Mark 16:17 (LSB)

Passage

And these signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

Nearby Context

Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

Mark 16:17 And these signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

Mark 16:18 and they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Mark 16:19 So then, the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "He who has believed and has been..." into verse 18's "and they will pick up serpents and...", so "signs" and "accompany" 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 "accompany" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.