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Outline of Mark
Introduction
1:1-13
Act 1: In Galilee
1:14-8:26
Jesus is Initially Revealed
1:14-3:6
Initial Ministry and Popularity
1:14-45
Proclamation of the Kingdom
1:14-15
Calling of the Disciples
1:16-20
Exorcism in a Synagogue
1:21-28
Healing of Peter's Mother in Law
1:29-31
Ministry to the Whole Town
1:32-34
Leaving Town
1:35-39
Healing of a Man With Leprosy
1:40-45
Ministry and Opposition
2:1-3:6
Healing of a Paralytic
2:1-12
Calling of Levi
2:13-17
Challenging Their Traditions About Fasting
2:18-22
Challenging Their Traditions About the Sabbath
2:23-28
Healing on the Sabbath
3:1-6
Reaction to Jesus's Clarifying of His Purpose
3:7-5:43
Strengthening of Discipleship
3:7-19
Crowds at the Lake
3:7-12
Choosing Twelve Disciples
3:13-19
Strengthening of Opposition
3:20-35
A Kingdom Divided?
3:20-30
Jesus's Family
3:31-35
Jesus's Teaching
4:1-34
Parable of the Sower
4:1-12
Explanation of the Parable of the Sower
4:13-20
Lamp on a Stand
4:21-25
The Self-Growing Seed
4:26-29
The Mustard Seed
4:30-34
Four Stories About His Greatness
4:35-5:43
Jesus Calms the Storm
4:35-41
Healing of the Demoniac
5:1-20
A Dead Girl and A Sick Woman
Jesus Reveals Himself More Deeply to the Disciples
6:1-8:26
Summary of Opposition
6:1-6
The Mission Moves Forward
6:7-53
The Twelve are Successful
6:7-30
Jesus Sends Out The Twelve
6:7-13
Herod and John The Baptist
6:14-29
The Twelve are Stupid
6:30-52
Feeding of the 5000
6:30-44
Jesus Walks on Water
6:45-52
Non-Galilean Ministry
6:53-8:26
Transition Outside Galilee
6:53-56
Teachings That Prepare for Non-Jewish Ministry
7:1-23
God's Commands or Human Tradition?
7:1-13
Clean and Unclean
7:14-23
Two Healings Outside Galilee
7:24-37
The Phoenician Woman
7:24-30
The Healing of the Deaf Mute
7:31-37
Setup For the Central Question
8:1-26
Feeding the 4000
8:1-10
Setup For the Central Question
8:11-26
Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees
8:11-21
The Twice Touched Blind Man
8:22-26
Act 2: On The Way To Jerusalem (The Way of The Cross)
8:27-10:52
Recognizing Jesus
8:22-9:13
The Twice-Touched Blind Man (Hinge passage between the prior section and this one)
8:22-26
Who is Jesus?
8:27-30
Jesus Predicts His Death
8:31-33
Take Up Your Cross
8:34-9:1
Transfiguration
9:2-13
Success and Failure in Exorcism
9:14-29
More Lessons on the Cross
9:30-50
Jesus Predicts His Death (2nd time)
9:30-32
Who is the Greatest?
9:33-37
Who is For Us?
9:38-41
Beware of Hell
9:42-50
Values of the Kingdom
10:1-31
On Divorce
10:1-12
On Little Children
10:13-16
On Riches and the Kingdom
10:17-25
Who Then Can Be Saved?
10:26-31
Following the Way of the Cross
10:32-45
Jesus Predicts His Death (3rd time)
10:32-34
The Way of the Cross
10:35-45
2nd Healing of a Blind Man
10:46-52
Act 3: In Jerusalem
11:1-16:8
Popularity and Conflict in Jerusalem
11:1-13:37
Openly Declares He is Messiah
11:1-26
The Triumphal Entry
11:1-11
Judgment on the Existing Leadership
11:12-26
The Fig Tree Cursed
11:12-14
Judgment on the Temple Leadership
11:15-19
The Fig Tree Withered
11:20-26
Open Conflict with Official Leadership
11:27-12:44
They Challenge His Legitimacy
11:27-33
He Challenges Their Legitimacy
12:1-12
The Challenge to Loyalty
12:13-17
The Challenge to Teaching pt. 1
12:18-27
The Challenge to Teaching pt. 2
12:28-34
Who is The Christ?
12:35-40
Greater Than David
12:35-37
Not Like the Pharisees
12:38-40
The Challenge to Commitment
12:41-44
Signs of the End
13:1-37
The Temple Will Be Destroyed
13:1-2
Two Part Question
13:3-4
Warnings to Watchfulness
13:5-31
Answer To The Timing Question
13:32-37
Arrest, Death, and Burial
14:1-15:47
Preparation for Death
14:1-42
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
14:1-11
The Lord's Supper
14:12-26
Prediction of Peter's Denial
14:27-31
Gethsemane
14:32-42
The Arrest and Trial
14:43-15:15
The Arrest
14:43-52
The Jewish Trial
14:53-65
Peter's Denial
14:66-72
The Roman Trial
15:1-15
The Death and Burial
15:16-47
The Humiliation
15:16-20
The Crucifixion
15:21-32
The Death of Jesus
15:33-41
The Burial
15:42-47
The Resurrection
16:1-8
(The Long Ending - Likely not written by Mark, nor originally a part of this Gospel)
16:9-20
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1:1-13 Introduction
1:14-8:26 Act 1: In Galilee
1:14-3:6 Jesus is Initially Revealed
1:14-45 Initial Ministry and Popularity
2:1-3:6 Ministry and Opposition
3:7-5:43 Reaction to Jesus Clarifying His Purpose
3:7-19 Strengthening of Discipleship
3:20-35 Strengthening of Opposition
4:1-34 Jesus's Teaching
4:35-5:43 Four Stories About His Greatness
6:1-8:26 Jesus Reveals Himself More Deeply to the Disciples
6:1-6 Summary of Opposition
6:7-53 The Mission Moves Forward
6:53-8:26 Non-Galilean Ministry
8:27-10:52 Acts 2: On the Way to Jerusalem
8:27-9:13 Recognizing Jesus
9:14-29 Success and Failure in Exorcism
9:30-50 More Lessons on the Cross
10:1-31 Values of the Kingdom
10:32-45 Following the Way of the Cross
10:46-52 Second Healing of a Blind Man
11:1-16:8 Act 3: In Jerusalem
11:1-13:37 Popularity and Conflict in Jerusalem
11:1-26 Jesus Openly Declares He is Messiah
11:27-12:44 Open Conflict with Official Leadership
13:1-37 Signs of the End
14:1-15:47 Arrest, Death, and Burial
14:1-42 Preparation for Death
14:43-15:15 The Arrest and Trial
15:16-47 The Death and Burial
16:1-8 The Resurrection