Mark 9:21

9:21 Jesus ¹  asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

Mark 11:3

11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it ²  and will send it back here soon.’”

Mark 11:24

11:24 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 12:24

12:24 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived ³  for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

Mark 14:22

The Lord’s Supper

14:22 While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”

Mark 14:36

14:36 He said, “Abba, ⁴  Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup ⁵  away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

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

² sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

³ tn Or “mistaken” (cf. BDAG 822 s.v. πλανάω 2.c.γ).

⁴ tn The word means “Father” in Aramaic.

⁵ sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.