Mark

Mark opens with John the Baptist preparing the way, Jesus' baptism, and His temptation in the wilderness. Jesus begins His ministry in Galilee, calling His first disciples and demonstrating authority over sickness and demons with rapid-fire miracles.

Jesus heals a paralytic lowered through a roof, demonstrating His authority to forgive sins. He calls Levi the tax collector, defends eating with sinners, and asserts His lordship over the Sabbath. He teaches that new wine requires new wineskins.

Jesus heals on the Sabbath and appoints the twelve apostles. The religious leaders accuse Him of being possessed by Beelzebul, and He warns about blaspheming the Holy Spirit. He redefines family as those who do God's will.

Jesus teaches in parables: the sower, the lamp under a basket, the growing seed, and the mustard seed. He calms a violent storm on the Sea of Galilee, prompting the disciples to ask who this man is that even wind and waves obey Him.

Jesus casts out a legion of demons into pigs, heals a woman who touched His garment after twelve years of bleeding, and raises Jairus' daughter from death. Each miracle demonstrates His authority over the spiritual, physical, and mortal realms.

Jesus is rejected in His hometown of Nazareth. He sends the Twelve out in pairs and John the Baptist is beheaded by Herod. Jesus feeds five thousand with five loaves and two fish, then walks on water to reach His disciples' boat in a storm.

Jesus confronts the Pharisees about their tradition-based religion, declaring all foods clean and teaching that defilement comes from within the heart. He heals a Syrophoenician woman's daughter and a deaf man, showing His compassion crosses all boundaries.

After feeding four thousand, Jesus heals a blind man at Bethsaida. Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ, but Jesus begins revealing His coming suffering and death. He teaches that following Him means denying yourself and taking up your cross.

Jesus is transfigured before Peter, James, and John, and heals a boy with an unclean spirit that the disciples could not cast out. He teaches about servanthood, warning that whoever wants to be first must be last and servant of all.

Jesus teaches about divorce, blesses little children, and encounters the rich young man who goes away sad. He declares that with God all things are possible and predicts His death a third time. James and John seek glory, but Jesus teaches that the Son of Man came to serve and give His life as a ransom.

Jesus enters Jerusalem on a colt to shouts of Hosanna, cleanses the temple of merchants, and curses a barren fig tree. He teaches the disciples about the power of prayer with faith, promising that whoever believes and does not doubt can move mountains.

Jesus tells the parable of the wicked tenants and answers questions about taxes, the resurrection, and the greatest commandment. He warns against the scribes' hypocrisy and commends the poor widow who gives two small coins—her whole livelihood—as the greatest offering.

Jesus delivers His prophetic discourse on the Mount of Olives, warning of the destruction of the temple, false messiahs, tribulation, and the coming of the Son of Man in glory. He urges His followers to stay alert because no one knows the day or hour.

A woman anoints Jesus with costly perfume at Bethany. Judas agrees to betray Him. Jesus shares the Last Supper, institutes the new covenant, and prays in Gethsemane. He is arrested, tried before the Sanhedrin, and Peter denies Him three times.

Jesus is tried before Pilate, who releases Barabbas instead. Soldiers mock Jesus with a purple robe and crown of thorns, then crucify Him. Darkness covers the land, Jesus cries out and breathes His last, the temple curtain tears, and a centurion declares He was truly the Son of God.

Women come to the tomb at sunrise and find the stone rolled away and a young man in white who announces Jesus has risen. Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene, to two disciples on the road, and to the Eleven. He commissions them to go into all the world and preach the gospel.