Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+007   Mark 7 English Standard Version (ESV) Traditions and Commandments 7 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+006   Mark 6 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+005   Mark 5 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Heals a Woman 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+004   Mark 4 English Standard Version (ESV) A Lamp Under a Basket 21 And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+003   Mark 3 English Standard Version (ESV) The Twelve Apostles 13 And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+002   Mark 2 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Heals a Paralytic 2 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Mark+001   Introduction of Mark Mark appears to be written for an audience in Rome. A Roman centurion’s declaration near the end of the book — Surely this man was the Son of God!—models the witness to Jesus this gospel calls for. The opening half of this fast-moving drama keys on…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Exodus+040   Exodus 40 English Standard Version (ESV) 17 In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected.18 Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars. 19 And he spread the…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Exodus+039   Exodus 39 English Standard Version (ESV) Making the Priestly Garments 1 From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2 He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Exodus+038   Exodus 38 English Standard Version (ESV) Making the Court 9 And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10 their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets…