Markus 4:1

The Parable of the Sower

4:1 Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while ¹  the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

Markus 8:38

8:38 For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him ²  when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Markus 9:25

9:25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked ³  the unclean spirit, ⁴  saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

Markus 10:30

10:30 who will not receive in this age ⁵  a hundred times as much – homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions ⁶  – and in the age to come, eternal life. ⁷ 

Markus 11:11

11:11 Then ⁸  Jesus ⁹  entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.

Markus 11:15

Cleansing the Temple

11:15 Then ¹⁰  they came to Jerusalem. ¹¹  Jesus ¹²  entered the temple area ¹³  and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. ¹⁴  He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

[4:1]  ¹ tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.

[8:38]  ² sn How one responds now to Jesus and his teaching is a reflection of how Jesus, as the Son of Man who judges, will respond then in the final judgment.

[9:25]  ³ tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

[9:25]  ⁴ sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.

[10:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “this time” (καιρός, kairos), but for stylistic reasons this has been translated “this age” here.

[10:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “with persecutions.” The “all” has been supplied to clarify that the prepositional phrase belongs not just to the “fields.”

[10:30]  ⁷ sn Note that Mark (see also Matt 19:29; Luke 10:25, 18:30) portrays eternal life as something one receives in the age to come, unlike John, who emphasizes the possibility of receiving eternal life in the present (John 5:24).

[11:11]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the transition from the previous narrative.

[11:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:15]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[11:15]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:15]  ¹² tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:15]  ¹³ tn Grk “the temple.”

[11:15]  sn The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.

[11:15]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the temple.”

[11:15]  sn Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (here, 11:15-19), and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13-16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in John 2:14 for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.