The Twentieth Century New Testament
1904 by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs

Mark Chapter 1

Mar 1:1 The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ.
Mar 1:2 It is said in the Prophet Isaiah—'Behold! I send my Messenger before thy face; He shall prepare thy way.'
Mar 1:3 'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."'
Mar 1:4 And in fulfilment of this, John the Baptizer appeared in the Wilderness, proclaiming a baptism upon repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.
Mar 1:5 The whole of Judaea, as well as all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, went out to him; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mar 1:6 John was clad in clothing of camels' hair, with a belt of leather round his waist, and lived on locusts and wild honey;
Mar 1:7 and he proclaimed—"There is coming after me one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.
Mar 1:8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
Mar 1:9 Now about that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mar 1:10 And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent apart, and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him,
Mar 1:11 and from the heavens came a voice—"Thou art my Son, the Beloved; in thee I delight."
Mar 1:12 Immediately afterwards the Spirit drove Jesus out into the Wilderness;
Mar 1:13 and he was there in the Wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and among the wild beasts, while the angels ministered to him.
Mar 1:14 After John had been committed to prison, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the Good News of God—
Mar 1:15 "The time has come, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the Good News."
Mar 1:16 As Jesus was going along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the Sea, for they were fishermen.
Mar 1:17 "Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."
Mar 1:18 They left their nets at once, and followed him.
Mar 1:19 Going on a little further, he saw James, Zebediah's son, and his brother John, who also were in their boat mending the nets.
Mar 1:20 Jesus at once called them, and they left their father Zebediah in the boat with the crew, and went after him.
Mar 1:21 And they walked into Capernaum. On the next Sabbath Jesus went into the Synagogue and began to teach.
Mar 1:22 The people were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the Teachers of the Law.
Mar 1:23 Now there was in their Synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out:
Mar 1:24 "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"
Mar 1:25 But Jesus rebuked the spirit: "Be silent! come out from him."
Mar 1:26 The foul spirit threw the man into a fit, and with a loud cry came out from him.
Mar 1:27 And they were all so amazed that they kept asking: "What is this? Strange teaching indeed! He gives his commands with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!"
Mar 1:28 And the fame of Jesus spread at once in all directions, through the whole neighbourhood of Galilee.
Mar 1:29 As soon as they had come out from the Synagogue, they went, with James and John, into the house of Simon and Andrew.
Mar 1:30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying ill with fever, and they at once told Jesus about her.
Mar 1:31 Jesus went up to her and, grasping her hand, raised her up; the fever left her, and she began to wait upon them.
Mar 1:32 In the evening, after sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who were ill or possessed by demons;
Mar 1:33 and the whole city was gathered round the door.
Mar 1:34 Jesus cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not permit them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
Mar 1:35 In the morning, long before daylight, Jesus rose and went out, and, going to a lonely spot, there began to pray.
Mar 1:36 But Simon and his companions hastened after him;
Mar 1:37 and, when they found him, they exclaimed: "Every one is looking for you!"
Mar 1:38 But Jesus said to them: "Let us go somewhere else, into the country towns near, that I may make my proclamation in them also; for that was why I came."
Mar 1:39 And he went about making his proclamation in their Synagogues all through Galilee, and driving out the demons.
Mar 1:40 One day a leper came to Jesus and, falling on his knees, begged him for help. "If only you are willing," he said, "you are able to make me clean."
Mar 1:41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean."
Mar 1:42 Instantly the leprosy left the man, and he became clean;
Mar 1:43 and then Jesus, after sternly warning him, immediately sent him away, and said to him:
Mar 1:44 "Be careful not to say anything to any one; but go and show yourself to the Priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure."
Mar 1:45 The man, however, went away, and began to speak about it publicly, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go openly into a town, but stayed outside in lonely places; and people came to him from every direction.