The second book of the English Bible that most of us read from is the Gospel of Mark. Mark is the second of the four gospel writings, yet there is only one gospel about Jesus Christ and there are four different writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The word "Gospel" means "good news", and the good news is about Jesus Christ dying on the cross and then 3 days later conquering death and rising from the dead, offering salvation to all mankind, this is the Gospel.



The Book of Mark is the shortest of the 4 Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus Christ. and he seems to write his account of the Gospel of Christ with a sense of urgency. He mentions the word "immediately" 27 times. In Mark many times Jesus exercises actions rather than words, which would impress his Roman readers who the Book seems to be addressing. He portrays Jesus as a man of power and miracles, who could set aside the laws of nature at will. Yet this powerful Son of God was the suffering servant who would give up His life as a ransom for all mankind (Mark 10:45). The clear purpose of mark was to encourage those suffering persecution that their master suffered first, and He suffered for them. 

 1:1-1:8     The Proclamation of John the Baptist
 1:9-1:11    The Baptism of Jesus
 1:12-1:13   The Temptation of Jesus
 1:14-1:15   The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry
 1:16-1:20   Jesus Calls the First Disciples
 1:21-1:28   The Man with an Unclean Spirit
 1:29-1:34   Jesus Heals Many at Simon's House
 1:35-1:39   A Preaching Tour in Galilee
 1:40-1:45   Jesus Cleanses a Leper

 2:1-2:12    Jesus Heals a Paralytic
 2:13-2:17   Jesus Calls Levi
 2:18-2:22   The Question about Fasting
 2:23-2:28   Pronouncement about the Sabbath

 3:1-3:6     The Man with a Withered Hand
 3:7-3:12    A Multitude at the Seaside
 3:13-3:19   Jesus Appoints the Twelve
 3:30-3:30   Jesus and Beelzebul
 3:31-3:35   The True Kindred of Jesus

 4:1-4:9     The Parable of the Sower
 4:10-4:20   The Purpose of the Parables
 4:21-4:25   A Lamp under a Bushel Basket
 4:26-4:29   The Parable of the Growing Seed
 4:30-4:32   The Parable of the Mustard Seed
 4:33-4:34   The Use of Parables
 4:35-4:41   Jesus Stills a Storm

 5:1-5:20    Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
 5:21-5:43   A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed

 6:1-6:6     The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
 6:7-6:13    The Mission of the Twelve
 6:14-6:29   The Death of John the Baptist
 6:30-6:44   Feeding the Five Thousand
 6:45-6:52   Jesus Walks on the Water
 6:53-6:56   Healing the Sick in Gennesaret

 7:1-7:23    The Tradition of the Elders
 7:24-7:30   The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith
 7:31-7:37   Jesus Cures a Deaf Man

 8:1-8:10    Feeding the Four Thousand
 8:11-8:13   The Demand for a Sign
 8:14-8:21   The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod
 8:22-8:26   Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida
 8:27-8:30   Peter's Declaration about Jesus
 8:31-8:38   Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection

 9:1-9:8     The Transfiguration
 9:9-9:13    The Coming of Elijah
 9:14-9:29   The healing of a Boy with a Spirit
 9:30-9:32   Jesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection
 9:33-9:37   Who Is The Greatest?
 9:38-9:41   Another Exorcist
 9:42-9:50   Temptation to Sin

10:1-10:12   Teaching about Divorce
10:13-10:16  Jesus Blesses Little Children
10:17-10:31  The Rich Man
10:32-10:34  A Third Time Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
10:35-10:45  The Request of James and John
10:46-10:52  The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

11:1-11:11   Jesus' Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem
11:12-11:14  Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
11:15-11:19  Jesus Cleanses the Temple
11:20-11:26  The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree
11:27-11:33  Jesus' Authority Is Questioned

12:1-12:12   The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
12:13-12:17  The Question about Paying Taxes
12:18-12:27  The Question about the Resurrection
12:28-12:34  The First Commandment
12:35-12:37  The Question about David's Son
12:38-12:40  Jesus Denounces the Scribes
12:41-12:44  The Widow's Offering

13:1-13:8    The Destruction of the Temple Foretold
13:9-13:13   Persecution Foretold
13:14-13:23  The Desolating Sacrilege
13:24-13:27  The Coming of the Son of Man
13:28-13:31  The Lesson of the Fig Tree
13:32-13:37  The Necessity for Watchfulness

14:1-14:2    The Plot to Kill Jesus
14:3-14:9    The Anointing at Bethany
14:10-14:11  Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
14:12-14:21  The Passover with the Disciples
14:22-14:25  The Institution of the Lord's Supper
14:26-14:31  Peter's Denial Foretold
14:32-14:42  Jesus Prays in Gethsemene
14:43-14:52  The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
14:53-14:65  Jesus before the Council
14:66-14:72  Peter Denies Jesus

15:1-15:5    Jesus before Pilate
15:6-15:15   Pilate Hands Jesus over to Be Crucified
15:16-15:20  The Soldiers Mock Jesus
15:21-15:32  The Crucifixion of Jesus
15:33-15:41  The Death of Jesus
15:42-15:47  The Burial of Jesus

16:1-16:8    The Resurrection of Jesus
16:9-16:11   Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
16:12-16:13  Jesus Appears to Two Disciples
16:14-16:18  Jesus Commissions the Disciples
16:19-16:20  The Ascension of Jesus