Books of the Bible / Mark
Random Verse from Mark
Roll a random verse from Mark -- 16 chapters, 678 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.”
Mark 8:8
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Mark (summary)
Mark is book 41 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 16 chapters and 678 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Mark compared to other books of the Bible?
Mark is the 22th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 678 verses across 16 chapters -- an average of 42.4 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Mark sit among the other New Testament books?
Mark is book 2 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 41 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Mark?
Matthew comes directly before it (28 chapters). Luke comes directly after it (24 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 678 verses in Mark -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.