Good News of Mark

The Holy Book The Good News as written by Matthew

1:1 Bloodline of Jesus Christ (God's Chosen Saver of Mankind)

Here is written Jesus' bloodline, who is son of David, son of Abraham.

1:2 Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. 1:3 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah (Tamar was their mom). Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram. 1:4 Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. 1:5 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. 1:6 Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon (his mom had once been the wife of Uriah). 1:7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. 1:8 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. 1:9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. 1:10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. 1:11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time when the Israelite's were kicked out of their land into Babylon.

1:12 After the kickingout to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. 1:13 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. 1:14 Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. 1:15 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. 1:16 Jacob became the father of Joseph. Joseph's wife was Mary. Jesus, who is called God's Chosen, was born from Mary

1:17 So there are fourteen lifespans from Abraham to David. There are another fourteen lifespans from David to the kickingout into Babylon. There are yet another fourteen lifespans from the kickingout into Babylon upto God's Chosen, who is Jesus.

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ went like this. Mary got engaged (betrothed) to Joseph, but before they'd made love yet, she was made pregnant by a work of the Soul of God. 1:19 Joseph, her husband, being a right man, wasn't willing to make her look bad, so he planned to divorce her in secret 1:20 But when he was thinkin' about all this, a Messenger of the Lord came to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be scared to get married to Mary, because she's pregnant by a work of God. 1:21 She's gonna have a son. And you're gonna name him Jesus (meaning Godsaves), because this son is gonna save his people from their sins.”

1:22 All this happened to fulfill what was said by the Godsayer (One who speaks for God, and by God),

1:23 “Take a look, she who hasn't had made love yet is gonna get pregnant,

and will have a son.

They're gonna name him Imannuel”;

which, in English, means “God with us.”*

1:24 Joseph woke up, and did as the messenger of God told him, and he married Mary, 1:25 and didn’t have sex with her until she had her firstborn son. He named this firstborn son Jesus.

2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 2:2 “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.” 2:3 When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 2:4 Gathering together all the head priests and writers of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born. 2:5 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the Godsayer,

2:6 ‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah,

are in no way least among the princes of Judah:

for out of you is gonna come forth a ruler,

who shall be shepherd to my people, Israel.’”*

2:7 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly when the star appeared. 2:8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search thoroughly for the young child. When you have found him, send me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”

2:9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it stopped over where the young child was. 2:10 When they saw the star, they were filled with very great happiness. 2:11 They went into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 2:12 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn’t go back to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

2:13 Now after they'd left, a messenger of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, because Herod is gonna be looking for the child in order to kill him

2:14 He got up and took the young child and his mother at night, and left for Egypt, 2:15 and was there until Herod died. This happened to fulfill what was said by the Godsayer

“Out of Egypt I've called my son.”

2:16 Then Herod, when he found out that he'd been tricked by the wise men, was really pissed, and sent out, and killed all the boy children who were in Bethlehem and in the surrounding countryside, those who were two years old and younger, according to the exact time of the stars appearance which he'd learned from the wise men. 2:17 Then that that'd been spoken by Jeremiah the Godsayer was fulfilled, the saying was...

2:18 “A voice was heard in Ramah,

great sadness, crying and great mourning,

Rachel crying for her children;

she wouldn’t be comforted,

because they are no more.”*

2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, a messenger of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 2:20 “Get up and take the young child and his mom, and go into the land of Israel, for those who were lookin' to kill him are now dead"

2:21 He got up and took the young child and his mom, and went into the land of Israel. 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his dad, Herod, he was scared to go there. Being warned in a dream, he went to the region of Galilee, 2:23 and came to live in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was said through the Godsayers: “He's gonna be called a Nazarene.”

3:1 In those days, John the Godwasher (Godwashing is when you put someone underwater to clean ‘em of sin and show that they've come back to God) came, godspeaking in the wilderness of Judea, sayin', 3:2 "Come back to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near!” 3:3 He was spoken of by Isaiah the Godsayer, who said,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

makes ready the road of God.

Makes his paths straight.”

3:4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camelhair, and had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts (a type of swarming grasshopper) and wild honey. 3:5 Then people from Jerusalem, from all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan river came out to him. 3:6 They were godwashed by him in the Jordan, admitting their sins. 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be godwashed, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bring forth fruit worthy of coming back to God! 3:9 Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We got Abraham for our dad,’ Because I tell ya that God is able to make children of Abraham from these stones.

3:10 “Even now the axe is layin’ at the root of the trees. And every tree that doesn’t bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. 3:11 I indeed godwash you in water so that you come back to God, but he who’s gonna come after me is stronger than Me, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He’s gonna godwash you in the Holy Spirit.* 3:12 His chaffsplitting fork is in his hand, and he’s gonna thoroughly clean his threshing floor. He’ll take his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he’s gonna burn up with neverending fire.”

3:13 Then one day Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be godwashed by John. 3:14 But John hesitated, saying, “I need to be godwashed by you, and you come to godwashed by me???”

3:15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Just do it, because this is how all rightness will be fulfilled.” So then John godwashed him. 3:16 Jesus, once godwashed, came straight up from the water: and look, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Soul of God landing like a dove, and landing on him. 3:17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is the Son I love, with who I’m well pleased.”

4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. 4:2 He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and he was hungry afterward. 4:3 The tester came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order these stones to become bread.”

4:4 But he answered, “It’s written, ‘Man will not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of God’s mouth.’”*

4:5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the highest part of the temple, 4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, jump off of here, because it’s written, ‘He’ll put his angels to take care of you.’ and,

‘On their hands they will hold you up,

so that you don’t bang your foot against a stone.’”*

4:7 Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘Don’t test the Lord, your God.’”*

4:8 Again, the devil took him to a really, really, really high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 4:9 He said to him, “I’ll give ya all these things, if you will get down and worship me.”

4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! Bcuz it’s written, ‘You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.’”*

4:11 Then the devil left him, and look, angels came and took care of his needs. 4:12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went into Galilee. 4:13 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14 that it might be fulfilled what was spoken through the Godsayer Isaiah

4:15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,

Galilee of the Non-Jews,

4:16 the people who were living in darkness saw a great light,

to those who sat in the shadow of death,

to them light has dawned.”*

4:17 From that time, Jesus began to godspeak, sayin’, “Come back to God! For the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

4:18 Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 4:19 He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

4:20 Right away they left their nets and followed him. 4:21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, fixing their nets. He called them. 4:22 They right away left the boat and their father, and followed him.

4:23 Jesus went about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 4:24 The news about him spread out into all of Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, who’d been hit by various diseases and pains, overtaken by demons, seizurefolks, and people who couldn’t move; and he healed them. 4:25 Great masses of folks from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

5:1 Seeing all these people, he went up on the mountain. Once he’d sat down, his students came to him. 5:2 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

5:3 “Blessed are those who know that God owns everything, and humbly do what he says,

because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them.

5:4 Blessed are those who mourn over sin,

because they’re gonna be comforted.

5:5 Blessed are the humble*,

because they’re gonna inherit the earth.

5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after rightness,

because they’re gonna eat and drink of it.

5:7 Blessed are the merciful,

because they’re gonna get mercy.

5:8 Blessed are the cleanhearted,

because they’re gonna see God.

5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers,

because they’re gonna be called children of God.

5:10 Blessed are those who’ve been kicked around and gone after for the sake of rightness,

because they’re gonna get the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, go after you, and say untrue shit about you for following me. 5:12 Be happy!, and be overly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. Because they also went after the Godsayers who came before you.

5:13 “You folks are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? It’s then good for nothing but bein’ cast out and trampled under the feet of men. 5:14 You folks are the light of the world. A city on a hill can’t be hidden. 5:15 Nor do you light a lamp, and put it under a basket, but you put it on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine out to people so that they see your good works and praise your Dad who is in Heaven.

5:17 “Don’t think that I came to get rid of the law or the Godsayers. I didn’t come to get rid of, but to fulfill. 5:18 For most surely, I tell you, until heaven and earth go away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke in any way is gonna be taken away from the law, until all things are fulfilled. 5:19 Whoever then breaks the least of these laws, and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever will do and teach them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 5:20 Because I tell you that unless your rightness outweighs that of the writers and Pharisees, there’s no way you’re gonna go into the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:21 “You’ve heard that it was said to those of long ago, ‘Do not murder;’ and ‘Whoever will murder is gonna be in danger of the judgment.’ 5:22 But I tell ya, that everyone who’s angry with his brother is gonna be in danger of the judgment; and whoever will insult* his brother is gonna be in danger of the Highest Court**; and whoever will say, ‘You fool!’*** will be in danger of the fire of Hell****.

5:23 “If therefore you are offering up your gift at the altar, and while doin’ so remember that you have a beef* with your brother, 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar, make peace with him, and then come back and offer up your gift. 5:25 Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are on the way with him to court, in order that your accuser doesn’t hand you over to the judge, who hands you over to the guard, and then you end up in prison. 5:26 I’m seriously tellin’ ya, that you ain’t gonna get outta there until you’ve forked over every last penny”.