Mark 1:17

1:17 Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” ¹ 

Mark 2:20

2:20 But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, ²  and at that time ³  they will fast.

Mark 4:25

4:25 For whoever has will be given more, but ⁴  whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.” ⁵ 

Mark 5:12

5:12 And the demonic spirits ⁶  begged him, “Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”

[1:17]  ¹ tn The Greek term ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpos) is used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women, thus “people.”

[2:20]  ² sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 8:27ff. (cf. 8:31; 9:31; 10:33).

[2:20]  ³ tn Grk “then on that day.”

[4:25]  ³ tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[4:25]  ⁴ sn What he has will be taken from him. The meaning is that the one who accepts Jesus’ teaching concerning his person and the kingdom will receive a share in the kingdom now and even more in the future, but for the one who rejects Jesus’ words, the opportunity that that person presently possesses with respect to the kingdom will someday be taken away forever.

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the demonic spirits) has been specified in the translation for clarity.