Mark 2:23

Lord of the Sabbath

2:23 Jesus ¹  was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat ²  as they made their way.

Mark 3:4

3:4 Then ³  he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

Mark 3:28

3:28 I tell you the truth, ⁴  people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. ⁵ 

Mark 4:11

4:11 He said to them, “The secret ⁶  of the kingdom of God has been given ⁷  to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

Mark 6:55

6:55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. ⁸ 

Mark 7:27

7:27 He said to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.” ⁹ 

Mark 10:23

10:23 Then ¹⁰  Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

Mark 14:32

Gethsemane

14:32 Then ¹¹  they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus ¹²  said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

Mark 16:5

16:5 Then ¹³  as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe ¹⁴  sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

Mark 16:7

16:7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”

¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of grain such as barley or wheat, in the NT the term is restricted to wheat (L&N 3.40; BDAG 941 s.v. 1).

³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁶ tn Grk “all the sins and blasphemies they may speak will be forgiven the sons of men.”

⁷ tn Grk “the mystery.”

⁸ tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).

⁹ tn Grk “wherever they heard he was.”

¹¹ tn Or “lap dogs, house dogs,” as opposed to dogs on the street. The diminutive form originally referred to puppies or little dogs, then to house pets. In some Hellenistic uses κυνάριον (kunarion) simply means “dog.”

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁸ sn Mark does not explicitly identify the young man dressed in a white robe as an angel (though the white robe suggests this), but Matthew does (Matt 28:2).