A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob

Mark 6

¹ And He went out from thence and came into His own country, and His disciples followed Him.

² And when the Sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “From whence hath this man these things? And what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they were offended at Him.

⁴ But Jesus said unto them, “A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.”

⁵ And He could do no mighty works there, except that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

⁶ And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages teaching.

Two by Two Experience

⁷ And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits,

⁸ and commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only — no wallet, no bread, and no money in their purse,

⁹ but be shod with sandals, and not put on two coats.

¹⁰ And He said unto them, “In whatever place ye enter into a house, there abide until ye depart from that place.

¹¹ And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.”

¹² And they went out and preached that men should repent.

¹³ And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

Matthew 10

¹ And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

⁴ Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

To the Lost Sheep of Israel

⁶ But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The term or word “Israel” has five (or even six) possible meanings:

(1) Israel in place of Jacob, since the angel gave Jacob a new name, Israel;

(2) Jacob said, “and let my name be named on them” Genesis 48:16; that is, the name “Israel” is to be installed to the children of Joseph: Ephraim and Manasseh;

(3) the children of Israel, or all the house of Israel as in Ezekiel 20:40 in the sense of all the progeny of Jacob, all twelve tribes; sometimes expressed as the “whole house of Israel;”

(4) the “two houses of Israel” in Isaiah 8:14 or “both houses of Israel” would mean the ‘first’ house of Israel as the house of 10-tribes Israel; and the ‘second’ house of Israel as the 2-tribes house of Judah;

(5) the ‘second’ house of Israel as the 2-tribes house of Judah; this happened during Rehoboam reign when the kingdom was broken into the house of Israel (north) and the house of Judah (south); in this context, the house of Israel could be the 2-tribes Israel as in Ezekiel 8:6,11,12 and Matthew 15:24;

(6) Israel, the modern state of Israel, established in 1917 by the Balfour declaration and gained independence in 1948.

⁷ And as ye go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. Freely ye have received; freely give.

⁹ Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses,

¹⁰ nor pack for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

¹¹ And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence.

¹² And when ye come into a house, salute it,

¹³ and if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵ Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,

¹⁸ and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaketh in you.

²¹ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.

²² And ye shall be hated by all men for My name’s sake, but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another; for verily I say unto you, ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel till the Son of Man be come.

²⁴ “The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household!

²⁶ Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known.

²⁷ What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Fear God, Not Man

²⁸ And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹ “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹ Fear ye not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

³² “Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father who is in Heaven.

³³ But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father who is in Heaven.

“Not Peace, but a Sword”

³⁴ “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵ For I am come to ‘set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.’

³⁶ And ‘a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.’

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me. And he that loveth son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me.

³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.

³⁹ He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for My sake, shall find it.

⁴⁰ “He that receiveth you, receiveth Me; and he that receiveth Me, receiveth Him that sent Me.

⁴¹ He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”

Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

Mark 6

¹⁴ And King Herod heard of Him, for His name was spread abroad. And he said, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty works show forth themselves in him.”

¹⁵ Others said, “It is Elijah,” and others said, “It is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”

¹⁶ But when Herod heard of it, he said, “It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the dead.”

John the Batist Beheaded

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and had bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

¹⁸ For John had said unto Herod, “It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.”

¹⁹ Therefore Herodias had an inward grudge against him and would have killed him, but she could not;

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and holy, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

²¹ And when a convenient day had come, when Herod on his birthday gave a supper for his lords, high officers, and chief officials of Galilee,

²² and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, “Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it to thee.”

²³ And he swore unto her, “Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it to thee, unto the half of my kingdom.”

²⁴ And she went forth and said unto her mother, “What shall I ask?” And Herodias said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

²⁵ And she came back straightway with haste unto the king and asked, saying, “I will that thou give me at once on a charger the head of John the Baptist.”

²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry, yet for his oath’s sake and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded John’s head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison,

²⁸ and brought his head on a charger and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

²⁹ And when John’s disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.

Feeding the 5000

³⁰ And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹ And He said unto them, “Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure, even so much as to eat.

³² And they departed into a desert place by boat privately.

³³ And the people saw them departing, and many recognized Him and ran thither on foot out of all the cities and outdistanced them, and came together unto Him.

³⁴ And Jesus, when He came out, saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

³⁵ And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him and said, “This is a desert place, and now the day is far spent.

³⁶ Send them away, that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

³⁷ He answered and said unto them, “Give ye them to eat.” And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread and give them to eat?”

³⁸ He said unto them, “How many loaves have ye? Go and see.” And when they knew, they said, “Five, and two fishes.”

³⁹ And He commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

⁴⁰ And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹ And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to Heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and He divided the two fishes among them all.

⁴² And they all ate and were filled.

⁴³ And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.

⁴⁴ And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

⁴⁵ And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the boat, and go to the other side before Him unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people.

Up the Mountain to Pray

⁴⁶ And when He had sent them away, He departed onto a mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea; and He was alone on the land.

Walking on Water

⁴⁸ And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And about the fourth watch of the night, He came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking upon the sea, they supposed it was a spirit and cried out,

⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and said unto them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; be not afraid.”

⁵¹ And He went up unto them and into the boat, and the wind ceased. And they were sore amazed within themselves beyond measure and wondered,

⁵² for they had considered not the miracle of the loaves, as their hearts were hardened.

⁵³ And when they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

⁵⁴ And when they had come out of the boat, straightway the people recognized Him,

⁵⁵ and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry on beds those who were sick to where they heard He was.

⁵⁶ And whithersoever He entered, into villages or cities or the country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch even the border of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.

John 6

²² The day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save the one into which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not gone with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone

²³ (however there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord had given thanks)”

²⁴ when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither His disciples, they also took boats and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

²⁵ And when they had found Him on the other side of the sea, they said unto Him, “Rabbi, when camest thou hither?”

The Bread of Life

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Verily, verily I say unto you, ye seek Me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.

²⁷ Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you; for on Him hath God the Father set His seal.”

²⁸ Then said they unto Him, “What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?”

²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, “This is the work of God: that ye believe in Him whom He hath sent.”

³⁰ They said therefore unto Him, “What sign showest thou then, that we may see and believe thee? What works dost thou do?

³¹ Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

³² Then Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven, but My Father giveth you the true bread from Heaven.

³³ For the bread of God is He that cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”

³⁴ Then they said unto Him, “Lord, evermore give us this bread.”

³⁵ And Jesus said unto them, “I am the Bread of Life. He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he that believeth in Me shall never thirst.

³⁶ But I said unto you that ye also have seen Me, and believe not.

³⁷ All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me, and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁸ For I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.

³⁹ And this is the Father’s will who hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the Last Day.

⁴⁰ And this is the will of Him that sent Me: that every one who seeth the Son and believeth in Him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day.”

The True Bread

⁴¹ The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, “I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.”

⁴² And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he saith, ‘I came down from Heaven’?”

⁴³ Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, “Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴ No man can come to Me unless the Father who hath sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned from the Father cometh unto Me.

⁴⁶ Not that any man hath seen the Father, save He that is of God; He hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷ Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth in Me hath everlasting life.

⁴⁸ I am that Bread of Life.

⁴⁹ Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

⁵⁰ This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.

⁵¹ I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever; and the Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, ye have no life in you.

⁵⁴ Whoso eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

⁵⁵ For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶ He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me, and I in him.

⁵⁷ As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me.

⁵⁸ This is that Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever.”

⁵⁹ These things said He in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciple Left Him

⁶⁰ Many of His disciples therefore, when they had heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can hear it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, “Doth this offend you?

⁶² What if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before?

⁶³ It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

⁶⁴ But there are some of you that believe not.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who believed not and who should betray Him.

⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto Me, unless it were given unto him by My Father.”

⁶⁶ From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him.

⁶⁷ Then Jesus said unto the twelve, “Will ye also go away?”

⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life,

⁶⁹ and we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

⁷¹ He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he it was who should betray Him, being one of the twelve.

John 7:1 After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for He would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

Mark 7

¹ Then came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.

² And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled (that is to say, unwashed) hands, they found fault.

³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders.

⁴ And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

⁶ He answered and said unto them, “Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

⁷ Therefore, in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.’

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do.”

⁹ And He said unto them, “Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor thy father and thy mother,’ and, ‘Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death.’

¹¹ But ye say that if a man shall say to his father or mother, ‘It is Corban’ (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed;

¹² and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother,

¹³ thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. And many like things do ye.”

Washing of Hands

¹⁴ And when He had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, “Hearken unto Me every one of you, and understand:

¹⁵ There is nothing from outside a man that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

¹⁶ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁷ And when He had entered into the house away from the people, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

¹⁸ And He said unto them, “Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from outside entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,

¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly and goeth out into the drain, thereby purging all meats?”

²⁰ And He said, “That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

²³ all these evil things come from within and defile the man.”

²⁴ And from thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid.

²⁵ For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet.

²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said unto her, “Let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and to cast it unto the dogs.”

²⁸ And she answered and said unto Him, “Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹ And He said unto her, “For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.”

³⁰ And when she had come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

³¹ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

³² And they brought unto Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought Him to put His hand upon him.

³³ And He took him aside from the multitude and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

³⁴ And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

³⁵ And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plainly.

³⁶ And He charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it

³⁷ and were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.”

Matthew 15:29 And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the Sea of Galilee, and went up onto a mountain and sat down there.

³⁰ And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them,

³¹ insomuch that the multitude wondered when they saw the dumb to speak, and the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see. And they glorified the God of Israel.

Mark 8

¹ In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said unto them,

² “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³ And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from afar.”

⁴ And His disciples answered Him, “From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?”

⁵ And He asked them, “How many loaves have ye?” And they said, “Seven.”

⁶ And He commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.

⁷ And they had a few small fishes, and He blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.

⁸ So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets.

⁹ And those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.

Demanding Signs

¹⁰ And straightway He entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

¹¹ And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him.

¹² And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation.”

¹³ And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.

¹⁴ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than one loaf.

¹⁵ And He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.”

¹⁶ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ And when Jesus knew it, He said unto them, “Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

¹⁸ Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?

¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” They said unto Him, “Twelve.”

²⁰ “And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” And they said, “Seven.”

²¹ And He said unto them, “How is it that ye do not understand?”

Healing of Another Blind Man

²² And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.

²³ And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw anything.

²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see men as trees, walking.”

²⁵ After that He put His hands again upon his eyes and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

²⁶ And He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.”

²⁷ And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, “Who do men say that I am?”

²⁸ And they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹ And He said unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” And Peter answered and said unto Him, “Thou art the Christ.”

³⁰ And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him.

Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.”

²⁰ Then He charged His disciples that they should tell no man that He was Jesus the Christ.

³¹ And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and by the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Rebukes Peter

³² And He spoke that saying openly. And Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him.

³³ But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get thee behind Me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.”

³⁴ And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, “Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s, the same shall save it.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸ Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Mark 9

¹ And He said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, that there are some of them that stand here who shall not taste of death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.”

The Tranfiguration

² And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up onto a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.

³ And His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

⁴ And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵ And Peter spoke and said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tabernacles: one for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah—”

⁶ for he knew not what to say, for they were sore afraid.

⁷ And there was a cloud that overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This Is My Beloved Son: Hear Him!”

⁸ And suddenly when they had looked round about, they saw no man anymore, save Jesus only with them.

⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of Man were risen from the dead.

¹⁰ And they kept that saying to themselves, questioning one another what “rising from the dead” should mean.

¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, “Why say the scribes that first Elijah must come?”

¹² And He answered and told them, “Elijah verily cometh first and restoreth all things, and how it is written of the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be set at nought.

¹³ But I say unto you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they pleased, as it is written of him.”

A Deaf and Dumb

¹⁴ And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them and the scribes questioning with them.

¹⁵ And straightway all the people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed; and running to Him, they greeted Him.

¹⁶ And He asked the scribes, “What question ye with them?”

¹⁷ And one of the multitude answered and said, “Master, I have brought unto thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit.

¹⁸ And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him; and he foameth and gnasheth his teeth and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not.”

¹⁹ Jesus answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto Me.”

²⁰ And they brought the boy unto Him. And when the spirit saw Him, straightway he tore the boy; and he fell on the ground and wallowed about foaming.

²¹ And He asked his father, “How long is it ago since this came unto him?” And he said, “From childhood.

²² And oftentimes it hath cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him; but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us and help us.”

²³ Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”

²⁴ And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief!”

²⁵ When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, “Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him and enter no more into him.”

²⁶ And the spirit cried, and rent the boy sorely and came out of him; and he was as one dead, insomuch that many said, “He is dead.”

²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

²⁸ And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could not we cast him out?”

Only by Prayer and Fasting

²⁹ And He said unto them, “This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”

³⁰ And they departed thence and passed through Galilee, and He would not that any man should know it.

³¹ For He taught His disciples and said unto them, “The Son of Man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and after He is killed, He shall rise the third day.”

³² But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

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² Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. — in Jerusalem

³ His brethren therefore said unto Him, “Depart hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

⁴ For no man doeth anything in secret if he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world.”

⁵ For neither did His brethren believe in Him.

⁶ Then Jesus said unto them, “My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but Me it hateth, because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil.

⁸ Go ye up unto this feast. I go not up yet unto this feast, for My time is not yet fully come.”

⁹ When He had said these words unto them, He remained still in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when His brethren had gone up, then He also went up unto the feast, not openly but, as it were, in secret.

¹¹ Then the Jews sought Him at the feast and said, “Where is he?”

¹² And there was much murmuring among the people concerning Him. For some said, “He is a good man,” and others said, “Nay, for he deceiveth the people.”

¹³ Yet no man spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

During the Feast at the Temple

¹⁴ Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

¹⁵ And the Jews marveled, saying, “How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?”

¹⁶ Jesus answered them, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me.

¹⁷ If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be from God, or whether I speak from Myself.

¹⁸ He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but He that seeketh the glory of Him that sent Him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill Me?”

²⁰ The people answered and said, “Thou hast a devil. Who goeth about to kill thee?”

²¹ Jesus answered and said unto them, “I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

²² Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.

²³ If a man receive circumcision on the Sabbath day, that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are ye angry at Me because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

²⁴ Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

²⁵ Then said some of them from Jerusalem, “Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

²⁶ But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

²⁷ Yet we know from whence this man comes; but when Christ cometh, no man will know from whence He comes.”

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple as He taught, saying, “Ye both know Me, and ye know from whence I am. And I am not come of Myself, but He that sent Me is true, whom ye know not.

²⁹ But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He hath sent Me.”

³⁰ Then they sought to take Him; but no man laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

³¹ And many of the people believed in Him and said, “When Christ cometh, will He do more miracles than these which this man hath done?”

³² The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.

The Jews Sought Jesus

³³ Then said Jesus unto them, “Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him that sent Me.

³⁴ Ye shall seek Me, and shall not find Me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come.”

³⁵ Then the Jews said among themselves, “Whither will he go that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

³⁶ What manner of saying is this that he said, ‘Ye shall seek me and shall not find me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come’?”

The Last Great Day

³⁷ On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.

³⁸ He that believeth in Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

³⁹ (But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believe in Him should receive; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

⁴⁰ Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, “In truth this is the Prophet.”

⁴¹ Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴² Hath not the Scripture said that Christ cometh out of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?”

⁴³ So there was a division among the people because of Him.

⁴⁴ And some of them would have taken Him, but no man laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said unto them, “Why have ye not brought him?”

⁴⁶ The officers answered, “Never did man speak like this man!”

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are ye also deceived?

⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

⁴⁹ But this people, who knoweth not the law, are cursed.”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus said unto them (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them),

⁵¹ “Doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he doeth?”

⁵² They answered and said unto him, “Art thou also from Galilee? Search and look, for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.”

⁵³ And every man went unto his own house.

~ by Joel on October 1, 2023.

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