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Mark

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The Gospel According to Mark

CHAPTERS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Introduction

OUTLINE

1 John the Baptist
The baptism of Jesus
Jesus is tempted by Satan
Jesus calls his first disciples
A man with an unclean spirit
Simon's mother in law
Jesus casts out devils and heals the sick
Jesus cleans a leper
2 A man with palsy
The call of Levi
Why Jesus and his disciples didn't fast
The disciples pluck grain on the sabbath
3 A man with a withered hand
Jesus to the unclean spirts: Don't tell anyone who I am
The twelve apostles
Jesus's friends think he's crazy
Jesus and Beelzebub
The unforgivable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Ghost)
Jesus: Who is my mother?
4 The parable of the sower
The purpose of the parables (to confuse people)
Jesus explains the parable of the sower
Candles, secrets, haves, and have nots
More seeds
A mustard seed
Jesus calms a storm
5 Jesus casts out more devils (and drowns some pigs)
Jarius's daughter and a woman with an issue of blood
6 Jesus is rejected in his hometown
The mission of the apostles
It'll be worse than Sodom and Gommorah
They cast out many devils
Herod: Jesus is the risen John the Baptist
The imprisonment of John the Baptist
The death of John the Baptist
Jesus feeds five thousand men
Jesus walks on water
Jesus heals the sick in Gennesaret
7 The Pharisees criticize Jesus's disciples (for not washing their hands before eating)
Jesus criticizes the Pharisees (for not killing disobedient children)
Things that defile a person
Jesus removes a devil from a Canaanite woman's daughter (after calling her a dog)
Jesus heals a deaf man with a speech impediment (by putting his spit on the man's tongue)
8 Jesus feeds four thousand
The Pharisees ask Jesus for a sign
The yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
Jesus spits on a blind man's eyes (and he sees trees walking)
Who am I? (Don't tell anyone)
Jesus fortells his death and resurrection (and calls Peter "Satan")
9 The last generation
The Transfiguration
Jesus: John the Baptish is Elijah
A boy with a dumb and deaf spirit
Jesus fortells his death (again)
Who's the greatest?
Who's for Jesus?
Cut off your hand and pluck out your eye (if they offend you)
Everyone will be salted with fire (salt is good)
10 Divorce
Little children
The rich young man
Abandon your family for Jesus (and you'll get 100x more and live forever)
Jesus fortells his death (for the third time)
James and John ask Jesus for a favor (special seats in heaven)
Blind Bartimaeus
11 Jesus rides into Jerusalem
Jesus curses a fig tree
Jesus's temple tantrum
The cursed fig tree dies
Jesus stumps the chief priests and elders
12 A parable about a vineyard
Pay your taxes (and keep state and church separate)
There are no marriages in heaven
The great commandments
Jesus is not the son of David
Beware of scribes (they'll get the worst damnation)
The widow's mite
13 The end of the world
14 The plot to kill Jesus
Jesus gets his head anointed (the poor get nothing)
Judas betrays Jesus
The Last Supper
Peter's promise (and Jesus's prediction)
Jesus prays at Gethsemane (while the disciples sleep)
Jesus is arrested (and a young man runs away naked)
Jesus is taken to the high priest
Peter denies Jesus three times
15 Jesus is taken to Pontius Pilate
Jesus is questioned by Pilate
The people prefer Barabbas to Jesus
The soldiers make fun of Jesus
Jesus is crucified
Jesus dies
Jesus's burial
16 Jesus rises from the dead
The added verses