KJV King James Version
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with [them], and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Mark 16:20
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with [them], and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
WEB World English Bible
They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
ASV American Standard Version
And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they, having gone forth, did preach everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word, through the signs following. Amen.
Surrounding context — Mark 16
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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.
20 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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1 Corinthians 2:4-5And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:Acts 14:3Long 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.Romans 15:19Through 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.Acts 8:4-6Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.Hebrews 2:4God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?Acts 5:12And 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.Acts 2:1-28And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.1 Corinthians 3:6-9I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.2 Corinthians 6:1We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.Acts 14:8-10And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:
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