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Mark · read by Max Hougham
51 verses, in order. Only the verses Max read aloud are shown.
Mark 11
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After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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"By what authority are You doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave You the authority to do them?"Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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"I will ask you one question," Jesus replied, "and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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John's baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!"Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?'Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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But if we say, 'From men'..." they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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So they answered, "We do not know." And Jesus replied, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
Mark 12
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Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Have you never read this Scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes' ?"Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, "Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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So they brought it, and He asked them, "Whose image is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they answered.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Then Jesus told them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." And they marveled at Him.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother's widow and raise up offspring for him.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Jesus said to them, "Aren't you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ?Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Jesus replied, "This is the most important: 'Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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"Right, Teacher," the scribe replied. "You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to question Him any further.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet."'Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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David himself calls Him 'Lord.' So how can He be David's son?" And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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In His teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
Mark 13
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As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!"Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus
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"Do you see all these great buildings?" Jesus replied. "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."Read from ESV · A Temple Encounter with Jesus