Markus 1:13

1:13 He was in the wilderness forty days, ¹  enduring temptations from Satan. He ²  was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs. ³ 

Markus 4:5

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

Markus 7:15

7:15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

[1:13]  ¹ sn The forty days may allude to the experience of Moses (Exod 34:28), Elijah (1 Kgs 19:8, 15), or David and Goliath (1 Sam 17:16).

[1:13]  ² tn Grk “And he.”

[1:13]  ³ tn Grk “were serving him,” “were ministering to him.”

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

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