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"Mark 17"

A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying.
To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17."

The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands.
He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. Every hand went up.

The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only sixteen chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."

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:D:D:D

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Lol ! :angel::D

See above; I could not add the text to this answer (my own bibles are not in English, so, I'll refer to the "International Version).

:)


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The joke - hahaha

The question - no.

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I am sure that you would have known that there is no chapter 17 under Mark.

But I think that they could have at least checked - lol.

:angel::D



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Nice joke!

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Lol - thank you, Goranko!

:):D

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Here's the last chapter, i.e. Mark 16

Mark 16 - New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Has Risen

16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.

2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb
3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

[a] [The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.
11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
12 Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.
13 These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
14 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

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There is some question about the authenticity of Mark 16:9-20.

http://www.bible-researcher.com/endmark.html

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@T(h)ink

Oh yes, the mention does not show well on the extract (Earliest manuscripts and other ancient "witnesses" do not have verses from 9 - 10), and the initial italics are gone.

My bad, I have to arrange the text again ... :):angel::D


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Wait a minute I DID read about Mark 17!

It comes just before the Apocalypse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_17_nuclear_bomb

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Lol - big giggle - :D:D:D .... (and I have really been laughing out loud)!

I was waiting for "Wait a minute ...." - lol.


Oh yes, of course, I remember having heard - or rather read (the bookworm persists even in present times, whether on-line, in books, newspapers, articles, etc.) - about the production of hydrogen bombs in the early 50ies - but by then, that was already history ...




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There's always a "Wait a minute!:D :D :D
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Lol - I was thinking of you with a "wait a minute joke" - lol.

:D:D:D


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:D :angel: :D

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