The Best verses in Mark (ESV)

Mark

•   Mark 1:11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

•   Mark 1:17 Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

•   Mark 1:25–26 “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.

•   Mark 1:27 they were all amazed...“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

•   Mark 1:34 “he…cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.”

•   Mark 1:35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed

•   Mark 1:39 “he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.”

•   Mark 2:10-11 that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—“I say to you, rise…

•   Mark 2:12 “And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God”

•   Mark 2:17 “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

•   Mark 2:27–28 “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

•   Mark 3:5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart

•   Mark 3:6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

•   Mark 3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

•   Mark 3:14–15 he appointed twelve...so that they might be with him &he might send them out to preach &have authority to cast out demons.

•   Mk3:21 when his family heard it, they went out to seize him…saying, “He is out of his mind.”

•   Mark 3:29–30 whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness… for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

•   Mark 3:35 “For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

•   Mark 4:15  these are the ones along the path…when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

•   Mark 4:16–17 rocky ground… they have no root…when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

•   Mark 4:18–19 the ones sown among thorns…the cares of the world…deceitfulness of riches… desires for other things enter in &choke the word

•   Mark 4:20 the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.

•   Mark 4:23 "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

•   Mark 4:40 “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”

•   Mark 4:41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

•   Mk 5:8–9 “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”…Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

•   Mark 5:13 the unclean spirits came out &entered the pigs…about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea &drowned in the sea

•   Mark 5:19 “Go home to your friends &tell them how much the Lord has done for you, &how he has had mercy on you.”

•   Mark 5:20 “So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.”

•   Mk 5:33-34 the woman…came in fear &trembling &fell down before him &told him the whole truth.

•   Mk5:36 “Do not fear, only believe.”

•   Mark 6:3–6 "And they took offense at him... And he marveled because of their unbelief.”

•   Mark 6:4 “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.”

•   Mark 6:7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

•   Mark 6:12–13 So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent…they cast out many demons

•   Mark 6:34 he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

•   Mark 6:42–44 they all ate and were satisfied…those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

•   Mark 6:49–51 they saw him walking on the sea…he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”…they were utterly astounded

•   Mk6:56 "wherever he came...they..implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment...as many as touched it were made well."

•   Mark 7:6 “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me”

•   Mark 7:8 "You leave the commandment of God & hold to the tradition of men.”

•   Mk7:21-23 “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, ...

•  ...coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. ...they defile a person”

•   Mark 7:29–30 he said to her…“go your way; the demon has left your daughter.”…she went home &found the child lying in bed &the demon gone.

•   Mark 7:37 they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

•   Mark 8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.”

•   Mark 8:8–9 they ate &were satisfied…they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. And there were about four thousand people.

•   Mark 8:29–30 “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” & he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

•   Mark 8:33 he rebuked Peter &said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

•   Mark 8:34 “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

•   Mark 8:36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

•   Mark 8:38 whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed

•   Mark 9:7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son; listen to him."

•   Mk9:23-24 “All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out&said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

•   Mark 9:28-29 “his disciples asked him privately, 'Why couldn't we drive it out?’ He replied, ‘This kind can come out only by prayer.’”

•   Mark 9:35 he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

•   Mark 9:47–48 “It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell”

•   Mark 10:11–12 “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her…

•  …and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

•   Mark 10:15 "Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

•   Mark 10:27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

•   Mark 10:34 “And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.”

•   Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

•   Mark 10:47 "he began to cry out and say, 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!'”

•   Mark 10:50 "throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus.”

•   Mark 11:15 he entered the temple &began to drive out those who sold &those who bought…&he overturned the tables of the money-changers

•   Mark 11:18 "all the crowd was astonished at his teaching"

•   Mk11:25 whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you

•   Mark 12:10–11 Have you not read this Scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing’

•   Mark 12:24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?”

•   Mark 12:30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength

•   Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

•   Mark 12:43–44 “this poor widow has put in more than all…out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

•   Mark 13:31 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

•   Mark 13:33 “Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.”

•   Mk12:41–44 "a poor widow came &put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. ... she out of her poverty has put in everything she had"

•   Mark 13:35–37 "Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come...lest he come suddenly &find you asleep.”

•   Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

•   Mark 14:38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

•   Mark 14:62 Jesus said, "I am, & you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, & coming with the clouds of heaven.”

•   Mark 15:4–5 Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make?”…But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

•   Mk15:15, 19-20 having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified...striking his head...spitting on him...mocked him...stripped him

•   Mark 15:29,31-32 those who passed by derided him…the chief priests w/the scribes mocked him…Those who were crucified w/him also reviled him

•   Mk16:6 "He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.”

•   Mark 16:16 “Whoever believes & is baptized will be saved”