Discovery BoxMark 2:23 
Context2:23 Jesus 1 was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat 2 as they made their way.
Mark 6:55
Context6:55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. 3
Mark 7:31
Context7:31 Then 4 Jesus 5 went out again from the region of Tyre 6 and came through Sidon 7 to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis. 8
Mark 12:15
Context12:15 But he saw through their hypocrisy and said 9 to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius 10 and let me look at it.”
1 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of grain such as barley or wheat, in the NT the term is restricted to wheat (L&N 3.40; BDAG 941 s.v. 1).
3 tn Grk “wherever they heard he was.”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
7 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
8 sn The Decapolis refers to a league of towns (originally consisting of ten; the Greek name literally means “ten towns”) whose region (except for Scythopolis) lay across the Jordan River.
9 tn Grk “Aware of their hypocrisy he said.”
10 tn Here the specific name of the coin was retained in the translation, because not all coins in circulation in Palestine at the time carried the image of Caesar. In other places δηνάριον (dhnarion) has been translated simply as “silver coin” with an explanatory note.
sn A denarius was a silver coin stamped with the image of the emperor and worth approximately one day’s wage for a laborer.
