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Gospel of Mark

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Table of Contents

Bible Translations and Abbreviations.................................................................5 Translations..............................................................................................5 Abbreviations for books of the bible................................................................6

Outline......................................................................................................7

Foreword.................................................................................................11

Authorship................................................................................................12

Chapter 1.................................................................................................13 Ministry of John the Baptist.........................................................................13 Baptism and Temptation of Jesus...................................................................15 Preaching in Galilee and the Call of the Disciples...............................................16 Jesus' Authority........................................................................................18 Healings at Simon's House...........................................................................19 Praying and Preaching................................................................................20 Cleansing a Leper.....................................................................................21

Chapter 2.................................................................................................24 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic...................................................................24 The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners..............................................................26 The Superiority of the New..........................................................................27 Lord of the Sabbath...................................................................................28

Chapter 3.................................................................................................30 Healing a Withered Hand............................................................................30 Crowds by the Sea....................................................................................31 Appointing the Twelve Apostles.....................................................................32 Jesus and Beelzebul..................................................................................35 Jesus' True Family.....................................................................................36

Chapter 4.................................................................................................38 The Parable of the Sower ...........................................................................38 The Purpose of Parables.............................................................................39 The Parable of the Lamp.............................................................................40 The Parable of the Growing Seed...................................................................41 The Parable of the Mustard Seed...................................................................42 The Use of Parables...................................................................................42 Stilling of a Storm.....................................................................................43

Chapter 5.................................................................................................45 Healing of a Demoniac...............................................................................45 Restoration and Healing..............................................................................48

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Chapter 6.................................................................................................55

Rejection at Nazareth ...............................................................................55 Sending Out the Twelve Apostles ..................................................................56 The Death of John the Baptist......................................................................57 The Feeding of the Five Thousand.................................................................60 Walking on Water.....................................................................................63 Healing the Sick.......................................................................................64

Chapter 7.................................................................................................66

Breaking Human Traditions..........................................................................66 A Syrophoenician Woman's Faith....................................................................71 Healing a Deaf Mute..................................................................................75

Chapter 8.................................................................................................77

The Feeding of the Four Thousand.................................................................77 The Demand for a Sign...............................................................................78 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod.............................................................79 A Two-stage Healing..................................................................................82 Peter's Confession.....................................................................................83 First Prediction of Jesus' Death and Resurrection................................................84 Following Jesus........................................................................................85

Chapter 9.................................................................................................87

The Transfiguration...................................................................................87 The Disciples' Failure to Heal.......................................................................89 Second Prediction of Jesus' Death and Resurrection............................................91 Questions About the Greatest.......................................................................92 On Jesus' Side..........................................................................................93

Chapter 10...............................................................................................96

Divorce..................................................................................................96 Jesus and Little Children............................................................................98 The Rich Man..........................................................................................99 Third Prediction of Jesus' Death and Resurrection.............................................103 The Request of James and John...................................................................104 Healing Blind Bartimaeus...........................................................................106

Chapter 11..............................................................................................108

The Triumphal Entry.................................................................................108 Cursing of the Fig Tree..............................................................................110 Cleansing the Temple...............................................................................112 The Withered Fig Tree..............................................................................113 The Authority of Jesus..............................................................................115

Chapter 12..............................................................................................118

The Parable of the Tenants.........................................................................118

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Paying Taxes to Caesar..............................................................................120 Marriage and the Resurrection....................................................................122 The Greatest Commandment......................................................................123 The Messiah: David's Son and Lord................................................................125 Warnings About Experts in the Law...............................................................126 The Widow's Offering...............................................................................127

Chapter 13..............................................................................................129

The Destruction of the Temple....................................................................129 Signs of the End of the Age........................................................................129 Persecution of Disciples............................................................................131 The Abomination of Desolation....................................................................133 The Arrival of the Son of Man......................................................................136 The Parable of the Fig Tree........................................................................136 Be Ready!.............................................................................................137

Chapter 14..............................................................................................139

The Plot Against Jesus..............................................................................139 Jesus' Anointing......................................................................................139 The Plan to Betray Jesus...........................................................................141 The Passover..........................................................................................142 The Lord's Supper....................................................................................143 The Prediction of Peter's Denial...................................................................145 Gethsemane..........................................................................................146 Betrayal and Arrest..................................................................................148 Condemned by the Sanhedrin......................................................................150 Peter's Denials........................................................................................153

Chapter 15..............................................................................................155

Jesus Brought Before Pilate........................................................................155 Jesus and Barabbas..................................................................................156 Jesus is Mocked......................................................................................158 The Crucifixion.......................................................................................158 Jesus' Death..........................................................................................160 Jesus' Burial..........................................................................................162

Chapter 16..............................................................................................164

The Resurrection.....................................................................................164 The Longer Ending of Mark.........................................................................166

Scripture Index........................................................................................171

Notes.....................................................................................................173

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Bible Translations and Abbreviations

Bible Translations and Abbreviations

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Contemporary English Version Scripture marked CEV. Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version by the American Bible Society, . From e- software.

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