Mark

Gospel · New Testament · Traditionally John Mark · circa 65-75 CE

The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the canonical Gospels, focusing on the active ministry, suffering, and resurrection of Jesus. It depicts Jesus as the authoritative Son of God whose identity is often misunderstood or hidden. The narrative moves swiftly toward Jesus's crucifixion in Jerusalem, emphasizing the cost of true discipleship.

16 chapters

• 1Mark 1study pageJohn the Baptist prepares the way, Jesus is baptized, begins preaching, calls his first disciples, and performs numerous healings in Galilee.
• 2Mark 2study pageJesus forgives and heals a paralytic, calls Levi, eats with sinners, and debates Sabbath regulations with the Pharisees.
• 3Mark 3study pageJesus heals on the Sabbath, appoints the twelve apostles, refutes accusations of demonic empowerment, and redefines his spiritual family.
• 4Mark 4study pageJesus teaches the crowds using parables, including the sower and mustard seed, and later calms a fierce storm at sea.
• 5Mark 5study pageJesus casts out a legion of demons into swine, heals a chronically bleeding woman, and raises Jairus’s daughter from death.
• 6Mark 6study pageJesus sends out the Twelve, Herod executes John the Baptist, Jesus feeds five thousand, walks on water, and heals many.
• 7Mark 7study pageJesus debates ritual purity, heals a Syrophoenician woman’s daughter, and cures a deaf man with a speech impediment.
• 8Mark 8study pageJesus feeds four thousand, heals a blind man, Peter confesses Jesus as Christ, and Jesus predicts his death and resurrection.
• 9Mark 9study pageJesus is transfigured, heals a possessed boy, predicts his death, and teaches disciples about humility and avoiding temptation.
• 10Mark 10study pageJesus teaches on divorce, wealth, and servanthood, predicts his death a third time, and heals blind Bartimaeus.
• 11Mark 11study pageJesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, clears the temple, curses a fig tree, and answers challenges to his authority.
• 12Mark 12study pageJesus teaches using parables, debates religious leaders over taxes, resurrection, and commandments, and commends a poor widow's offering.
• 13Mark 13study pageJesus foretells the destruction of the temple, warns his disciples of future persecution, and describes his second coming.
• 14Mark 14study pageJesus shares the Last Supper, prays in Gethsemane, is betrayed and arrested, and Peter denies knowing him.
• 15Mark 15study pageJesus is tried by Pilate, mocked, crucified, dies on the cross, and is buried in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea.
• 16Mark 16study pageWomen find Jesus' tomb empty, and the risen Christ later appears to his disciples, commissions them, and ascends to heaven.