And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
Parallel translations
- WEB They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
- KJV And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
- NKJV And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
- NASB And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.]] [[And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself also sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]]
- NLT And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.
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Quick answer
The disciples go out and preach everywhere while the Lord works with them, confirming the word by signs. The risen Christ empowers the church's mission.
Overview
Mark's Gospel closes with the obedient disciples spreading the gospel as the ascended Lord works through them. Though seated in heaven, Christ remains active with his church, confirming the message by accompanying signs. The story that began with the Son of God now opens outward into the ongoing mission of his people to the world.
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Cross-references · 11
- 1 Cor 2:4–5My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
- Acts 14:3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
- Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
- Acts 8:4–6Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
- Heb 2:4and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
- Acts 5:12The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 2:1–28When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- 1 Cor 3:6–9I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- Acts 4:30as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- Acts 14:8–10In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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