Mark 16:20

18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

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BSB
And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
KJV
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
WEB
They went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
ASV
And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
DARBY
And they, going forth, preached everywhere, the Lord working with [them], and confirming the word by the signs following upon [it].
BLB
And they, having gone out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with [them] and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.
ÅB
Men de gikk ut og forkynte ordet allesteds, og Herren virket med og stadfestet ordet ved de tegn som fulgte med.
OTB
Og de gikk ut og forkynte overalt, mens Herren arbeidet med dem og bekreftet ordet ved de tegn som fulgte. [[De rapporterte straks alle disse instruksjonene til Peter og hans følgesvenner. Etter det sendte Jesus selv ut gjennom dem fra øst til vest den hellige og uforgjengelige forkynnelsen av evig frelse.]]
B1930
Men de gikk ut og forkynte ordet allesteds, og Herren virket med og stadfestet ordet ved de tegn som fulgte med.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 2:4–5

    And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

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  • Acts 14:3

    Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

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  • Romans 15:19

    Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

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  • Acts 8:4–6

    Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

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  • Hebrews 2:4

    God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

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  • Acts 5:12

    And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–9

    I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

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  • Acts 2:1–28

    And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

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