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Mark 13

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¹ And it happened that as He reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

² Then their eyes were [suddenly] opened [by God] and they [clearly] recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

³ They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?"

⁴ They got up that very hour and went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them,

⁵ saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon [Peter]!"

⁶ They began describing in detail what had happened on the road, and how Jesus was recognized by them when He broke the bread.

⁷ While they were talking about this, Jesus Himself [suddenly] stood among them and said to them, "Peace be to you."

⁸ But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a spirit.

⁹ And He said, "Why are you troubled, and why are doubts rising in your hearts?

¹⁰ Look at [the marks in] My hands and My feet, [and see] that it is I Myself. Touch Me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."

¹¹ After saying this, He showed them His hands and His feet.

¹² While they still did not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

¹³ They gave Him a piece of broiled fish,

¹⁴ and He took it and ate it in front of them.

¹⁵ Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the[3] Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."

¹⁶ Then He opened their minds to [help them] understand the Scriptures,

¹⁷ and said, "And so it is written, that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

¹⁸ and that repentance [necessary] for forgiveness of sins would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

¹⁹ You are witnesses of these things.

²⁰ Listen carefully: I am sending the Promise of My Father [the Holy Spirit] upon you; but you are to remain in the city [of Jerusalem] until you are clothed (fully equipped) with power from on high."

²¹ Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them.

²² While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up into heaven.

²³ And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy [fully understanding that He lives and that He is the Son of God];

²⁴ and they were continually in the temple blessing and praising God.

²⁵ In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([1] Christ), and the Word was with God, and[2] the Word was God Himself.

²⁶ He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God.

²⁷ All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being.

²⁸ In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.

²⁹ The Light shines on in the[3] darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].

³⁰ There came a man commissioned and sent from God, whose name was[4] John.

³¹ This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.

³² John was not the Light, but came to testify about the Light.

³³ There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.

³⁴ He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

³⁵ He came to that which was His own [that which belonged to Him—His world, His creation, His possession], and those who were His own [people—the Jewish nation] did not receive and welcome Him.

³⁶ But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—

³⁷ who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].

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1	And it happened that as He reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.
2	Then their eyes were [suddenly] opened [by God] and they [clearly] recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.
3	They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and opening the Scriptures to us?"
4	They got up that very hour and went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them,
5	saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon [Peter]!"
6	They began describing in detail what had happened on the road, and how Jesus was recognized by them when He broke the bread.
7	While they were talking about this, Jesus Himself [suddenly] stood among them and said to them, "Peace be to you."
8	But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a spirit.
9	And He said, "Why are you troubled, and why are doubts rising in your hearts?
10	Look at [the marks in] My hands and My feet, [and see] that it is I Myself. Touch Me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
11	After saying this, He showed them His hands and His feet.
12	While they still did not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
13	They gave Him a piece of broiled fish,
14	and He took it and ate it in front of them.
15	Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the[3] Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."
16	Then He opened their minds to [help them] understand the Scriptures,
17	and said, "And so it is written, that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
18	and that repentance [necessary] for forgiveness of sins would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
19	You are witnesses of these things.
20	Listen carefully: I am sending the Promise of My Father [the Holy Spirit] upon you; but you are to remain in the city [of Jerusalem] until you are clothed (fully equipped) with power from on high."
21	Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them.
22	While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up into heaven.
23	And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy [fully understanding that He lives and that He is the Son of God];
24	and they were continually in the temple blessing and praising God.
25	In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([1] Christ), and the Word was with God, and[2] the Word was God Himself.
26	He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God.
27	All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being.
28	In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.
29	The Light shines on in the[3] darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].
30	There came a man commissioned and sent from God, whose name was[4] John.
31	This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.
32	John was not the Light, but came to testify about the Light.
33	There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.
34	He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
35	He came to that which was His own [that which belonged to Him—His world, His creation, His possession], and those who were His own [people—the Jewish nation] did not receive and welcome Him.
36	But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—
37	who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].

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