Table of Contents
Preface xi
Introduction The Book of Mark xiii
Chapter 1 1
Mark 1:1 "The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God."
Mark 1:2-8 John of the Desert
Mark 1:9-11 The Baptism of Jesus
Mark 1:12-13 The Temptation of Jesus
Mark 1:14-15 Jesus' Message
Mark 1:16-20 Calling the First Disciples
Chapter 2 12
Mark 2:1-12 Jesus Heals the Paralytic in Capernaum
Mark 2:13-17 The Call of Levi/Eating with Tax Collectors
Mark 2:18-28 Controversy over the Old and the New
Chapter 3 21
Mark 3:1-6 Healing the Man with a Withered Hand
Mark 3:7-12 The Crowds and the Demons
Mark 3:13-19a Choosing the Twelve
Mark 3:19b-27 Jesus and Beelzebul: The Devil Made Him Do It
Mark 3:28-35 The Unpardonable Sin/Jesus' Real Family
Chapter 4 32
Mark 4:1-34 Parables of the Kingdom
Mark 4:35-41 Jesus Quiets the Storm
Chapter 5 37
Mark 5:1-20 The Gerasene Demoniac
Mark 5:21-43 The Miracle on the Way to a Miracle: The Healing of Jairus' Daughter and the Woman with a Hemorrhage
Chapter 6 43
Mark 6:1-6 Jesus Rejected in His Home Town
Mark 6:7-13 The Mission of the Disciples
Mark 6:14-29 The Death of John the Baptist
Mark 6:30-44 Feeding the Five Thousand
Mark 6:45-52 Jesus Walks on the Sea
Mark 6:53-56 A Sweeping Conclusion
Chapter 7 58
Mark 7:1-23 Keeping the Rules and Keeping the Faith
Mark 7:24-37 The Syrophoenician Woman/The Deaf Mute of Decapolis
Chapter 8 65
Mark 8:1-21 More Food and More Questions: Feeding the Four Thousand and the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
Mark 8:22-26 Double Vision: The Blind Man of Bethsaida
Mark 8:27-9:1 The Really Big Show: Peters Confession/The Way of Discipleship
Chapter 9 73
Mark 9:2-13 The Transfiguration and the Question about Elijah
Mark 9:14-29 The Boy Who Could Not Be Healed by the Disciples
Mark 9:30-50 The Second Prediction of the Passion/The Cost of Discipleship
Chapter 10 84
Mark 10:1-12 Jesus Said What? Teaching about Marriage and Divorce
Mark 10:13-45 Acting like Children or Acting Childishly? Receiving the Kingdom as Children/The Rich Man/James and John's Request
Mark 10:46-52 Who Is Really Blind? The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus
Chapter 11 94
Mark 11:1-11 The Beginning of the End: The Entry into Jerusalem
Mark 11:12-26 Cursing and Cleansing: Cursing the Fig Tree and Cleansing the Temple
Mark 11:28-33 The Question about Authority
Chapter 12 102
Mark 12:1-12 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Mark 12:13-17 Paying Taxes to Caesar
Mark 12:18-27 The Sadducees and the Resurrection
Mark 12:28-37 More Questions: What Is the Greatest Commandment and Who Is the Christ?
Mark 12:38-44 The Widows Offering
Chapter 13 112
Mark 13:1-37 The Sky Is Falling: The End Times
Chapter 14 116
Mark 14:1-11 Jesus' Anointing
Mark 14:12-25 The Last Supper
Mark 14:27-42 Jesus Tells Peter of His Denial/The Garden Scene
Mark 14:43-52 The Arrest
Mark 14:53-72 The Trial and the Denial
Chapter 15 129
Mark 15:1-20 Jesus Before Pilate and the Abuse by the Soldiers
Mark 15: 21-41 The Crucifixion
Mark 15:42-47 The Burial
Chapter 16 139
Mark 16:1-8 The Empty Tomb
Questions for Reflection and/or Discussion by Gail Spach 143
Bibliography 155
