The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (45 page)

OUTLINE OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MARK

1. Prologue: Preparations for the Messiah and His Forerunner (
1:1-15
)

   A. Preaching and Ministry of John the Baptist (
1:1-8
)

   B. Baptism of Jesus by John (
1:9-11
)

   C. Testing of Jesus by Satan (
1:12-13
)

   D. Jesus Begins to Preach the Gospel (
1:14-15
)

2. Public Ministry: The Messiah's Secret and His Widespread Ministry (
1:16-8:30
)

   A. Jesus Becomes Popular and Controversial in Galilee (
1:16-3:12
)

   B. Jesus Teaches the Apostles through Words and Deeds (
3:13-7:23
)

   C. Jesus Travels to Gentile Regions (
7:24-8:30
)

3. Passion Narrative: The Suffering Messiah and Passion Week Narratives (
8:31-15:47
)

   A. Passion Predictions and Formation of Disciples on the Way to Jerusalem (
8:31-10:52
)

   B. Jesus' Entry into Jerusalem and His Conflict in the Temple (
11:1-13:37
)

   C. Last Supper, Trials, and Crucifixion of Jesus (
14:1-15:47
)

4. Resurrection Epilogue: The Risen Messiah and Easter Narratives (
16:1-20
)

   A. Empty Tomb of Jesus (
16:1-8
)

   B. Resurrection Appearances and Great Commission (
16:9-18
)

   C. Jesus' Ascension and the Spread of the Gospel (
16:19-20
)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

Chapters

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Essays and Charts

Who Are the Pharisees?

Chart: The Twelve Apostles (Mk 3)

Who Are the Sadducees?

The Appearances of the Risen Christ

The Preaching of John the Baptist

1
 
The beginning
of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
 
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2
 
As it is written
in Isaiah the prophet,
 
^b

  
"Behold, I send my messenger before your face,

  
who shall prepare your way;

 
³
the voice of one crying in the wilderness:

  
Prepare the way of the Lord,

  
make his paths straight—"

⁴
John the Baptist appeared
 
^c
in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of
repentance
for the forgiveness of sins.
⁵
And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were
baptized by him
in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
⁶
Now
John was clothed
with camel's hair, and had a leather belt around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey.
⁷
And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals
I am not worthy
to stoop down and untie.
⁸
I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

The Baptism of Jesus

9
 
In those days
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
¹⁰
And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw
the heavens opened
and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove;
¹¹
and a voice came from heaven, "You are
my beloved Son
;
 
^d
with you I am well pleased."

The Temptation of Jesus

12
 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.
¹³
And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

Jesus Preaches the Gospel in Galilee

14
 Now after
John was arrested
, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
¹⁵
and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God
is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel."

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

16
 
And passing along by
the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
¹⁷
And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men."
¹⁸
And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
¹⁹
And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
²⁰
And immediately he called them; and they
left their father
Zeb'edee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.

The Man with an Unclean Spirit

21
 And they went into
Caper'na-um
; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
²²
And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.
¹
And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with
an unclean spirit
;
²⁴
and he cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God."
²⁵
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!"
²⁶
And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
²⁷
And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching!
With authority
he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him."
²⁸
And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

Healings at Simon's House

29
 And immediately he
 
^e
left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
³⁰
Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her.
³¹
And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her; and she served them.

32
 
That evening
, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons.
³³
And the whole city was gathered together about the door.
³⁴
And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. 
 

Jesus Preaches and Heals throughout Galilee

35
 And
in the morning
, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed.
³⁶
And Simon and those who were with him followed him,
³⁷
and they found him and said to him, "Every one is searching for you."
³⁸
And he said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out."
³⁹
And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

40
 And
a leper
came to him begging him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean."
⁴¹
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I will; be clean."
⁴²
And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
⁴³
And he sternly charged him, and sent him away at once,
⁴⁴
and said to him, "See that you
say nothing to any one
; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to the people."
 
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But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus
 
^g
could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

2
  
And when he returned
to Caper'na-um after some days, it was reported that he was at home.
²
And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them.
³
And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
⁴
And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay.
⁵
And when Jesus saw
their faith
, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."
⁶
Now some of
the scribes
were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
⁷
"Why does this man speak like this?
It is blasphemy!
Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
⁸
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they questioned like this within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question like this in your hearts?
⁹
Which is easier,
to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your pallet and walk'?
¹⁰
But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he said to the paralytic—
¹¹
"I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home."
¹²
And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

Jesus Calls Levi

13
 He went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd gathered about him, and he taught them.
¹⁴
And as he passed on, he saw
Levi
 
the son of Alphae'us sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

15
 
And as he sat
at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.
¹⁶
And the scribes of
 
^h
the Pharisees, when they saw that he was
eating with sinners
and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat
 
ⁱ
with tax collectors and sinners?"
¹⁷
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have
no need of a physician
, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."

The Question about Fasting

18
 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
¹⁹
And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests fast while
the bridegroom
is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
²⁰
The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.
²¹
No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an
old garment
; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
²²
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but new wine is for fresh skins."
 
^j