Mark

Book Information

Author

Mark

Year

Around 65-70 AD

Category

The Gospels

Summary

The Book of Mark is a dynamic account of Jesus' life, emphasizing His actions and miracles. It portrays Jesus as a servant and Son of God who came to serve and save humanity. Through vivid storytelling, it highlights His compassion, authority, and the challenges He faced. Readers learn about the importance of faith, humility, and the transformative power of Jesus' teachings. Mark encourages believers to embrace a life of service and discipleship, following Jesus' example of love and sacrifice.

Chapters

Mark 4 - The Parables of the Kingdom and Jesus Calms the Storm.

1. And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered to him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2. And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine, 3. Listen; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

Mark 6 - The Miracles, Teachings, and Rejection of Jesus in His Hometown.

1. And he went out from there, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 2. And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From where has this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are worked by his hands? 3. Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Mark 8 - Feeding of the Four Thousand and Peter's Confession of Christ

1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and says to them, 2. I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3. And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

Mark 9 - The Transfiguration, Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit, and Teachings on Discipleship and Humility

1. And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. ¶ 2. And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, and leads them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

Mark 11 - The Triumphal Entry, the Cleansing of the Temple, and the Withering of the Fig Tree.

1. And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, 2. And says to them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as you be entered into it, you shall find a colt tied, where on never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3. And if any man say to you, Why do you this? say you that the Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him here.

Mark 12 - The Parable of the Tenants, Paying Taxes to Caesar, and the Greatest Commandment

1. And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dig a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country. 2. And at the season he sent to the farmers a servant, that he might receive from the farmers of the fruit of the vineyard. 3. And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Mark 13 - Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple and His Return, Warning of Coming Tribulations.

1. And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! 2. And Jesus answering said to him, See you these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down. 3. And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

Mark 14 - The Anointing at Bethany, the Last Supper, and Jesus' Arrest and Trials.

1. After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. ¶ 3. And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.

Mark 15 - The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ.

1. And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2. And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said to them, You say it. 3. And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

Mark 16 - The Resurrection of Jesus and His Great Commission to the Disciples

1. And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. 3. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?