Mark 4:5

4:5 Other seed fell on rocky ground ¹  where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ² 

Mark 7:25

7:25 Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit ³  immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

Mark 12:6

12:6 He had one left, his one dear son. ⁴  Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Mark 12:44

12:44 For they all gave out of their wealth. ⁵  But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.” ⁶ 

Mark 16:8

16:8 Then ⁷  they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. ⁸  And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

[4:5]  ¹ sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.

[4:5]  ² tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

[7:25]  ³ sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.

[12:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “one beloved son.” See comment at Mark 1:11.

[12:44]  ⁷ tn Grk “out of what abounded to them.”

[12:44]  ⁸ sn The contrast between this passage, 12:41-44, and what has come before in 11:27-12:40 is remarkable. The woman is set in stark contrast to the religious leaders. She was a poor widow, they were rich. She was uneducated in the law, they were well educated in the law. She was a woman, they were men. But whereas they evidenced no faith and actually stole money from God and men (cf. 11:17), she evidenced great faith and gave out of her extreme poverty everything she had.

[16:8]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[16:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they began to have trembling and bewilderment.”