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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

Translations

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Copyright ? 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

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Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version by the American Bible Society,

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