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By Given O. Blakely Updated 12/28/2003
  1. MARK 1:1 -- THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL
  2. MARK 1:2-3 -- I SEND MY MESSENGER
  3. MARK 1:4-6 -- JOHN THE BAPTIST, #1
  4. MARK 1:7-8 -- JOHN THE BAPTIST'S MINISTRY
  5. MARK 1:8 -- JESUS WILL BAPTIZE
  6. MARK 1:9-11 -- THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
  7. MARK 1:12-13 -- THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS
  8. MARK 1:14-15 -- JESUS BEGINS TO PREACH
  9. MARK 1:16-18 -- JESUS CALLS SIMON AND ANDREW
  10. MARK 1:19-20 -- JESUS CALLS JAMES AND JOHN
  11. MARK 1:21-22 -- TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUE
  12. MARK 1:23-24 -- ENCOUNTERING AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT
  13. MARK 1:25-28 -- THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT LEAVES
  14. MARK 1:29-31 -- PETER'S MOTHER-IN0LAW HEALED
  15. MARK 1:32-34 -- THE DISEASED AND OPPRESSED
  16. MARK 1:35-39 -- THE DISEASED AND OPPRESSED, #2
  17. MARK 1:40-42 -- JESUS HEALS A LEPER, #1
  18. MARK 1:43-45 -- JESUS HEALS A LEPER, #2
  19. MARK 2:1-5 -- THE MAN WITH PALSY, #1
  20. MARK 2:6-9 -- THE MAN WITH PALSY, #2
  21. MARK 2:10-12 -- THE MAN WITH PALSY, #3
  22. MARK 2:13-15 -- THE CALLING OF MATTHEW
  23. MARK 2:16-17 -- CRITICS OF JESUS
  24. MARK 2:18-20 -- A QUESTION ABOUT FASTING
  25. MARK 2:21-22 -- THE NEW AND THE OLD CANNOT MINGLE
  26. MARK 2:23-26 -- PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH
  27. MARK 2:27-28 -- ABOUT THE SABBATH DAY
  28. MARK 3:1-5 -- THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND
  29. MARK 3:6-8 -- VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED, YET POPULAR
  30. MARK 3:9-12 -- PRESSED BY THE CROWDS
  31. MARK 3:13-19 -- JESUS CHOOSES THE TWELVE
  32. MARK 3:20-22 -- A VARIETY OF EXTREME RESPONSES
  33. MARK 3:23-27 -- ABOUT DEALING WITH SATAN
  34. MARK 3:28-30 -- THE UNFORGIVEABLE SIN
  35. MARK 3:31-35 -- JESUS' BROTHERS AND MOTHER CALL
  36. MARK 4:1-9 -- JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES
  37. MARK 4:10-13 -- THE PRIVILEGE OF UNDERSTANDING
  38. MARK 4:14-15 -- SEED SOWN BY THE WAYSIDE
  39. MARK 4:16-17 -- SEED SOWN ON THE STONY GROUND
  40. MARK 4:18-19 -- SEED SOWN AMONG THORNS
  41. MARK 4:20 -- THE GOOD GROUND
  42. MARK 4:21-23 -- CANDLES AND EARS
  43. MARK 4:24-25 -- TAKE HEED WHAT YOU HEAR
  44. MARK 4:26-29 -- SO IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD
  45. MARK 4:30-32 -- IT IS LIKE A GRAIN OF  MUSTARD SEED
  46. MARK 4:33-34 -- PARABLES VERSUS EXPOSITION
  47. MARK 4:35-41 -- GOING TO ANOTHER PLACE FOR ANOTHER WORK
  48. MARK 5:1-5 -- THE GADARENE DEMONIAC, #1
  49. MARK 5:6-9 -- THE GADARENE DEMONIAC, #2
  50. MARK 5:10-13 -- THE GADARENE DEMONIAC, #3
  51. MARK 5:14-17 -- THE GADARENE DEMONIAC, #4
  52. MARK 5:18-20 -- THE GADARENE DEMONIAC, #5
  53. MARK 5:21-24 -- JAIRUS AND HIS DAUGHTER, #1
  54. MARK 5:25-29 -- JAIRUS AND HIS DAUGHTER, #2, WOMAN WITH ISSUE, #1
  55. MARK 5:30-34 -- JAIRUS AND HIS DAUGHTER, #3, WOMAN WITH ISSUE, #2
  56. MARK 5:35-37 -- JAIRUS AND HIS DAUGHTER, #4, JAIRUS TESTED, SOME PRIVILEGED
  57. MARK 5:38-40 -- JAIRUS AND HIS DAUGHTER, #5, JESUS FACES THE UNBELIEVING CROWD
  58. MARK 5:41-43 -- JAIRUS AND HIS DAUGHTER, #6, THE COMMANDMENT TO LIVE
  59. MARK 6:1-3 -- JESUS CONFRONTS UNBELIEF
  60. MARK 6:4-6 -- WHERE JESUS CANNOT WORK
  61. MARK 6:7-10 -- JESUS SENDS OUT THE TWELVE
  62. MARK 6:11-13 -- FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
  63. MARK 6:14-16 -- HEROD HEARS ABOUT JESUS
  64. MARK 6:17-20 -- WHEN HEROD ARRESTED JOHN
  65. MARK 6:21-23 -- WHEN A DANCE PROVOKED RASHNESS
  66. MARK 6:24-28 -- JOHN THE BAPTIST IS BEHEADED
  67. MARK 6:29-32 -- FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF JOHN
  68. MARK 6:33-36 -- JESUS LEAVES, THE PEOPLE FOLLOW
  69. MARK 6:37-40 -- JESUS FEEDS THE FIVE THOUSAND, #1
  70. MARK 6:41-44 -- JESUS FEEDS THE FIVE THOUSAND, #2
  71. MARK 6:45-48 -- JESUS CALMS THE STORM, #1
  72. MARK 6:49-52 -- JESUS CALMS THE STORM, #2
  73. MARK 6:53-56 -- THE MULTITUDES COME TO JESUS
  74. MARK 7:1-4 -- THE DISCIPLES ARE OBSERVED
  75. MARK 7:5-8 -- QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME
  76. MARK 7:9-13 -- ELABORATING ON TRADITION
  77. MARK 7:14-16 -- WHAT DEFILES A MAN, #1
  78. MARK 7:17-19 -- WHAT DEFILES A MAN, #2
  79. MARK 7:20-23 -- WHAT DEFILES A MAN, #3
  80. MARK 7:24-26 -- THE SYROPHENECIAN WOMAN, #1
  81. MARK 7:27-30 -- THE SYROPHENECIAN WOMAN, #2
  82. MARK 7:31-34-- THE DEAF MAN WITH AN IMPEDIMENT, #1
  83. MARK 7:35-37-- THE DEAF MAN WITH AN IMPEDIMENT, #2
  84. MARK 8:1-3-- THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND, #1
  85. MARK 8:4-9-- THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND, #2
  86. MARK 8:10-13-- A REQUEST FOR JESUS TO SHOW A SIGN FROM HEAVEN
  87. MARK 8:14-17-- THE FRAILTY OF UNSPIRITUAL THOUGHT, #1
  88. MARK 8:18-21-- THE FRAILTY OF UNSPIRITUAL THOUGHT, #2
  89. MARK 8:22-26-- GETTING AWAY FROM UNBELIEF
  90. MARK 8:27-30-- KNOWING THE IDENTITY OF JESUS
  91. MARK 8:31-33-- PETER IS STERNLY REBUKED
  92. MARK 8:34-37--REQUIREMENTS FOR FOLLOWING JESUS
  93. MARK 8:38-9:1--ASHAMED OF JESUS AND HIS WORDS
  94. MARK 9:2-4--THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS #1
  95. MARK 9:5-8--THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS #2
  96. MARK 9:9-13--A QUESTION CONCERNING ELIJAH
  97. MARK 9:14-19--THE BOY WITH A DEPRESSING SPIRIT, #1
  98. MARK 9:20-24--THE BOY WITH A DEPRESSING SPIRIT, #2
  99. MARK 9:25-27--THE BOY WITH A DEPRESSING SPIRIT, #3
  100. MARK 9:28-29--THE BOY WITH A DEPRESSING SPIRIT, #4
  101. MARK 9:30-32--JESUS TEACHES OF HIS REAL WORK
  102. MARK 9:33-37--A DISPUTATION ABOUT WHO WAS GREATEST
  103. MARK 9:38-40--ONE IS SEEN CASTING OUT DEMONS
  104. MARK 9:41-42--RECEIVING AND OFFENDING
  105. MARK 9:43-48--WHAT IS IT WORTH TO ENTER INTO LIFE?
  106. MARK 9:49-50--SALT, SALTINESS, AND SALTLESSNESS
  107. MARK 10:1-5--JESUS TEACHES AND IS TEMPTED
  108. MARK 10:6-9--IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING
  109. MARK 10:10-12--FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING ON DIVORCE
  110. MARK 10:13-16--CHILDREN BROUGHT TO JESUS
  111. MARK 10:17-20--AN INQUIRY ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE
  112. MARK 10:21-23--THE COST OF ETERNAL LIFE
  113. MARK 10:24-27--SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN
  114. MARK 10:28-31--WHAT OF THOSE WHO LEAVE EVERYTHING
  115. MARK 10:32-34--AND HE BEGAN TO TELL THE TWELVE
  116. MARK 10:35-40--A REQUEST WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING
  117. MARK 10:41-45--A NEW ORDER OF GREATNESS
  118. MARK 10:46-52--BLINMD BARTIMAEUS IS HEALED
  119. MARK 11:1-6--PREPARING FOR THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
  120. MARK 11:7-10--THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
  121. MARK 11:11-14--JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
  122. MARK 11:15-19--JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE
  123. MARK 11:20-24--THE POTENCY OF REAL FAITH
  124. MARK 11:25-26--THE ESSENTIALITY OF FORGIVING
  125. MARK 11:27-33--SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO RIGHT TO KNOW
  126. MARK 12:1-5--JESUS BEGINS TO SPEAK IN PARABLES
  127. MARK 12:6-11--WHAT WILL THE LORD OF THE VINEYARD DO?
  128. MARK 12:12-17--A WISE ANSWER TO A CRAFTY QUESTION
  129. MARK 12:18-25--A QUESTION DRIVEN BY IGNORANCE
  130. MARK 12:26-27--THE GOD OF THE LIVING
  131. MARK 12:28-31--THE FIRST COMMANDMENT OF ALL
  132. MARK 12:32-34--JESUS' RESPONSE TO A GOOD ANSWER
  133. MARK 12:35-37--JESUS INITIATES A DIALOG
  134. MARK 12:38-40--JESUS WARNS THE PEOPLE OF THE SCRIBES
  135. MARK 12:41-44--JESUS THE OBSERVER
  136. MARK 13:1-4--JESUS COMMENT ON BUILDINGS
  137. MARK 13:5-7--WARNINGS AND ALERTS
  138. MARK 13:8--GLOBAL, POLITICAL, AND NATUAL DISTURBANCE
  139. MARK 13:9--GLOBAL, POLITICAL, AND NATUAL DISTURBANCE
  140. MARK 13:12-13--BETRAYAL FROM WITHIN THE FAMILY
  141. MARK 13:14-18--THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
  142. MARK 13:19-23--IN THOSE DAYS
  143. MARK 13:24-27--THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING
  144. MARK 13:28-31--THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE
  145. MARK 13:32-35--THE WORD TO EVERYONE: "WATCH"
  146. MARK 14:1-2--THE WHEELS OF PROVIDENCE BEGIN TO TURN
  147. MARK 14:3-5--A DEED OF KINDNESS, AND HOW IT WAS VIEWED
  148. MARK 14:6-9--JESUS SPEAKS OF MARY'S DEED
  149. MARK 14:10-11--JUDAS PREPARES TO BETRAY JESUS
  150. MARK 14:12-16--THE FIRST DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD ARRIVES
  151. MARK 14:17-21--JESUS REVEALS THAT HE WILL BE BETRAYED
  152. MARK 14:22-26--JESUS INSTITUTES THE LORD'S TABLE
  153. MARK 14:27-31--THE DISCIPLES WOULD ALL BE OFFENDED
  154. MARK 14:32-36--THE GREATEST TRIAL OF ALL, #1
  155. MARK 14:37-41--THE GREATEST TRIAL OF ALL, #2
  156. MARK 14:42-45--JUDAS BETRAYS JESUS
  157. MARK 14:46-52--THE CONFRONTATION AND THE RESPONSE
  158. MARK 14:53-56--THE CONFRONTATION AND THE RESPONSE, #2
  159. MARK 14:57-61a--THE MOCK TRIAL
  160. MARK 14:61b-65--THEY CONDEMN JESUS FOR BLASPHEMY
  161. MARK 14:66-72--PETER DENIES THAT HE KNOWS JESUS
  162. MARK 15:1-5--THE COUNCIL DELIVERS JESUS TO PILATE
  163. MARK 15:6-11--PILATE ATTEMPTS TO FOLLOW A CUSTOM
  164. MARK 15:12-15--PILATE ATTEMPTS TO REASON WITH THE JEWS
  165. MARK 15:16-21--JESUS IS LED AWAY TO BE CRUCIFIED
  166. MARK 15:22-28--JESUS IS CRUCIFIED WITH TRANSGRESSORS
  167. MARK 15:29-33--JESUS IS MOCKED AS HE HANGS ON THE CROSS
  168. MARK 15:34-38--JESUS GIVES UP THE GHOST
  169. MARK 15:39-41--SOME EVENTS FOLLOWING JESUS' DEATH
  170. MARK 15:42-47--THE BODY OF JESUS IS BURIED
  171. MARK 16:1-4--THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK
  172. MARK 16:5-8--THE WOMEN ENTER THE SEPULCHER
  173. MARK 16:9-11--MARY MAGDALENE AND THE SOLDIERS
  174. MARK 16:12--THE TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS #1
  175. MARK 16:12--THE TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS #2
  176. MARK 16:12--THE TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS #3
  177. MARK 16:12--THE TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS #4
  178. MARK 16:12--THE TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS #5
  179. MARK 16:13--THE TWO ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS #6
  180. MARK 16:14--JESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN AND OTHERS, #1
  181. MARK 16:14--JESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN AND OTHERS, #2
  182. MARK 16:14--JESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN AND OTHERS, #3
  183. MARK 16:14--(John 20:25-29)--JOHN'S ACCOUNT OF THOMAS
  184. MARK 16:15-16--SALVATION FOR THE WHOLD WORLD
  185. MARK 16:17-18--THESE SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW THEM THAT BELIEVEMARK
  186. MARK 16:19-20--FINAL LESSON: JESUS ASCENDS BACK TO HEAVEN