Drich Wrote:You do know in Mark 16 where this passage is found, Jesus is speaking to just 11 people right?As usual, Drich, you prove that you can't read. Mark 16 KJV says
14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
No where in this passage Does Christ say "to all that believe will be able to do these things." That is what you are implying this passage says.
Is english your first language?
Quote:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;them that believe = all who believe
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.
NIV translates "those who believe" and GNT simply "believers"
If you want to cop out on drinking cyanide and playing with snakes, you will have to go with the argument that Mark 16:9-20 is a spurious addition to the bible as it is not found in the earliest manuscripts.
How long has it been since you started to learn English?
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House