CONTENTS

Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations

Mark

Introduction

I. PROLOGUE (1:1–13)

A. The Heading (1:1–3)

B. John Prepares the Way (1:4–8)

C. The Baptism of Jesus (1:9–11)

D. The Temptation of Jesus (1:12–13)

II. THE EARLY GALILEAN MINISTRY (1:14–3:6)

A. The Gospel Proclaimed (1:14–15)

B. Authority in Calling the First Disciples (1:16–20)

C. Authority in Exorcisms and Healings (1:21–45)

1. Driving Out an Evil Spirit (1:21–28)

2. Healing Simon Peter’s Mother-in-law (1:29–31)

3. Healing Many People (1:32–34)

4. Leaving Capernaum (1:35–39)

5. Healing a Leper (1:40–45)

D. Conflict with the Religious Leaders (2:1–3:6)

1. Healing a Paralytic (2:1–12)

2. Eating with Sinners (2:13–17)

3. A Question about Fasting (2:18–22)

4. The Lord of the Sabbath (2:23–3:6)

a. Picking grain on the Sabbath (2:23–28)

b. Healing on the Sabbath (3:1–6)

III. THE LATER GALILEAN MINISTRY (3:7–6:6a)

A. Withdrawal to the Lake (3:7–12)

B. Selection of the Twelve (3:13–19)

C. Jesus, His Family, and the Beelzebul Controversy (3:20–35)

1. Charged with Insanity (3:20–21)

2. Charged with Demon-Possession (3:22–30)

3. Jesus’ True Family (3:31–35)

D. Parables about the Kingdom of God (4:1–34)

1. Parable of the Sower (4:1–9)

2. Secret of the Kingdom of God (4:10–12)

3. Interpretation of the Parable of the Sower (4:13–20)

4. Parables of the Lamp and the Measure (4:21–25)

5. Parable of the Secretly Growing Seed (4:26–29)

6. Parable of the Mustard Seed (4:30–32)

7. Summary Statement on Parables (4:33–34)

E. Triumph over Hostile Powers (4:35–5:43)

1. Calming the Storm (4:35–41)

2. Healing the Demon-Possessed Man (5:1–20)

3. Healing a Sick Woman and Raising Jairus’s Daughter (5:21–43)

F. Rejection at Nazareth (6:1–6a)

IV. WITHDRAWAL FROM GALILEE (6:6b–8:30)

A. Sending Out the Twelve (6:6b–13)

B. Death of John the Baptist (6:14–29)

C. Feeding of the Five Thousand (6:30–44)

D. Walking on the Water (6:45–52)

E. Healings near Gennesaret (6:53–56)

F. Commands of God and Human Traditions (7:1–13)

G. True Defilement (7:14–23)

H. The Faith of the Syrophoenician Woman (7:24–30)

I. Healing a Deaf and Mute Man (7:31–37)

J. Feeding the Four Thousand (8:1–10)

K. Requesting a Sign from Heaven (8:11–13)

L. The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod (8:14–21)

M. Healing a Blind Man at Bethsaida (8:22–26)

N. Recognizing Jesus as Messiah (8:27–30)

V. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (8:31–10:52)

A. First Prediction of the Passion (8:31–33)

B. Requirements of Discipleship (8:34–9:1)

C. The Transfiguration (9:2–8)

D. The Coming of Elijah (9:9–13)

E. Healing a Boy with an Evil Spirit (9:14–29)

F. Second Prediction of the Passion (9:30–32)

G. A Question about Greatness (9:33–37)

H. Driving Out Demons in Jesus’ Name (9:38–41)

I. Demanding Requirements of Discipleship (9:42–50)

J. Teaching on Divorce (10:1–12)

K. Blessing the Children (10:13–16)

L. Riches and the Kingdom of God (10:17–31)

M. Third Prediction of the Passion (10:32–34)

N. The Request of James and John (10:35–45)

O. Restoring Blind Bartimaeus’s Sight (10:46–52)

VI. THE JERUSALEM MINISTRY (11:1–13:37)

A. The Triumphal Entry (11:1–11)

B. The Unfruitful Fig Tree (11:12–14)

C. The Cleansing of the Temple (11:15–19)

D. The Withered Fig Tree and Sayings on Faith and Prayer (11:20–25[26])

E. The Question about Jesus’ Authority (11:27–33)

F. The Parable of the Tenants (12:1–12)

G. The Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar (12:13–17)

H. The Question of Marriage at the Resurrection (12:18–27)

I. The Question concerning the Great Commandment (12:28–34)

J. The Question about David’s Son (12:35–37)

K. The Warning about the Teachers of the Law (12:38–40)

L. The Widow’s Offering (12:41–44)

M. The Olivet Discourse (13:1–37)

1. Prophecy of the Destruction of the Temple (13:1–2)

2. The Disciples’ Twofold Question (13:3–4)

3. Warnings against Deceivers and False Signs of the End (13:5–8)

4. Warnings of Persecution and Strife and a Call to Steadfastness (13:9–13)

5. The Abomination that Causes Desolation, and the Necessity of Flight (13:14–23)

6. The Coming of the Son of Man (13:24–27)

7. The Lesson of the Fig Tree (13:28–31)

8. The Necessity of Watchfulness (13:32–37)

VII. THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION NARRATIVE (14:1–16:8[9–20])

A. The Plot to Arrest Jesus (14:1–2)

B. The Anointing at Bethany (14:3–9)

C. The Betrayal by Judas (14:10–11)

D. The Last Supper (14:12–26)

1. Preparation of the Meal (14:12–16)

2. Announcement of the Betrayal (14:17–21)

3. Institution of the Lord’s Supper (14:22–26)

E. The Prediction of Peter’s Denial (14:27–31)

F. The Agony of Gethsemane (14:32–42)

G. The Betrayal and Arrest (14:43–52)

H. Jesus before the Sanhedrin (14:53–65)

I. Peter’s Denial of Jesus (14:66–72)

J. The Trial before Pilate (15:1–15)

K. The Mocking of Jesus (15:16–20)

L. The Crucifixion (15:21–32)

M. The Death of Jesus (15:33–41)

N. The Burial of Jesus (15:42–47)

O. The Resurrection Announced (16:1–8)

APPENDIX: THE LONGER ENDING (16:9–20)