The Great Commission
Mark 16:16
Why translations differ here
Mark's longer ending: original, added, or both? Mark 16:9–20 is in the great majority of manuscripts and was known by the second century (Irenaeus quotes it).
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- KJV
- He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- WEB
- He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
- ASV
- He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
- LSV
- he who has believed and has been immersed will be saved; and he who has not believed will be condemned.
- YLT
- he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.
- DBY
- He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
- DRC
- He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned.
- GNV
- He that shall beleeue and be baptized, shalbe saued: but he that will not beleeue, shalbe damned.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ πιστεύσας καὶ βαπτισθεὶς σωθήσεται ὁ δὲ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται.¶ (“The [one] having believed and having been baptized will be saved; the [one] however having disbelieved will be condemned”); SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ πιστεύσας καὶ βαπτισθεὶς σωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται.
- RP2018
- Ὁ πιστεύσας καὶ βαπτισθεὶς σωθήσεται· ὁ δὲ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ πιστεύσας καὶ βαπτισθεὶς σωθήσεται· ὁ δὲ ἀπιστήσας κατακριθήσεται.
- SCR1894
- ο πιστευσας και βαπτισθεις σωθησεται ο δε απιστησας κατακριθησεται
Who and where
◆ Holy Week◆ Resurrection and Ascension
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
FaithBaptismUnbeliefSalvationArmenian Versions, of the BibleCondemn; CondemnationDamn; Damnation; DamnableResurrection of ChristBaptism (Non-Immersionist View)Punishment of the Wicked, The
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Romans 10:9–14that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess…
- John 3:18–19Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the…
- John 3:15–16that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
- John 12:46–48I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness. As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world,…
- 1 John 5:10–13Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son. And this is…
- John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
- John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- Acts 10:43All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
- John 7:37–38On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water…
- John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
- Acts 16:30–32Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).