1. Cursing the fig tree (11:12–14)
2. Cleansing the temple (11:15–19)
C. Teaching in Public and in Private (11:20-13:37)
1. Publicly: in the temple (11:20—12:44)
a. Prelude: the lesson of the cursed fig tree (11:20-26)
b. Concerning His authority (11:27-33)
c. Concerning His rejection (12:1-12)
d. Concerning paying taxes (12:13-17)
e. Concerning the resurrection (12:18-27)
f. Concerning the greatest commandment (12:28-34)
g. Concerning the Messiah’s true sonship (12:35-37)
h. Concerning the scribes (12:38-40)
i. Concerning true giving (12:41-44)
2. Privately: on the Mount of Olives (13:1–37)
a. The disciples’ question about the end times (13:1)
b. The Lord’s answer (13:2-37)
D. Arrangements for Betrayal (14:1, 2, 10, 11)
E. Anointing, the Last Supper, Betrayal, Arrest, Trial [Jewish Phase] (14:3-9; 12-72)
1. The anointing: Bethany (14:3–9)
2. The Last Supper: Jerusalem (14:12–31)
3. The prayer: Gethsemane (14:32–42)
4. The betrayal: Gethsemane (14:43–52)
5. The Jewish trial: Caiaphas’ house (14:53–72)
F. Trial (Roman Phase), Crucifixion (15:1-41)
1. The Roman trial: Pilate’s Praetorium (15:1–15)
2. The crucifixion: Golgotha (15:16–41)
G. Burial in Joseph of Arimathea’s Tomb (15:42-47)
H. Resurrection (16:1-8)
I. Postscript (16:9-20)
The Gospel According to
MARK
Mark 1
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
(Matt. 3:1–12; Luke 3:1–20; John 1:19–28)
1The abeginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, bthe Son of God.
2As it is written in 1the Prophets:
c“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.”
3“Thed voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘ Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
4eJohn came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance 2for the remission of sins.
5fThen all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
6Now John was gclothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7And he preached, saying, h“There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
8i“I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you jwith the Holy Spirit.”
John Baptizes Jesus
(Matt. 3:13–17; Luke 3:21, 22; John 1:29–34)
9kIt came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10lAnd immediately, coming up 3from the water, He saw the heavens 4parting and the Spirit mdescending upon Him like a dove.
11Then a voice came from heaven, n“You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Satan Tempts Jesus
(Matt. 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13)
12oImmediately the Spirit 5drove Him into the wilderness.
13And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; pand the angels ministered to Him.
Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry
(Matt. 4:12–17; Luke 4:14, 15)
14qNow after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, rpreaching the gospel 6of the kingdom of God,
15and saying, s“The time is fulfilled, and tthe kingdom of God 7is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Four Fishermen Called as Disciples
(Matt. 4:18–22; Luke 5:1–11)
16uAnd as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
17Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become vfishers of men.”
18wThey immediately left their nets and followed Him.
19When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.
20And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.
Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Spirit
(Luke 4:31–37)
21xThen they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the ysynagogue and taught.
22zAnd they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
23Now there was a man in their synagogue with an aunclean spirit. And he cried out,
24saying, “Let us alone! bWhat have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I cknow who You are—the dHoly One of God!”
25But Jesus erebuked him, saying, 8“Be quiet, and come out of him!”
26And when the unclean spirit fhad convulsed him and cried out with a loud voice, he came out of him.
27Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, 9“What is this? What new 10doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”
28And immediately His gfame spread throughout all the region around Galilee. The Miracles of Jesus
Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed
(Matt. 8:14, 15; Luke 4:38, 39)
29hNow as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.
31So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her. And she served them.
Many Healed After Sabbath Sunset
(Matt. 8:16, 17; Luke 4:40, 41)
32iAt evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.
33And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
34Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and jcast out many demons; and He kdid not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
Preaching in Galilee
(Matt. 4:23–25; Luke 4:42–44)
35Now lin the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a 11solitary place; and there He mprayed.
36And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.
37When they found Him, they said to Him, n“Everyone ois looking for You.”
38But He said to them, p“Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because qfor this purpose I have come forth.”
39rAnd He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and scasting out demons.
Jesus Cleanses a Leper
(Matt. 8:1–4; Luke 5:12–16)
40tNow a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
41Then Jesus, moved with ucompassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
42As soon as He had spoken, vimmediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.
43And He strictly warned him and sent him away at once,
44and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things wwhich Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
45xHowever, he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city, but was outside in deserted places; yand they came to Him from every direction. The Plan of Herod’s Temple
Mark 2
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sp; Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic
(Matt. 9:2–8; Luke 5:17–26)
1And again aHe entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.
21Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
3Then they came to Him, bringing a bparalytic who was carried by four men.
4And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
6And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
7“Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? cWho can forgive sins but God alone?”
8But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
9d“Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?
10“But that you may know that the Son of Man has 2power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic,
11“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
12Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and eglorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Matthew the Tax Collector
(Matt. 9:9–13; Luke 5:27–32)
13fThen He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.
14gAs He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, h“Follow Me.” So he arose and ifollowed Him.
15jNow it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.
16And when the scribes 3and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
17When Jesus heard it, He said to them, k“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, 4to repentance.”
Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting
(Matt. 9:14–17; Luke 5:33–39)
18lThe disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
19And Jesus said to them, “Can the 5friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
20“But the days will come when the bridegroom will be mtaken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.
21“No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.
22“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
(Matt. 12:1–8; Luke 6:1–5)
23nNow it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began oto pluck the heads of grain.
24And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is pnot lawful on the Sabbath?”
25But He said to them, “Have you never read qwhat David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him:
26“how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, rwhich is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”
27And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sSabbath.
28“Therefore tthe Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
Mark 3
Healing on the Sabbath
(Matt. 12:9–14; Luke 6:6–11)
1And aHe entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.
2So they bwatched Him closely, whether He would cheal him on the Sabbath, so that they might 1accuse Him.
3And He said to the man who had the withered hand, 2“Step forward.”
4Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
5And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the dhardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored 3as whole as the other.
6eThen the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with fthe Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
A Great Multitude Follows Jesus
(Matt. 12:15–21)
7But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, gand from Judea
8and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how hmany things He was doing, came to Him.
9So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him.
10For He healed imany, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to jtouch Him.
11kAnd the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, l“You are the Son of God.”
12But mHe sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.
The Twelve Apostles
(Matt. 10:1–4; Luke 6:12–16)
13nAnd He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him.
14Then He appointed twelve, 4that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,
15and to have 5power 6to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
167Simon, oto whom He gave the name Peter;
17James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”;
18Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.
A House Divided Cannot Stand
(Matt. 12:22–30; Luke 11:14–23)
20Then the multitude came together again, pso that they could not so much as eat bread.
21But when His qown people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, rfor they said, “He is out of His mind.”
22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, s“He has Beelzebub,” and, “By the truler of the demons He casts out demons.”
23uSo He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
24“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25“And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26“And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
27v“No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.
The Unpardonable Sin
(Matt. 12:31, 32; Luke 12:10)
28w“Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter;
29“but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”—
30because they xsaid, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers Send for Him
(Matt. 12:46–50; Luke 8:19–21)
31yTh
en His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him.
32And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers 8are outside seeking You.”
33But He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?”
34And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
35“For whoever does the zwill of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
Mark 4
The Parable of the Sower
(Matt. 13:1–9; Luke 8:4–8)
1And aagain He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.
2Then He taught them many things by parables, band said to them in His teaching:
3“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4“And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds 1of the air came and devoured it.
5“Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.
6“But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
7“And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no 2crop.
8“But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
9And He said 3to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
The Purpose of Parables
(Matt. 13:10–17; Luke 8:9, 10)
10cBut when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
11And He said to them, “To you it has been given to dknow the 4mystery of the kingdom of God; but to ethose who are outside, all things come in parables,
12“so that
f‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”
The Parable of the Sower Explained
(Matt. 13:18–23; Luke 8:11–15)
13And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
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