Mark 9:29

9:29 He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” ¹ 

Mark 4:7

4:7 Other seed fell among the thorns, ²  and they grew up and choked it, ³  and it did not produce grain.

Mark 10:15

10:15 I tell you the truth, ⁴  whoever does not receive ⁵  the kingdom of God like a child ⁶  will never ⁷  enter it.”

Mark 12:40

12:40 They ⁸  devour widows’ property, ⁹  and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

Mark 14:6

14:6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

Mark 4:5

4:5 Other seed fell on rocky ground ¹⁰  where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ¹¹ 

Mark 4:8

4:8 But ¹²  other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

Mark 7:13

7:13 Thus you nullify ¹³  the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

Mark 7:19

7:19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” ¹⁴  (This means all foods are clean.) ¹⁵ 

Mark 2:15

2:15 As Jesus ¹⁶  was having a meal ¹⁷  in Levi’s ¹⁸  home, many tax collectors ¹⁹  and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

[9:29]  ¹ tc Most witnesses, even early and excellent ones (Ì^45vid א² A C D L W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat co), have “and fasting” (καὶ νηστείᾳ, kai nhsteia) after “prayer” here. But this seems to be a motivated reading, due to the early church’s emphasis on fasting (TCGNT 85; cf., e.g., 2 Clem. 16:4; Pol. Phil 7:2; Did. 1:3; 7:4). That the most important witnesses (א* B), as well as a few others (0274 2427 k), lack καὶ νηστείᾳ, when a good reason for the omission is difficult to find, argues strongly for the shorter reading.

[4:7]  ² sn Palestinian weeds like these thorns could grow up to six feet in height and have a major root system.

[4:7]  ³ sn That is, crowded out the good plants.

[10:15]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[10:15]  ⁴ sn On receive see John 1:12.

[10:15]  ⁵ sn The point of the comparison receive the kingdom of God like a child has more to do with a child’s trusting spirit and willingness to be dependent and receive from others than any inherent humility the child might possess.

[10:15]  ⁶ tn The negation in Greek (οὐ μή, ou mh) is very strong here.

[12:40]  ⁴ tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun in v. 38.

[12:40]  ⁵ tn Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as well (O. Michel, TDNT 5:131; BDAG 695 s.v. οἶκια 1.a).

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

[4:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

[4:8]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the final stage of the parable.

[7:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “nullifying.” This participle shows the results of the Pharisees’ command.

[7:19]  ⁸ tn Or “into the latrine.”

[7:19]  ⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[2:15]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:15]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “As he reclined at table.”

[2:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “his.”

[2:15]  ¹² sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.