Mark 3:28

3:28 I tell you the truth, ¹  people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. ² 

Mark 6:30

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

6:30 Then ³  the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

Mark 10:20

10:20 The man ⁴  said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed ⁵  all these laws ⁶  since my youth.” ⁷ 

Mark 13:30

13:30 I tell you the truth, ⁸  this generation ⁹  will not pass away until all these things take place.

Mark 14:23

14:23 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

[3:28]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[3:28]  ² tn Grk “all the sins and blasphemies they may speak will be forgiven the sons of men.”

[6:30]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[10:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the man who asked the question in v. 17) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “kept.” The implication of this verb is that the man has obeyed the commandments without fail throughout his life, so the adverb “wholeheartedly” has been added to the translation to bring out this nuance.

[10:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “these things.” The referent of the pronoun (the laws mentioned by Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:20]  ⁸ sn Since my youth. Judaism regarded the age of thirteen as the age when a man would have become responsible to live by God’s commands.

[13:30]  ⁷ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[13:30]  ⁸ sn This is one of the hardest verses in the gospels to interpret. Various views exist for what generation means. (1) Some take it as meaning “race” and thus as an assurance that the Jewish race (nation) will not pass away. But it is very questionable that the Greek term γενεά (genea) can have this meaning. Two other options are possible. (2) Generation might mean “this type of generation” and refer to the generation of wicked humanity. Then the point is that humanity will not perish, because God will redeem it. Or (3) generation may refer to “the generation that sees the signs of the end” (v. 26), who will also see the end itself. In other words, once the movement to the return of Christ starts, all the events connected with it happen very quickly, in rapid succession.