Mark 3:26

3:26 And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

Mark 5:5

5:5 Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

Mark 15:31

15:31 In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ¹  – were mocking him among themselves: ²  “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

Mark 8:34

Following Jesus

8:34 Then ³  Jesus ⁴  called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to become my follower, ⁵  he must deny ⁶  himself, take up his cross, ⁷  and follow me.

Mark 12:33

12:33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength ⁸  and to love your neighbor as yourself ⁹  is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

[15:31]  ¹ tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22. Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

[15:31]  ² tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said among themselves.”

[8:34]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:34]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:34]  ³ tn Grk “to follow after me.”

[8:34]  ⁴ tn This translation better expresses the force of the Greek third person imperative than the traditional “let him deny,” which could be understood as merely permissive.

[8:34]  ⁵ sn To bear the cross means to accept the rejection of the world for turning to Jesus and following him. Discipleship involves a death that is like a crucifixion; see Gal 6:14.

[12:33]  ¹ sn A quotation from Deut 6:5.

[12:33]  ² sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.