Skimming through Mark

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 \v 1 In those days, there was again a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called his disciples and said to them,
 \v 2 "I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue to be with me already for three days and have nothing to eat.
-\v 3 If I send them away to their home without eating they may faint on the way. And some of them have come a long way."
+\v 3 If I send them away to their home without eating, they may faint on the way. And some of them have come a long way."
 \v 4 His disciples answered him, "Where can we get enough loaves of bread in such a deserted place to satisfy these people?"
 
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 \v 32 He said this clearly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
 
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-\v 33 But Jesus turned and looked at his disciples and then he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me Satan! You do not care for the things of God, but for the things of people."
+\v 33 But Jesus turned and looked at his disciples and then he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You do are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of people."
 \v 34 Then he called the crowd and his disciples together, and he said to them, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
 
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 \v 11 They asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
-\v 12 He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first to restore all things. Then why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and will be hated?
+\v 12 He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first to restore all things. Then why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be treated as one who is worthless?
 \v 13 But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they wanted to him, just as scripture says about him."
 
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 \v 16 He asked his disciples, "What are you arguing with them about?"
 
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-\v 17 Someone in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak,
-\v 18 and it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not."
+\v 17 Someone in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak.
+\v 18 It seizes him and it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and he becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not."
 \v 19 He answered them, "Unbelieving generation, how long will I have to stay with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him to me."
 
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 \v 44 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit this phrase from verses 44 and 46, \fqa "where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched" \f*
 
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-\v 45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have your two feet and be thrown into hell.
+\v 45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame than to have your two feet and be thrown into hell.
 \v 46 \f + \ft See note on verse 44 \f*
 
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-\v 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,
+\v 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,
 \v 48 where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.
 
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 \v 13 And they brought their little children to him so that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
-\v 14 But when Jesus noticed it, he was very displeased and said to them, "Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, because to such ones belongs the kingdom of God.
+\v 14 But when Jesus noticed it, he was very displeased and said to them, "Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to those who are like them.
 
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 \v 15 Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will definitely not enter it."
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 \v 20 The man said, "Teacher, all these things I have obeyed from the time I was a youth."
 \v 21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. He said to him, "One thing you lack. You must sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
-\v 22 But he became discouraged because of this statement; he walked away being very sorrowful, for he had many possessions.
+\v 22 But because of this statement he looked very sad and he went away distressed, because he had many possessions.
 
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 \v 38 But Jesus replied to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I will drink or endure the baptism with which I will be baptized?"
-\v 39 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I will drink, you will drink. And the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized with.
+\v 39 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I will drink, you will drink. And with the baptism with which I am baptized, you also will be baptized.
 \v 40 But who is to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
 
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 \v 12 The next day, when they returned from Bethany, he was hungry.
 
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-\v 13 And seeing a fig tree that had leaves from far away, he went to see if he would find anything on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
+\v 13 And seeing from far away a fig tree that had leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. And when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
 \v 14 He spoke to it, "No one will ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it.
 
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 \v 6 He had still one more person to send, a beloved son. He was the last one he sent to them. He said, "They will respect my son."
-\v 7 But the tenants said to one another, "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours."
+\v 7 But the vine growers said to one another, "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours."
 
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 \v 8 They seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
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 \v 20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife and then died, leaving no children.
 \v 21 Then the second took her and died, leaving no children. And the third likewise.
-\v 22 And the seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
+\v 22 And the seven left no children. Last of all, the woman also died.
 \v 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven brothers had her as their wife."
 
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