, “ ‘These people honor me by what

they say. But their hearts are far away

from me. 7 Their worship doesn’t mean

anything to me. They teach nothing but human

rules.’ (Isaiah 29:13)

8 You have let go of God’s com mands. And you are hold ing on to teach ings that peo ple have made up.”

9 Jesus con tin ued speak ing, “You have a fine way of set ting aside God’s com mands! You do this so you can fol­low your own teach ings. 10 Mo ses said, ‘Hon or your fa ther and moth er.’ (Ex o­dus 20:12; Deu ter on omy 5:16) He also said, ‘Any one who asks for bad things to hap pen to their fa ther or moth er must be put to death.’ (Ex o dus 21:17; Le vit i cus

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36 Jesus or dered the peo ple not to tell any one. But the more he did so, the more they kept talk ing about it. 37 Peo ple were real ly amazed. “He has done ev ery thing well,” they said. “He even makes deaf peo ple able to hear. And he makes those who can’t speak able to talk.”

Jesus Feeds the Four thousand

8 Dur ing those days an oth er large crowd gath ered. They had noth­

ing to eat. So Jesus called for his dis ci­ples to come to him. He said, 2 “I feel deep con cern for these peo ple. They have al ready been with me three days. They don’t have any thing to eat. 3 If I send them away hun gry, they will be come too weak on their way home. Some of them have come from far away.”

4 His dis ci ples an swered him. “ There is noth ing here,” they said. “ Where can any one get enough bread to feed them?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.

“Sev en,” they re plied.6 He told the crowd to sit down

on the ground. He took the sev en loaves and gave thanks to God. Then he broke them and gave them to his dis ci ples. They passed the piec es of bread around to the peo ple. 7 The dis­ci ples also had a few small fish. Jesus gave thanks for them too. He told the

at his feet. 26 She was a Greek, born in Syr i an Phoe nic ia. She begged Jesus to drive the de mon out of her daugh ter.

27 “ First let the chil dren eat all they want,” he told her. “It is not right to take the chil dren’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

28 “Lord,” she re plied, “even the dogs un der the ta ble eat the chil dren’s crumbs.”

29 Then he told her, “That was a good re ply. You may go. The de mon has left your daugh ter.”

30 So she went home and found her child ly ing on the bed. And the de mon was gone.

Jesus heals a Man who Could Not hear or Speak

31 Then Jesus left the area of Tyre and went through Si don. He went down to the Sea of Gal i lee and into the area known as the Ten Cit ies. 32 There some peo ple brought a man to Jesus. The man was deaf and could hard ly speak. They begged Jesus to place his hand on the man.

33 Jesus took the man to one side, away from the crowd. He put his fin­gers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34 Jesus looked up to heav en. With a deep sigh, he said to the man, “Eph pha tha!” That means “Be opened!” 35 The man’s ears were opened. His tongue was freed up, and he be gan to speak clear ly.

CHECKit out!

PetsMark 7:28People did not keep pets in their houses. Dogs lived in the streets. They ate crumbs and garbage. They were usually wild and mean.

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say ing this be cause we don’t have any bread.”

17 Jesus knew what they were say­ing. So he asked them, “Why are you talk ing about hav ing no bread? Why can’t you see or un der stand? Are you stub born? 18 Do you have eyes and still don’t see? Do you have ears and still don’t hear? And don’t you re mem­ber? 19 Ear li er I broke five loaves for the 5,000. How many bas kets of piec es did you pick up?”

“ Twelve,” they re plied.20 “Lat er I broke sev en loaves for the

4,000. How many bas kets of piec es did you pick up?”

“Sev en,” they an swered.21 He said to them, “ Can’t you un­

der stand yet?”

Jesus heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida

22 Jesus and his dis ci ples came to Beth sa i da. Some peo ple brought a blind man to him. They begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand. Then he led him out side the vil lage. He spit on the man’s eyes and placed his hands on him. “Do you see any thing?” Jesus asked.

24 The man looked up. He said, “I see peo ple. They look like trees walk­ing around.”

25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened so that he could see again. He saw ev ery thing clear ly. 26 Jesus sent him home. He told him, “ Don’t even go into the vil lage.”

Peter Says that Jesus Is the Messiah

27 Jesus and his dis ci ples went on to the vil lag es around Caes a rea Phi lip pi. On the way he asked them, “Who do peo ple say I am?”

28 They re plied, “Some say John the Bap tist. Oth ers say Eli jah. Still oth ers say one of the proph ets.”

dis ci ples to pass them around. 8 The peo ple ate and were sat is fied. Af ter that, the dis ci ples picked up sev en bas­kets of left over piec es. 9 About 4,000 peo ple were there. Af ter Jesus sent them away, 10 he got into a boat with his dis ci ples. He went to the area of Dal ma nu tha.

11 The Phar i sees came and be gan to ask Jesus ques tions. They want ed to test him. So they asked him for a sign from heav en. 12 He sighed deep­ ly. He said, “Why do you peo ple ask for a sign? What I’m about to tell you is true. No sign will be giv en to you.” 13 Then he left them. He got back into the boat and crossed to the oth er side of the lake.

the Yeast of the Pharisees and herod

14 The dis ci ples had for got ten to bring bread. They had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 “Be care ful,” Jesus warned them. “ Watch out for the yeast of the Phar i sees. And watch out for the yeast of Her od.”

16 They talked about this with each oth er. They said, “He must be

brain GAME

Jesus Heals a Man Who Can’t HearMark 7:31 – 371. What was wrong with the man

in the story?

2. Where did Jesus put his fingers? What did Jesus do to the man’s tongue?

3. What happened to the man?

4. Why were the people who saw this amazed?

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and my words among these adul ter­ous and sin ful peo ple. Then the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Fa ther’s glo ry with the holy an gels.”

9 Jesus said to them, “What I’m about to tell you is true. Some

who are stand ing here will not die be­fore they see that God’s king dom has come with pow er.”

Jesus’ appearance Is Changed2 Af ter six days Jesus took Pe ter,

James and John with him. He led them up a high moun tain. They were all alone. There in front of them his ap pear ance was changed. 3 His clothes be came so white they shone. They were whit er than any one in the world could bleach them. 4 Eli jah and Mo ses ap peared in front of Jesus and his dis­ci ples. The two of them were talk ing with Jesus.

5 Pe ter said to Jesus, “Rab bi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shel ters. One will be for you, one for Mo ses, and one for Eli jah.” 6 Pe ter didn’t real ly know what to say, be cause they were so afraid.

7 Then a cloud ap peared and cov­ered them. A voice came from the cloud. It said, “This is my Son, and I love him. Lis ten to him!”

29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Pe ter an swered, “You are the Mes­si ah.”

30 Jesus warned them not to tell any­one about him.

Jesus tells about his Coming Death

31 Jesus then be gan to teach his dis­ci ples. He taught them that the Son of Man must suf fer many things. He taught them that the el ders would not ac cept him. The chief priests and the teach ers of the law would not ac cept him ei ther. He must be killed and af­ter three days rise again. 32 He spoke clear ly about this. Pe ter took Jesus to one side and be gan to scold him.

33 Jesus turned and looked at his dis ci ples. He scold ed Pe ter. “Get be­hind me, Sa tan!” he said. “You are not think ing about the things God cares about. In stead, you are think ing only about the things hu mans care about.”

You Must Pick Up Your Cross34 Jesus called the crowd to him

along with his dis ci ples. He said, “Who ev er wants to be my dis ci ple must say no to them selves. They must pick up their cross and fol low me. 35 Who ev er wants to save their life will lose it. But who ev er los es their life for me and for the good news will save it. 36 What good is it if some one gains the whole world but los es their soul? 37 Or what can any one trade for their soul? 38 Sup pose any one is ashamed of me

SOAKit up!

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul?

Mark 8:36

SOAKit up!

This is my Son, and I love him. Listen to him!

Mark 9:7

8 They looked around. Sud den ly they no lon ger saw any one with them ex cept Jesus.

9 They came down the moun tain. On the way down, Jesus or dered them

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“ Since he was a child,” he an swered. 22 “The spir it has of ten thrown him into fire or wa ter to kill him. But if you can do any thing, take pity on us. Please help us.”

23 “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Ev ery­thing is pos si ble for the one who be­lieves.”

24 Right away the boy’s fa ther cried out, “I do be lieve! Help me over come my un be lief!”

25 Jesus saw that a crowd was run­ning over to see what was hap pen ing. Then he or dered the evil spir it to leave the boy. “You spir it that makes him un able to hear and speak!” he said. “I com mand you, come out of him. Nev er en ter him again.”

26 The spir it screamed. It shook the boy wild ly. Then it came out of him. The boy looked so life less that many peo ple said, “He’s dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand. He lift ed the boy to his feet, and the boy stood up.

28 Jesus went in doors. Then his dis ci ples asked him in pri vate, “Why couldn’t we drive out the evil spir it?”

29 He re plied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”

Jesus Speaks a Second time about his Coming Death

30 They left that place and passed through Gal i lee. Jesus did not want any one to know where they were. 31 That was be cause he was teach ing his dis ci ples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is go ing to be hand ed over to men. They will kill him. Af ter three days he will rise from the dead.” 32 But they didn’t un der stand what he meant. And they were afraid to ask him about it.

who Is the Most Important Person?

33 Jesus and his dis ci ples came to a house in Ca per na um. There he asked them, “What were you ar gu ing about

not to tell any one what they had seen. He told them to wait un til the Son of Man had ris en from the dead. 10 So they kept the mat ter to them selves. But they asked each oth er what “ris ing from the dead” meant.

11 Then they asked Jesus, “Why do the teach ers of the law say that Eli jah has to come first?”

12 Jesus re plied, “ That’s right. Eli jah does come first. He makes all things new again. So why is it writ ten that the Son of Man must suf fer much and not be ac cept ed? 13 I tell you, Eli jah has come. They have done to him ev ery­thing they want ed to do. They did it just as it is writ ten about him.”

Jesus heals a Boy who Is Controlled by an evil Spirit

14 When Jesus and those who were with him came to the oth er dis ci ples, they saw a large crowd around them. The teach ers of the law were ar gu ing with them. 15 When all the peo ple saw Jesus, they were filled with won der. And they ran to greet him.

16 “What are you ar gu ing with them about?” Jesus asked.

17 A man in the crowd an swered. “Teach er,” he said, “I brought you my son. He is con trolled by an evil spir it. Be cause of this, my son can’t speak any more. 18 When the spir it takes hold of him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth. He grinds his teeth. And his body be comes stiff. I asked your dis ci ples to drive out the spir it. But they couldn’t do it.”

19 “You un be liev ing peo ple!” Jesus re plied. “How long do I have to stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”

20 So they brought him. As soon as the spir it saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a fit. He fell to the ground. He rolled around and foamed at the mouth.

21 Jesus asked the boy’s fa ther, “How long has he been like this?”

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sin? If they do, it would be bet ter if a large mill stone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. 43-44 If your hand caus es you to sin, cut it off. It would be bet ter for you to en ter God’s king dom with only one hand than to go into hell with two hands. In hell the fire nev er goes out.45-46 If your foot caus es you to sin, cut it off. It would be bet ter to en ter God’s king dom with only one foot than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. 47 If your eye caus es you to sin, poke it out. It would be bet ter for you to en ter God’s king dom with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. 48 In hell, “ ‘The worms that eat them do not

die. The fire is not put out.’

(Isaiah 66:24)

49 Ev ery one will be salt ed with fire.50 “Salt is good. But sup pose it los es

its salt i ness. How can you make it salty again? Have salt among your selves. And be at peace with each oth er.”

Jesus teaches about Divorce

10 Jesus left that place and went into the area of Ju dea and

across the Jor dan Riv er. Again crowds of peo ple came to him. As usu al, he taught them.

2 Some Phar i sees came to test Jesus. They asked, “Does the Law al low a man to di vorce his wife?”

3 “What did Mo ses com mand you?” he re plied.

4 They said, “Mo ses al lowed a man to write a let ter of di vorce and send her away.”

5 “You were stub born. That’s why Mo ses wrote you this law,” Jesus re­plied. 6 “But at the be gin ning of cre­a tion, God ‘made them male and fe male.’ (Gen e sis 1:27) 7 ‘ That’s why a man will leave his fa ther and moth er

on the road?” 34 But they kept qui et. On the way, they had ar gued about which one of them was the most im­por tant per son.

35 Jesus sat down and called for the 12 dis ci ples to come to him. Then he said, “Any one who wants to be first must be the very last. They must be the ser vant of ev ery one.”

36 Jesus took a lit tle child and had the child stand among them. Then he took the child in his arms. He said to them, 37 “Any one who wel comes one of these lit tle chil dren in my name wel comes me. And any one who wel comes me also wel comes the one who sent me.”

anyone who Is Not against Us Is for Us

38 “Teach er,” said John, “we saw some one driv ing out de mons in your name. We told him to stop, be cause he was not one of us.”

39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a mir a cle in my name can in the next mo ment say any thing bad about me. 40 Any one who is not against us is for us. 41 What I’m about to tell you is true. Sup pose some one gives you a cup of wa ter in my name be cause you be long to the Mes si ah. That per son will cer tain ly not go with out a re ward.

Leading People to Sin42 “What if some one leads one of

these lit tle ones who be lieve in me to

SOAKit up!

Suppose someone gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah. That person will certainly not go without a reward.

Mark 9:41

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18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus an swered. “No one is good ex­cept God. 19 You know what the com­mand ments say. ‘Do not mur der. Do not com mit adul tery. Do not steal. Do not be a false wit ness. Do not cheat. Hon or your fa ther and moth er.’ ” (Ex o­dus 20:12–16; Deu ter on omy 5:16–20)

20 “Teach er,” he said, “I have obeyed all those com mand ments since I was a boy.”

21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “You are miss ing one thing,” he said. “Go and sell ev ery thing you have. Give the mon ey to those who are poor. You will have trea sure in heav en. Then come and fol low me.”

22 The man’s face fell. He went away sad, be cause he was very rich.

23 Jesus looked around. He said to his dis ci ples, “How hard it is for rich peo ple to en ter God’s king dom!”

24 The dis ci ples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Chil dren, how hard it is to en ter God’s king dom! 25 Is it hard for a cam el to go through the eye of a nee dle? It is even hard er for some one who is rich to en ter God’s king dom!”

26 The dis ci ples were even more amazed. They said to each oth er, “Then who can be saved?”

27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With peo ple, this is im pos si ble. But not with God. All things are pos si ble with God.”

and be joined to his wife. 8 The two of them will be come one.’ (Gen e sis 2:24) They are no lon ger two, but one. 9 So no one should sep a rate what God has joined to geth er.”

10 When they were in the house again, the dis ci ples asked Jesus about this. 11 He an swered, “What if a man di vorc es his wife and gets mar ried to an oth er wom an? He com mits adul tery against her. 12 And what if she di vorc es her hus band and gets mar ried to an­oth er man? She com mits adul tery.”

Little Children are Brought to Jesus

13 Peo ple were bring ing lit tle chil­dren to Jesus. They want ed him to place his hands on them to bless them. But the dis ci ples told them to stop. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was an gry. He said to his dis ci ples, “Let the lit tle chil dren come to me. Don’t keep them away. God’s king dom be longs to peo­ple like them. 15 What I’m about to tell you is true. Any one who will not re­ceive God’s king dom like a lit tle child will nev er en ter it.” 16 Then he took the chil dren in his arms. He placed his hands on them to bless them.

Rich People and the Kingdom of God

17 As Jesus start ed on his way, a man ran up to him. He fell on his knees be fore Jesus. “Good teach er,” he said, “what must I do to re ceive eter nal life?”

CHECKit out!

Bring the ChildrenMark 10:13 – 16Jesus loved children. He said, “Let the little children come to me.” Jesus put them on his lap. He told stories to the children. He gave them hugs.

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37 They re plied, “Let one of us sit at your right hand in your glo ri ous king­dom. Let the oth er one sit at your left hand.”

38 “You don’t know what you’re ask­ing for,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup of suf fer ing I drink? Or can you go through the bap tism of suf fer ing I must go through?”

39 “We can,” they an swered. Jesus said to them, “You will drink

the cup I drink. And you will go through the bap tism I go through. 40 But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or left hand. These plac es be long to those they are pre­pared for.”

41 The oth er ten dis ci ples heard about it. They be came an gry at James and John. 42 Jesus called them to geth er. He said, “You know about those who are rul ers of the Gen tiles. They hold pow er over their peo ple. Their high of­fi cials or der them around. 43 Don’t be like that. In stead, any one who wants to be im por tant among you must be your ser vant. 44 And any one who wants to be first must be the slave of ev ery one. 45 Even the Son of Man did not come to be served. In stead, he came to serve oth ers. He came to give his life as the price for set ting many peo ple free.”

28 Then Pe ter spoke up, “We have left ev ery thing to fol low you!”

29 “What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus re plied. “Has any one left home or fam i ly or fields for me and the good news? 30 They will re ceive 100 times as much in this world. They will have homes and fam i lies and fields. But they will also be treat ed bad ly by oth ers. In the world to come they will live for ev er. 31 But many who are first will be last. And the last will be first.”

Jesus Speaks a third time about his Coming Death

32 They were on their way up to Je ru sa lem. Jesus was lead ing the way. The dis ci ples were amazed. Those who fol lowed were afraid. Again Jesus took the 12 dis ci ples to one side. He told them what was go ing to hap pen to him. 33 “We are go ing up to Je ru sa­lem,” he said. “The Son of Man will be hand ed over to the chief priests and the teach ers of the law. They will sen tence him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gen tiles. 34 They will make fun of him and spit on him. They will whip him and kill him. Three days lat er he will rise from the dead!”

James and John ask Jesus for a Favor

35 James and John came to Jesus. They were the sons of Zeb e dee. “Teach er,” they said, “we would like to ask you for a fa vor.”

36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

SOAKit up!

All things are possible with God.

Mark 10:27

SOAKit up!

The Son of Man did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.

Mark 10:45

Blind Bartimaeus Receives his Sight

46 Jesus and his dis ci ples came to Jer­i cho. They were leav ing the city. A large crowd was with them. A blind man was

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on it. 8 Many peo ple spread their coats on the road. Oth ers spread branch es they had cut in the fields. 9 Those in front and those in back shout ed, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is the one who comes in

the name of the Lord!” (Psalm 118:25,26)

10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

11 Jesus en tered Je ru sa lem and went into the tem ple court yard. He looked around at ev ery thing. But it was al­ready late. So he went out to Beth a ny with the 12 dis ci ples.

Jesus Curses a Fig tree and Clears Out the temple Courtyard

12 The next day as Jesus and his dis­ci ples were leav ing Beth a ny, they were hun gry. 13 Not too far away, he saw a fig tree. It was cov ered with leaves. He went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found noth­ing but leaves. It was not the sea son for figs. 14 Then Jesus said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And his dis ci ples heard him say it.

15 When Jesus reached Je ru sa lem, he en tered the tem ple court yard. He be­gan to drive out those who were buy­ing and sell ing there. He turned over the ta bles of the peo ple who were ex­chang ing mon ey. He also turned over the bench es of those who were sell ing doves. 16 He would not al low any one to car ry items for sale through the tem ple court yard. 17 Then he taught them. He told them, “It is writ ten that the Lord said, ‘My house will be called a house where peo ple from all na tions can pray.’ (Isa iah 56:7) But you have made it a ‘den for rob bers.’ ” (Jer e mi ah 7:11)

sit ting by the side of the road beg ging. His name was Bar ti mae us. Bar ti mae us means Son of Ti mae us. 47 He heard that Jesus of Naz a reth was pass ing by. So he be gan to shout, “ Jesus! Son of Da vid! Have mer cy on me!”

48 Many peo ple com mand ed him to stop. They told him to be qui et. But he shout ed even loud er, “Son of Da vid! Have mer cy on me!”

49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call for him.”

So they called out to the blind man, “ Cheer up! Get up on your feet! Jesus is call ing for you.” 50 He threw his coat to one side. Then he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.

The blind man said, “Rab bi, I want to be able to see.”

52 “Go,” said Jesus. “Your faith has healed you.” Right away he could see. And he fol lowed Jesus along the road.

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

11 As they all ap proached Je ru sa­lem, they came to Beth pha ge

and Beth a ny at the Mount of Ol ives. Jesus sent out two of his dis ci ples. 2 He said to them, “Go to the vil lage ahead of you. Just as you en ter it, you will find a don key’s colt tied there. No one has ever rid den it. Un tie it and bring it here. 3 Some one may ask you, ‘Why are you do ing this?’ If so, say, ‘The Lord needs it. But he will send it back here soon.’ ”

4 So they left. They found a colt out in the street. It was tied at a door way. They un tied it. 5 Some peo ple stand­ing there asked, “What are you do­ing? Why are you un ty ing that colt?” 6 They an swered as Jesus had told them to. So the peo ple let them go. 7 They brought the colt to Jesus. They threw their coats over it. Then he sat

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priests came to him. The teach ers of the law and the el ders came too. 28 “By what au thor i ty are you do ing these things?” they asked. “Who gave you au thor i ty to do this?”

29 Jesus re plied, “I will ask you one ques tion. An swer me, and I will tell you by what au thor i ty I am do ing these things. 30 Was John’s bap tism from heav en? Or did it come from hu­man au thor i ty? Tell me!”

31 They talked to each oth er about it. They said, “If we say, ‘From heav en,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you be­lieve him?’ 32 But what if we say, ‘From hu man au thor i ty’?” They were afraid of the peo ple. Ev ery one be lieved that John real ly was a proph et.

33 So they an swered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

Jesus said, “Then I won’t tell you by what au thor i ty I am do ing these things ei ther.”

the Story of the Renters

12 Jesus be gan to speak to the peo ple us ing sto ries. He said,

18 The chief priests and the teach­ers of the law heard about this. They be gan look ing for a way to kill Jesus. They were afraid of him, be cause the whole crowd was amazed at his teach­ing.

19 When eve ning came, Jesus and his dis ci ples left the city.

the Dried-Up Fig tree20 In the morn ing as Jesus and his

dis ci ples walked along, they saw the fig tree. It was dried up all the way down to the roots. 21 Pe ter re mem bered. He said to Jesus, “Rab bi, look! The fig tree you put a curse on has dried up!”

22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus said. 23 “What I’m about to tell you is true. Sup pose some one says to this moun­tain, ‘Go and throw your self into the sea.’ They must not doubt in their heart. They must be lieve that what they say will hap pen. Then it will be done for them. 24 So I tell you, when you pray for some thing, be lieve that you have al ready re ceived it. Then it will be yours. 25-26 And when you stand pray ing, for give any one you have any thing against. Then your Fa ther in heav en will for give your sins.”

the authority of Jesus Is Questioned

27 Jesus and his dis ci ples ar rived again in Je ru sa lem. He was walk ing in the tem ple court yard. Then the chief

CHECKit out!

Fig TreesMark 11:13Figs are sweet fruit. They grow on fig trees. Fig trees have big leaves. In Bible times, people ate figs on trips. They ate figs at home too.

SOAKit up!

So I tell you, when you pray for something, believe that you have already received it. Then it will be yours.

Mark 11:24

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Is It Right to Pay the Royal tax to Caesar?

13 Lat er the re li gious lead ers sent some of the Phar i sees and He ro di ans to Jesus. They want ed to trap him with his own words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teach er, we know that you are a man of hon or. You don’t let oth er peo ple tell you what to do or say. You don’t care how im por tant they are. But you teach the way of God truth ful ly. Is it right to pay the roy al tax to Cae sar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew what they were try ing to do. So he asked, “Why are you try ing to trap me? Bring me a sil­ver coin. Let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin. He asked them, “ Whose pic ture is this? And whose words?”

“Cae sar’s,” they re plied.17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give

back to Cae sar what be longs to Cae sar. And give back to God what be longs to God.”

They were amazed at him.

Marriage when the Dead Rise18 The Sad du cees came to Jesus

with a ques tion. They do not be­lieve that peo ple rise from the dead. 19 “Teach er,” they said, “Mo ses wrote for us about a man who died and didn’t have any chil dren. But he did leave a wife be hind. That man’s broth­ er must get mar ried to the wid ow. He must pro vide chil dren to car ry on his dead broth er’s name. 20 There were sev en broth ers. The first one got mar­ried. He died with out leav ing any chil­dren. 21 The sec ond one got mar ried to the wid ow. He also died and left no child. It was the same with the third one. 22 In fact, none of the sev en left any chil dren. Last of all, the wom an died too. 23 When the dead rise, whose wife will she be? All sev en of them were mar ried to her.”

“A man plant ed a vine yard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a wine­press. He also built a look out tow er. He rent ed the vine yard out to some farm ers. Then he went to an oth er place. 2 At har vest time he sent a ser­vant to the rent ers. He told the ser vant to col lect from them some of the fruit of the vine yard. 3 But they grabbed the ser vant and beat him up. Then they sent him away with noth ing. 4 So the man sent an oth er ser vant to the rent­ers. They hit this one on the head and treat ed him bad ly. 5 The man sent still an oth er ser vant. The rent ers killed him. The man sent many oth ers. The rent ers beat up some of them. They killed the oth ers.

6 “The man had one per son left to send. It was his son, and he loved him. He sent him last of all. He said, ‘They will re spect my son.’

7 “But the rent ers said to each oth er, ‘This is the one who will re ceive all the own er’s prop er ty some day. Come, let’s kill him. Then ev ery thing will be ours.’ 8 So they took him and killed him. They threw him out of the vine­yard.

9 “What will the own er of the vine­yard do then? He will come and kill those rent ers. He will give the vine yard to oth ers. 10 Haven’t you read what this part of Scrip ture says, “ ‘The stone the builders didn’t

accept has become the most important

stone of all. 11 The Lord has done it. It is wonderful in our eyes’?”

(Psalm 118:22,23)

12 Then the chief priests, the teach­ers of the law and the el ders looked for a way to ar rest Jesus. They knew he had told the sto ry against them. But they were afraid of the crowd. So they left him and went away.

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not far from God’s king dom.” From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any more ques tions.

whose Son Is the Messiah?35 Jesus was teach ing in the tem ple

court yard. He asked, “Why do the teach ers of the law say that the Mes­si ah is the son of Da vid? 36 The Holy Spir it spoke through Da vid him self. Da vid said, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your control.” ’

(Psalm 110:1)

37 Da vid him self calls him ‘Lord.’ So how can he be Da vid’s son?”

The large crowd lis tened to Jesus with de light.

warning against the teachers of the Law

38 As he taught, he said, “ Watch out for the teach ers of the law. They like to walk around in long robes. They like to be greet ed with re spect in the mar­ket. 39 They love to have the most im­por tant seats in the syn a gogues. They also love to have the plac es of hon or at

24 Jesus re plied, “You are mis tak en be cause you do not know the Scrip­tures. And you do not know the pow er of God. 25 When the dead rise, they won’t get mar ried. And their par ents won’t give them to be mar ried. They will be like the an gels in heav en. 26 What about the dead ris ing? Haven’t you read in the Book of Mo ses the sto ry of the burn ing bush? God said to Mo ses, ‘I am the God of Abra ham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Ja cob.’ (Ex o dus 3:6) 27 He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the liv ing. You have made a big mis­take!”

the Most Important Commandment

28 One of the teach ers of the law came and heard the Sad du cees ar gu­ing. He no ticed that Jesus had giv en the Sad du cees a good an swer. So he asked him, “ Which is the most im por­tant of all the com mand ments?”

29 Jesus an swered, “Here is the most im por tant one. Mo ses said, ‘Is ra el, lis­ten to me. The Lord is our God. The Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind and with all your strength.’ (Deu ter­on omy 6:4,5) 31 And here is the sec ond one. ‘Love your neigh bor as you love your self.’ (Le vit i cus 19:18) There is no com mand ment more im por tant than these.”

32 “You have spo ken well, teach er,” the man re plied. “You are right in say­ing that God is one. There is no oth­ er God but him. 33 To love God with all your heart and mind and strength is very im por tant. So is lov ing your neigh bor as you love your self. These things are more im por tant than all burnt of fer ings and sac ri fic es.”

34 Jesus saw that the man had an­swered wise ly. He said to him, “You are

brain GAME

Jesus Talks About LoveMark 12:28 – 341. What did Jesus say was the most

important commandment? What commandment is second?

2. Who asked Jesus about the most important commandment? Why did Jesus think this man was wise?

3. What do you think is the most important word in these commandments?

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2 “Do you see these huge build ings?” Jesus asked. “Not one stone here will be left on top of an oth er. Ev ery stone will be thrown down.”

3 Jesus was sit ting on the Mount of Ol ives, across from the tem ple. Pe ter, James, John and An drew asked him a ques tion in pri vate. 4 “Tell us,” they said. “When will these things hap pen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to come true?”

5 Jesus said to them, “Keep watch! Be care ful that no one fools you. 6 Many will come in my name. They will claim, ‘I am he.’ They will fool many peo ple. 7 You will hear about wars. You will also hear peo ple talk ing about fu ture wars. Don’t be alarmed. These things must hap pen. But the end still isn’t here. 8 Na tion will fight against na tion. King dom will fight against king dom. There will be earth­quakes in many plac es. Peo ple will go hun gry. All these things are the be gin­ning of birth pains.

9 “ Watch out! You will be hand ed over to the lo cal courts. You will be whipped in the syn a gogues. You will stand in front of gov er nors and kings be cause of me. In that way you will be wit ness es to them. 10 The good news has to be preached to all na tions be fore the end comes. 11 You will be ar rest ed and brought to tri al. But don’t wor ry ahead of time about what you will say. Just say what God brings to your mind at the time. It is not you speak ing, but the Holy Spir it.

12 “Broth ers will hand over broth­ers to be killed. Fa thers will hand over their chil dren. Chil dren will rise up against their par ents and have them put to death. 13 Ev ery one will hate you be cause of me. But the one who re­mains strong in the faith will be saved.

14 “You will see ‘the hat ed thing that de stroys.’ (Dan iel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) It will stand where it does not be long. The

din ners. 40 They take over the hous es of wid ows. They say long prayers to show off. God will pun ish these men very much.”

the widow’s Offering41 Jesus sat down across from the

place where peo ple put their tem­ple of fer ings. He watched the crowd put ting their mon ey into the of fer ing box es. Many rich peo ple threw large amounts into them. 42 But a poor wid ow came and put in two very small cop per coins. They were worth only a few pen nies.

43 Jesus asked his dis ci ples to come to him. He said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. That poor wid ow has put more into the of fer ing box than all the oth ers. 44 They all gave a lot be cause they are rich. But she gave even though she is poor. She put in ev ery thing she had. That was all she had to live on.”

when the temple will Be Destroyed and the Signs of the end

13 Jesus was leav ing the tem­ple. One of his dis ci ples said

to him, “Look, Teach er! What huge stones! What won der ful build ings!”

brain GAME

Giving to GodMark 12:41 – 441. How much did the rich people put

in the offering? How much did the poor widow put in?

2. Why would Jesus say the poor widow put in more than the rich people?

3. Should you wait until you have a lot before you give to God? Or should you give what you have now?

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you is true. The peo ple liv ing now will cer tain ly not pass away un til all those things have hap pened. 31 Heav en and earth will pass away. But my words will nev er pass away.

read er should un der stand this. Then those who are in Ju dea should es cape to the moun tains. 15 No one on the roof should go down into the house to take any thing out. 16 No one in the field should go back to get their coat. 17 How aw ful it will be in those days for preg nant wom en! How aw ful for nurs­ing moth ers! 18 Pray that this will not hap pen in win ter. 19 Those days will be worse than any oth ers from the time God cre at ed the world un til now. And there will nev er be any like them again.

20 “If the Lord had not cut the time short, no one would live. But be cause of God’s cho sen peo ple, he has short­ened it. 21 At that time some one may say to you, ‘Look! Here is the Mes­si ah!’ Or, ‘Look! There he is!’ Do not be lieve it. 22 False mes si ahs and false proph ets will ap pear. They will do signs and mir a cles. They will try to fool God’s cho sen peo ple if pos si ble. 23 Keep watch! I have told you ev ery­thing ahead of time.

24 “So in those days there will be ter ri ble suf fer ing. Af ter that, Scrip ture says, “ ‘The sun will be darkened. The moon will not shine. 25 The stars will fall from the sky. The heavenly bodies will be

shaken.’ (Isaiah 13:10; 34:4)

26 “At that time peo ple will see the Son of Man com ing in clouds. He will come with great pow er and glo ry. 27 He will send his an gels. He will gath er his cho sen peo ple from all four di rec tions. He will bring them from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heav ens.

28 “ Learn a les son from the fig tree. As soon as its twigs get ten der and its leaves come out, you know that sum­mer is near. 29 In the same way, when you see these things hap pen ing, you know that the end is near. It is right at the door. 30 What I’m about to tell

SOAKit up!

Heaven and earth will pass away. But my words will never pass away.

Mark 13:31

the Day and hour are Not Known32 “But no one knows about that

day or hour. Not even the an gels in heav en know. The Son does not know. Only the Fa ther knows. 33 Keep watch! Stay awake! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man go ing away. He leaves his house and puts his ser vants in charge. Each one is giv en a task to do. He tells the one at the door to keep watch.

35 “So keep watch! You do not know when the own er of the house will come back. It may be in the eve ning or at mid night. It may be when the roost er crows or at dawn. 36 He may come sud den ly. So do not let him find you sleep ing. 37 What I say to you, I say to ev ery one. ‘ Watch!’ ”

a woman Pours Perfume on Jesus at Bethany

14 The Pass over and the Feast of Un leav ened Bread were only

two days away. The chief priests and the teach ers of the law were plot ting to ar rest Jesus se cret ly. They want ed to kill him. 2 “But not dur ing the feast,” they said. “The peo ple may stir up trou ble.”

3 Jesus was in Beth a ny. He was at the ta ble in the home of Si mon, who

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up stairs room. It will have fur ni ture and will be ready. Pre pare for us to eat there.”

16 The dis ci ples left and went into the city. They found things just as Jesus had told them. So they pre pared the Pass over meal.

17 When eve ning came, Jesus ar­rived with the 12 dis ci ples. 18 While they were at the ta ble eat ing, Jesus said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. One of you who is eat ing with me will hand me over to my en e mies.”

19 The dis ci ples be came sad. One by one they said to him, “Sure ly you don’t mean me?”

20 “It is one of you,” Jesus re plied. “It is the one who dips bread into the bowl with me. 21 The Son of Man will go just as it is writ ten about him. But how ter ri ble it will be for the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would be bet ter for him if he had not been born.”

22 While they were eat ing, Jesus took bread. He gave thanks and broke it. He hand ed it to his dis ci ples and said, “Take it. This is my body.”

had a skin dis ease. A wom an came with a spe cial sealed jar. It con tained very ex pen sive per fume made out of pure nard. She broke the jar open and poured the per fume on Jesus’ head.

4 Some of the peo ple there be came an gry. They said to one an oth er, “Why waste this per fume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s pay. The mon ey could have been giv en to poor peo ple.” So they found fault with the wom an.

6 “ Leave her alone,” Jesus said. “Why are you both er ing her? She has done a beau ti ful thing to me. 7 You will al ways have poor peo ple with you. You can help them any time you want to. But you will not al ways have me. 8 She did what she could. She poured per fume on my body to pre pare me to be bur ied. 9 What I’m about to tell you is true. What she has done will be told any where the good news is preached all over the world. It will be told in mem o ry of her.”

10 Ju das Is car i ot was one of the 12 dis ci ples. He went to the chief priests to hand Jesus over to them. 11 They were de light ed to hear that he would do this. They prom ised to give Ju das mon ey. So he watched for the right time to hand Jesus over to them.

the Last Supper12 It was the first day of the Feast of

Un leav ened Bread. That was the time to sac ri fice the Pass over lamb. Jesus’ dis ci ples asked him, “ Where do you want us to go and pre pare for you to eat the Pass over meal?”

13 So he sent out two of his dis ci­ples. He told them, “Go into the city. A man car ry ing a jar of wa ter will meet you. Fol low him. 14 He will en ter a house. Say to its own er, ‘The Teach er asks, “ Where is my guest room? Where can I eat the Pass over meal with my dis ci ples?” ’ 15 He will show you a large

brain GAME

The Last SupperMark 14:12 – 261. How did Jesus tell his helpers to

find the place where they would eat the Passover meal?

2. What did Jesus tell his helpers one of them would do? How did the disciples feel? What did they say?

3. What did the bread and the wine stand for? What did Jesus mean when he said his blood was “poured out for many”?

4. Who are the people that Jesus died for?

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is pos si ble for you. Take this cup of suf fer ing away from me. But let what you want be done, not what I want.”

37 Then he re turned to his dis ci ples and found them sleep ing. “Si mon,” he said to Pe ter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? 38 Watch and pray. Then you won’t fall into sin when you are tempt ed. The spir it is will ing, but the body is weak.”

39 Once more Jesus went away and prayed the same thing. 40 Then he came back. Again he found them sleep ing. They couldn’t keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to him.

41 Jesus re turned the third time. He said to them, “Are you still sleep ing and rest ing? Enough! The hour has come. Look! The Son of Man is about to be hand ed over to sin ners. 42 Get up! Let us go! Here comes the one who is hand ing me over to them!”

Jesus Is arrested43 Just as Jesus was speak ing, Ju das

ap peared. He was one of the 12 dis ci­ples. A crowd was with him. They were car ry ing swords and clubs. The chief priests, the teach ers of the law, and the el ders had sent them.

44 Ju das, who was go ing to hand Jesus over, had ar ranged a sig nal with them. “The one I kiss is the man,” he said. “Ar rest him and have the guards lead him away.” 45 So Ju das went to Jesus at once. Ju das said, “Rab bi!” And he kissed Jesus. 46 The men grabbed Jesus and ar rest ed him. 47 Then one of those stand ing near by pulled his sword out. He struck the ser vant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

48 “Am I lead ing a band of armed men against you?” asked Jesus. “Do you have to come out with swords and clubs to cap ture me? 49 Ev ery day I was with you. I taught in the tem ple court­yard, and you didn’t ar rest me. But the

23 Then he took a cup. He gave thanks and hand ed it to them. All of them drank from it.

24 “This is my blood of the cov­enant,” he said to them. “It is poured out for many. 25 What I’m about to tell you is true. I won’t drink wine with you again un til the day I drink it in God’s king dom.”

26 Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Ol ives.

Jesus Says that the Disciples will turn away

27 “You will all turn away,” Jesus told the dis ci ples. “It is writ ten, “ ‘I will strike the shepherd down. Then the sheep will be

scattered.’ (Zechariah 13:7)

28 But af ter I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Gal i lee.”

29 Pe ter said, “All the oth ers may turn away. But I will not.”

30 “What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus an swered. “It will hap­pen to day, in fact to night. Be fore the roost er crows twice, you your self will say three times that you don’t know me.”

31 But Pe ter would not give in. He said, “I may have to die with you. But I will nev er say I don’t know you.” And all the oth ers said the same thing.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane32 Jesus and his dis ci ples went to a

place called Geth sem a ne. Jesus said to them, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Pe ter, James and John along with him. He be gan to be very up set and trou bled. 34 “My soul is very sad. I feel close to death,” he said to them. “Stay here. Keep watch.”

35 He went a lit tle far ther. Then he fell to the ground. He prayed that, if pos si ble, the hour might pass by him. 36 “Abba, Fa ther,” he said, “ev ery thing

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him say a very evil thing against God. What do you think?”

They all found him guilty and said he must die. 65 Then some be gan to spit at him. They blind fold ed him. They hit him with their fists. They said, “Proph e sy!” And the guards took him and beat him.

Peter Says he Does Not Know Jesus

66 Pe ter was be low in the court yard. One of the high priest’s fe male ser vants came by. 67 When she saw Pe ter warm­ing him self, she looked close ly at him.

“You also were with Jesus, that Naz­a rene,” she said.

68 But Pe ter said he had not been with him. “I don’t know or un der stand what you’re talk ing about,” he said. He went out to the en trance to the court­yard.

69 The ser vant saw him there. She said again to those stand ing around, “This fel low is one of them.” 70 Again he said he was not.

Af ter a lit tle while, those stand ing near by said to Pe ter, “You must be one of them. You are from Gal i lee.”

71 Then Pe ter be gan to curse. He said to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talk ing about!”

Scrip tures must come true.” 50 Then ev ery one left him and ran away.

51 A young man was fol low ing Jesus. The man was wear ing noth ing but a piece of lin en cloth. When the crowd grabbed him, 52 he ran away na ked. He left his cloth ing be hind.

Jesus Is taken to the Sanhedrin53 The crowd took Jesus to the high

priest. All the chief priests, the el ders, and the teach ers of the law came to­geth er. 54 Not too far away, Pe ter fol­lowed Jesus. He went right into the court yard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards. He warmed him­self at the fire.

55 The chief priests and the whole San he drin were look ing for some thing to use against Jesus. They want ed to put him to death. But they did not find any proof. 56 Many wit ness es lied about him. But their sto ries did not agree.

57 Then some of them stood up. Here is what those false wit ness es said about him. 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will de stroy this tem ple made by hu­man hands. In three days I will build an oth er tem ple, not made by hu man hands.’ ” 59 But what they said did not agree.

60 Then the high priest stood up in front of them. He asked Jesus, “ Aren’t you go ing to an swer? What are these charg es these men are bring ing against you?” 61 But Jesus re mained si lent. He gave no an swer.

Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Mes si ah? Are you the Son of the Blessed One?”

62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sit ting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man com ing on the clouds of heav en.”

63 The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more wit­ness es?” he asked. 64 “You have heard

brain GAME

Peter Says He Doesn’t Know JesusMark 14:66 – 721. How many times did Peter say he

didn’t know Jesus?

2. What did Peter do the third time they said he was a follower of Jesus?

3. When the rooster crowed, what did Peter remember? What did he do?

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14 “Why? What wrong has he done?” asked Pi late.

But they shout ed even loud er, “Cru­ci fy him!”

15 Pi late want ed to sat is fy the crowd. So he let Bar ab bas go free. He or dered that Jesus be whipped. Then he hand ed him over to be nailed to a cross.

the Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus16 The sol diers led Jesus away into

the pal ace. It was called the Prae to­ri um. They called to geth er the whole com pa ny of sol diers. 17 The sol diers put a pur ple robe on Jesus. Then they twist ed thorns to geth er to make a crown. They placed it on his head. 18 They be gan to call out to him, “We hon or you, king of the Jews!” 19 Again and again they hit him on the head with a stick. They spit on him. They fell on their knees and pre tend ed to hon or him. 20 Af ter they had made fun of him, they took off the pur ple robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to nail him to a cross.

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross21 A man named Si mon was pass ing

by. He was from Cy re ne. He was the fa ther of Al ex an der and Ru fus. Si mon was on his way in from the coun try. The sol diers forced him to car ry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Gol go tha. The word Gol­go tha means the Place of the Skull. 23 Then they gave him wine mixed with spic es. But he did not take it. 24 They nailed him to the cross. Then they di vid ed up his clothes. They cast lots to see what each of them would get.

25 It was nine o’clock in the morn ing when they cru ci fied him. 26 They wrote out the charge against him. It read,

the king of the jews.

72 Right away the roost er crowed the sec ond time. Then Pe ter re mem­bered what Jesus had spo ken to him. “The roost er will crow twice,” he had said. “Be fore it does, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Pe ter broke down and cried.

Jesus Is Brought to Pilate

15 It was very ear ly in the morn­ing. The chief priests, with the

el ders, the teach ers of the law, and the whole San he drin, made their plans. So they tied Jesus up and led him away. Then they hand ed him over to Pi late.

2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pi late.

“You have said so,” Jesus re plied.3 The chief priests brought many

charg es against him. 4 So Pi late asked him again, “ Aren’t you go ing to an­swer? See how many things they charge you with.”

5 But Jesus still did not re ply. Pi late was amazed.

6 It was the usu al prac tice at the Pass over Feast to let one pris on er go free. The peo ple could choose the one they want ed. 7 A man named Bar ab­bas was in pris on. He was there with some oth er peo ple who had fought against the coun try’s rul ers. They had com mit ted mur der while they were fight ing against the rul ers. 8 The crowd came up and asked Pi late to do for them what he usu al ly did.

9 “Do you want me to let the king of the Jews go free?” asked Pi late. 10 He knew that the chief priests had hand ed Jesus over to him be cause they want ed to get their own way. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd. So the crowd asked Pi late to let Bar ab bas go free in stead.

12 “Then what should I do with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pi­late asked them.

13 “Cru ci fy him!” the crowd shout ed.

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38 The tem ple cur tain was torn in two from top to bot tom. 39 A Ro man com mand er was stand ing there in front of Jesus. He saw how Jesus died. Then he said, “This man was sure ly the Son of God!”

40 Not very far away, some wom en were watch ing. Mary Mag da lene was among them. Mary, the moth er of the youn ger James and of Jo seph, was also there. So was Sa lo me. 41 In Gal i lee these wom en had fol lowed Jesus. They had tak en care of his needs. Many oth­ er wom en were also there. They had come up with him to Je ru sa lem.

Jesus Is Buried42 It was the day be fore the Sab­

bath. That day was called Prep a ra tion Day. As eve ning ap proached, 43 Jo­seph went bold ly to Pi late and asked for Jesus’ body. Jo seph was from the town of Ar i ma thea. He was a lead­ing mem ber of the Jew ish Coun cil. He was wait ing for God’s king dom. 44 Pi late was sur prised to hear that Jesus was al ready dead. So he called for the Ro man com mand er. He asked him if Jesus had al ready died. 45 The com mand er said it was true. So Pi­late gave the body to Jo seph. 46 Then Jo seph bought some lin en cloth. He took down the body and wrapped it in the lin en. He put it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the en trance to the tomb. 47 Mary Mag da lene and Mary the moth er of

27-28 They cru ci fied with him two reb els against Rome. One was on his right and one was on his left. 29 Those who passed by shout ed at Jesus and made fun of him. They shook their heads and said, “So you are go ing to de stroy the tem ple and build it again in three days? 30 Then come down from the cross! Save your self!” 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teach ers of the law made fun of him among them selves. “He saved oth ers,” they said. “But he can’t save him self! 32 Let this Mes si ah, this king of Is ra el, come down now from the cross! When we see that, we will be lieve.” Those who were be ing cru ci fied with Jesus also made fun of him.

Jesus Dies33 At noon, dark ness cov ered the

whole land. It last ed three hours. 34 At three o’clock in the af ter noon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sa bach tha ni? ” This means “My God, my God, why have you de sert ed me?” ( Psalm 22:1)

35 Some of those stand ing near by heard Jesus cry out. They said, “Lis­ten! He’s call ing for Eli jah.”

36 Some one ran and filled a sponge with wine vin egar. He put it on a stick. He of fered it to Jesus to drink. “ Leave him alone,” he said. “ Let’s see if Eli jah comes to take him down.”

37 With a loud cry, Jesus took his last breath.

CHECKit out!

On the CrossMark 15:22 – 32Crosses were made of wood. Nails in his hands and feet held Jesus on the cross. Jesus died on the cross.

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8 The wom en were shak ing and con fused. They went out and ran away from the tomb. They said noth ing to any one, be cause they were afraid.

9 Jesus rose from the dead ear ly on the first day of the week. He ap­peared first to Mary Mag da lene. He had driv en sev en de mons out of her. 10 She went and told those who had been with him. She found them cry­ing. They were very sad. 11 They heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him. But they did not be lieve it.

12 Af ter that, Jesus ap peared in a dif­fer ent form to two of them. This hap­pened while they were walk ing out in the coun try. 13 The two re turned and told the oth ers about it. But the oth ers did not be lieve them ei ther.

14 Lat er Jesus ap peared to the 11 dis ci ples as they were eat ing. He spoke firm ly to them be cause they had no faith. They would not be lieve those who had seen him af ter he rose from the dead.

15 He said to them, “Go into all the world. Preach the good news to ev­ery one. 16 Any one who be lieves and is bap tized will be saved. But any one who does not be lieve will be pun ished. 17 Here are the mi rac u lous signs that those who be lieve will do. In my name they will drive out de mons. They will speak in lan guag es they had not known be fore. 18 They will pick up snakes with their hands. And when they drink dead ly poi son, it will not hurt them at all. They will place their hands on sick peo ple. And the peo ple will get well.”

19 When the Lord Jesus fin ished speak ing to them, he was tak en up into heav en. He sat down at the right hand of God. 20 Then the dis ci ples went out and preached ev ery where. The Lord worked with them. And he backed up his word by the signs that went with it.

Jo seph saw where Jesus’ body had been placed.

Jesus Rises From the Dead

16 The Sab bath day end ed. Mary Mag da lene, Mary the moth er

of James, and Sa lo me bought spic es. They were go ing to use them for Jesus’ body. 2 Very ear ly on the first day of the week, they were on their way to the tomb. It was just af ter sun rise. 3 They asked each oth er, “Who will roll the stone away from the en trance to the tomb?”

4 Then they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled away. The stone was very large. 5 They en­tered the tomb. As they did, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe. He was sit ting on the right side. They were alarmed.

6 “ Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are look ing for Jesus the Naz a­rene, who was cru ci fied. But he has ris en! He is not here! See the place where they had put him. 7 Go! Tell his dis ci ples and Pe ter, ‘He is go ing ahead of you into Gal i lee. There you will see him. It will be just as he told you.’ ”

brain GAME

Jesus Is BuriedMark 15:42 — 16:81. Who went to Pilate and asked for

Jesus’ body?

2. What did Joseph do with the body? Where did he put it?

3. What did the women find when they went to the tomb?

4. Do you think you would have been afraid like these women?

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