Mark 16:17 (DBY)

Passage

And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

Nearby Context

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.

Mark 16:16 He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow those that have believed: in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

Mark 16:18 they shall take up serpents; and if they should drink any deadly thing it shall not injure them; they shall lay hands upon the infirm, and they shall be well.

Mark 16:19 The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "signs", "shall", "follow", "believed", "name", "cast", and "demons". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "signs" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "He that believes and is baptised shall..." into verse 18's "they shall take up serpents and if...", so "signs" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "signs" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.