The Gospel of St. Mark

Aquarian Gospel

Chapter Seven

Chapter 126

1: Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

A COMPANY of scribes and Pharisees came from Jerusalem to learn wherein the power of Jesus lay.

2: And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

2) But when they learned that he and his disciples heeded not the custom of the Jews, regarding washing of the hands before they ate, they were amazed.

4: And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

5: Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

6: He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

3) And Jesus said, Hypocrisy is queen among you scribes and Pharisees. Of you Isaiah wrote:
4) This people honor me with lips; their hearts are far away.

7: Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

In vain they worship me; their doctrines are the dogmas and the creeds of men.

8: For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

5) You men who pose as men of God, and still reject the laws of God and teach the laws of men,
6) Stand forth and tell when God gave unto men the ceremonial laws that you observe; and tell these people how the spirit life is sullied if one washes not before he eats.

9: And he said to them, Full well you reject the commandments of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

10: For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curses father or mother, let him die the death:

11: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

12: And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

13: Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

14: And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

15: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

9) That which defiles a man is not the food he eats.
10) The bread and fish and other things we eat, are simply cups to carry to the cells of flesh material for the building of the human house, and when their work is done as refuse they are cast away.
11) The life of plant and flesh that goes to build the human house is never food for soul. The spirit does not feed upon the carcasses of animal, or plant.
12) God feeds the soul direct from heaven; the bread of life comes from above.
13) The air we breathe is charged with Holy Breath, and he who wills may take this Holy Breath.
14) The soul discriminates, and he who wants the life of Christ may breathe it in. According to your faith so let it be.
15) Man is not a part of his abiding place; the house is not the man.
16) The lower world builds up the house of flesh, and keeps it in repair; the higher world provides the bread of spirit life.
17) The loveliest lilies grow from stagnant ponds and filthiest muck.
18) The law of flesh demands that one should keep the body clean.
19) The law of spirit call for purity in thought and word and deed.

17: And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

20) Now, when the evening came and they were in the house, the twelve had many things to say, and many questions to propound.
21) Nathaniel asked, Was what you said about the house of flesh a parable? If so, what does it mean?

18: And he said to them, Are you so without understanding also? Do you not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without enters into the man, it cannot defile him;

22) And Jesus said, Can you not yet discriminate? Do you not yet perceive that what a man takes in his mouth defiles him not?

19: Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?

20: And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.

21: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22: Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

28) And Peter said, Lord, What you said today has grievously offended scribe and Pharisee.
29) And Jesus said,
These scribes and Pharisees are not the scions of the tree of life; they are not plants of God; they are the plants of men, and every foreign plant shall be plucked up.
30) Let all these men alone; they are blind guides; they lead a multitude of people who are blind.
31) The leaders and the led together walk; together they will fall into the yawning pits.

Chapter 123

THE Christine master spent a time in prayer and then he called the foreign masters, and he said to them,
2) Behold, I sent the twelve apostles unto Israel, but you are sent to all the world.
3) Our God is one, is Spirit, and is truth, and every man is dear to him.
4) He is the God of every child of India, and the farther east; of Persia, and the farther north; of Greece and Rome and of the farther west; of Egypt and the farther south, and of the mighty lands across the seas, and of the islands of the seas.
5) If God would send the bread of life to one and not to all who have arisen to the consciousness of life and can receive the bread of life, then he would be unjust and that would shake the very throne of heaven.
6) So he has called you from the seven centers of the world, and he has breathed the breath of wisdom and of power into your souls, and now he sends you forth as bearers of the light of life, apostles of the human race.
7) Go on your way, and as you go proclaim the gospel of the Christ.
8) And then he breathed upon the masters and he said, Receive the Holy Breath; and then he gave to each the Word of power.
9) And each went on his way, and every land was blest.

24: And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.

10) Then Jesus went alone across the hills of Galilee and after certain days he reached the coast of Tyre, and in the home of Rachel he abode.

11) He did not advertise his coming for he did not come to teach; he would commune with God where he could see the waters of the Mighty Sea.
12) But Rachel told the news and multitudes of people thronged her home to see the Lord.

25: For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

13) A Grecian woman of Phoenicia came; her daughter was obsessed. She said,
14) O Lord, have mercy on my home! My daughter is obsessed; but this I know, if you will speak the Word she will be free. Thou son of David, hear my prayer!
15) But Rachel said,
Good woman, trouble not the Lord. He did not come to Tyre to heal; he came to talk with God beside the sea.
16) And Jesus said,
Lo, I was sent not to the Greek, nor to Syro-phenicians; I come just to my people, Israel.
17) And then the woman fell down at his feet and said,

26: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27: But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

18) And Jesus said,
You know the common proverb well: It is not meet that one should give the children's bread to dogs.

28: And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

19) And then the woman said, Yea, Jesus, this I know, but dogs may eat the crumbs that fall down from their master's board.

29: And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

20) And Jesus said, Such faith I have not seen, no, not among the Jews; she is not serf, nor dog.
21) And then he said to her,

According to your faith so let it be.

30: And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

22) The woman went her way and when she came unto her child, lo, she was healed.

31: And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

23) And Jesus tarried many days in Tyre; and then he went his way and dwelt a time in Sidon by the sea.
24) And then he journeyed on. In Lebanon hills and vales, and in its groves he walked in silent thought.
25) His earthly mission fast was drawing to a close; he sought for strength, and what he sought he found.
26) Mount Hermon stood beyond, and Jesus fain would kneel beside that mountain famed in Hebrew song.
27) And then he stood upon Mount Hermon's lofty peaks, and lifting up his eyes to heaven he talked with God.
28) And masters of the olden times revealed themselves and long they talked about the kingdom of the Christ;
29) about the mighty works that had been done; about the coming conquest of the cross; about the victory over death.
30) Then Jesus journeyed on; he went to Caesarea-Philippi, and in Susanna's home he tarried certain days.
31) And then he went through all Decapolis to give encouragement to those who knew him as the Christ, and to prepare them for the day of Calvary.
32) And then he went to Gadara, and many friends were there, to welcome him.
33) And Chuzas, steward of the house of Herod Antipas, was there, and Jesus went aboard the royal ship with him and crossed the sea, and came unto Capernaum.
34) And when the people knew that Jesus was at home they came to welcome him.
35) In just a little while the twelve apostles came and told the master all about their journey over Galilee.
36) They said that by the sacred Word they had done many mighty works; and Jesus said to them,
Well done.

Chapter 121

(cont from end of Mark 6)

32) But as he passed from thence two blind men followed him and cried,
Thou son of David, hear! Have mercy, Lord, and open up our eyes that we may see.
33) And Jesus said, Do you believe that I can open up your eyes and make you see?
34) They said, Yea, Lord, we know that if you speak the Word then we can see.
35) And Jesus touched their eyes and spoke the Word; he said, According to your faith so will it be.
36) And they were blest; they opened up their eyes and saw.
37) And Jesus said, Tell not this thing to any one.
38) But they went forth and told the news through all the land.

32: And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

37: And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

41) The people were amazed; They said, This is a mighty deed; we never saw that done before.

42) The Pharisees were also much amazed; but they cried out and said,
43) You men of Israel, take heed; this Jesus is a tool of Beelzebub; he heals the sick and casts the spirits out in Satan's name.
44) But Jesus answered not; he went his way.
45) And with the foreign masters and the twelve he went up to the town where he once turned the water into wine, and tarried certain days.