Images of Jesus

Tone of Mark’s Gospel

Journeys in Mark’s Gospel

Themes in Mark’s Gospel

Jesus’ Teachings: Parables

Jesus’ Teachings: Questions

Jesus’ Teachings: Actions (as Symbols)

Central Portion of the Gospel

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Guide to the Gospel's Sections
(Numbers refer to chapters & verses.)

1:1 Proclamation of John the Baptist

1:9 Baptism of Jesus

1:12 Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness

1:14 Beginning of Jesus’ Galilean Ministry

1:16 Jesus Calls the First Disciples

1:21 Jesus Cleanses a Man with an Unclean Spirit

1:29 Jesus Heals Many at Simon Peter’s House

1:35 A Preaching Tour in Galilee

1:40 Jesus Cleanses a Leper

2:1 Jesus Heals a Paralytic

2:13 Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew) the Tax Collector to be a Disciple

2:18 Question about Fasting

2:23 Question about the Sabbath

3:1 Jesus Heals the Man with the Withered Hand on the Sabbath

3:7 A Multitude Gathers at the Seaside

3:13 Jesus Appoints the Twelve

3:21 Jesus Accused of Casting out Demons in Satan’s Name

3:31 True Kindred of Jesus ("Who are my mother and my brothers?")

4:1 Parable of the Sower

4:10 Purpose of Parables

4:14 Parable of the Sower Explained

4:21 A Lamp Under a Bushel Basket

4:26 Parable of the Growing Seed

4:30 Parable of the Mustard Seed

4:33 Use of Parables

4:35 Jesus Stills a Storm

5:1 Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac

5:21 Jesus Heals a Hemorrhaging Woman and Restores a Girl to Life

6:1 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

6:7 The Mission of the Twelve

6:14 Who is Jesus, Elijah or John the Baptist come again?

6:17 Arrest and Imprisonment of John the Baptist

6:21 Death of John the Baptist

6:30 Feeding the Five Thousand

6:45 Jesus Walks on the Water

6:53 Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret

7:1 Following the Tradition of the Elders

7:9 Commandments of God or Traditions of Men

7:18 What Comes from Outside Cannot Defile a Man

7:24 The Faith of the Syrophoenician Woman

7:31 Jesus Cures a Deaf Man

8:1    Feeding the Four Thousand

8:11    The Demand for a Sign

8:14    Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod

8:22      Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida

8:27     Peter’s Declaration about Jesus Being the Messiah

8:31      Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection for the First Time

9:1     The Imminence of the Endtime

9:2      The Transfiguration of Jesus

9:9      The Coming of Elijah

9:14      Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit

9:30      Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection for the Second Time

9:33      Question of Who is the Greatest

9:38      Another Exorcist

9:42       Remove Temptations to Sin

10:1       Teaching about Divorce

10:13 Jesus Blesses the Little Children

10:17 The Rich Young Man Who Would Follow Jesus

10:23 Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection for the Third Time

10:35 The Request of James and John for Places of Honor

10:43 The Greatest is the Servant of Others; the Least of You Will Be the First

10:46 The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

11:1       Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

11:12 Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

11:15 Jesus Cleanses the Temple

11:20 The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree

11:27 Jesus’ Authority is Questioned

12:1       Parable of the Wicked Tenants in the Vineyard

12:13 Question about Paying Roman Taxes

12:18 Question about Resurrection of the Dead

12:28 Question about the Greatest Commandment

12:35 Question about David’s Son

12:38 Jesus Denounces the Scribes

12:41 The Value of the Widow’s Offering

13:1        Destruction of the Temple Foretold

13:9        Persecution Foretold

13:14 The Desolating Sacrilege in the Holy Place

13:24 The Coming of the Son of Man

13:30 Imminence of the Endtime

13:32 Necessity for Watchfulness

14:1       Plot to Kill Jesus

14:3      Anointing of Jesus by the Woman at Bethany

14:10      Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

14:12 Preparation for the Passover with the Disciples

14:17 Jesus Predicts the Betrayal

14:22 Institution of the Lord’s Supper

14:26 Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial

14:32 Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

14:43 Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

14:53 Jesus Before the Council

14:66 Peter Denies Jesus

15:1        Jesus Before Pilate

15:6       Pilate Hands Jesus over to be Crucified

15:16 Soldiers Mock Jesus

15:21 Crucifixion of Jesus

15:33 Death of Jesus

15:42 Burial of Jesus

16:1        Jesus Appears to the two Marys and to Salome

16:9        Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

16:11 The Disciples do not Believe Mary’s Report of the Resurrection

16:12 Jesus Appears to Two Disciples; Others do not Believe Their Report

16:14 Jesus Appears to the Eleven and Commissions Them

16:19 Jesus Ascends to Heaven