mark outline


1. The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry (1:1-15)

a. The Mission of John the Baptist (1:1-11)

b. The Temptation and Preaching of Jesus (1:12-15)

2. Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee (1:16-7:23)

a. Early Ministry (1:16-3:19)

i. The First Disciples (1:16-20)

ii. Miracles at Capernaum (1:21-34)

1. Jesus Expels an Unclean Spirit (1:21-28)

2. Jesus Heals at Peter’s House (1:29-34)

iii. Jesus Prays and Preaches (1:35-39)

iv. The Leper’s Prayer (1:40-45)

v. Ministry in Capernaum (2:1-22)

1. Jesus Heals a Paralytic (2:1-12)

2. Jesus Calls Levi (2:13-17)

3. Questions about Fasting (2:18-20)

4. The Patches and the Wineskins (2:21-22)

vi. The Lord of the Sabbath (2:23-3:6)

1. Sabbath was Made for Man (2:23-27)

2. Jesus Heals on the Sabbath (3:1-6)

vii. Multitudes Follow Jesus (3:7-12)

viii. The Twelve Apostles (3:13-19)

b. Later Ministry (3:20-7:23)

i. Opposition to Jesus (3:20-35)

1. A House Divided (3:20-27)

2. The Unpardonable Sin (3:28-30)

3. Jesus’ Mothers and Brothers (3:31-35)

ii. Parables of the Kingdom (4:1-34)

1. The Parable of the Sower (4:1-9)

2. The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables (4:10-12)

3. The Parable of the Sower Explained (4:13-20)

4. The Lesson of the Lamp (4:21-25)

5. The Seed Growing Secretly (4:26-29)

6. The Parable of the Mustard Seed (4:30-34)

iii. The Authority of Jesus (4:35-5:20)

1. Jesus Calms the Storm (4:35-41)

2. The Demons and the Pigs (5:1-20)

iv. The Healing Touch of Jesus (5:21-43)

1. Jairus’ Daughter is Near Death (5:21-23)

2. The Woman Suffering from Bleeding (5:24-34)

3. Jairus’ Daughter Raised from the Dead (5:35-43)

v. The Rejection at Nazareth (6:1-6)

vi. The Ministry of the Twelve (6:7-13)

vii. The Beheading of John (6:14-29)

viii. The Feeding of the Five Thousand (6:30-44)

ix. Jesus Walks on Water (6:45-52)

x. Jesus Heals at Gennesaret (6:53-56)

xi. Tradition of the Elders (7:1-13)

xii. What Defiles a Man (7:14-23)

3. Jesus’ Ministry in Various Gentile Regions (7:24-9:50)

i. The Faith of the Gentile Woman (7:24-30)

ii. The Deaf and Mute Man (7:31-37)

iii. The Feeding of the Four Thousand (8:1-10)

iv. The Demand for a Sign (8:11-13)

v. The Leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod (8:14-21)

vi. The Blind Man at Bethsaida (8:22-26)

vii. At Caesarea Philippi (8:27-38)

1. Peter’s Confession of Christ (8:27-30)

2. The First Prediction of the Passion (8:31-33)

3. Take Up Your Cross (8:34-38)

viii. The Transfiguration (9:1-13)

ix. The Boy with an Evil Spirit (9:14-29)

x. The Second Prediction of the Passion (9:30-32)

xi. The Greatest in the Kingdom (9:33-41)

xii. Temptations and Trespasses (9:42-48)

xiii. Good Salt (9:49-50)

4. The Way to Jerusalem (10:1-52)

a. Teachings about Divorce (10:1-12)

b. Jesus Blesses the Children (10:13-16)

c. The Rich Young Man (10:17-31)

d. The Third Prediction of the Passion (10:32-34)

e. The Two and the Ten (10:35-45)

f. Jesus Heals Bartimaeus (10:46-52)

5. Jesus’ Ministry in Jerusalem (11:1-16:20)

a. Jesus Arrives at Jerusalem (11:1-25)

i. The Triumphal Entry (11:1-11)

ii. Jesus Curses the Fig Tree (11:12-14)

iii. Jesus Cleanses the Temple (11:15-19)

iv. The Withering Fig Tree (11:20-25)

b. Jesus Examined for Blemish (11:27-12:44)

i. Chief Priests and Scribes Question Jesus (11:27-12:12)

1. Jesus’ Authority Challenged (11:27-33)

2. The Parable of the Wicked Tenants (12:1-12)

ii. Pharisees and Herodians Question Taxes to Caesar (12:13-17)

iii. The Sadducees Question the Resurrection (12:18-27)

iv. The Scribes Question the Greatest Commandment (12:28-34)

v. Jesus Questions the Crowds (12:35-44)

1. Whose Son Is the Christ? (12:35-37)

2. Beware of the Scribes (12:38-40)

3. The Widow’s Offering (12:41-44)

c. The Olivet Discourse (13:1-37)

i. Temple Destruction Foretold (13:1-2)

ii. Signs of the End of the age (13:3-31)

1. Let No Man Deceive You (13:3-8)

2. Witnessing to All Nations (13:9-13)

3. The Abomination of Desolation (13:14-23)

4. The Return of the Son of Man (13:24-27)

5. The Lesson of the Fig Tree (13:28-31)

iii. Readiness at Any Hour (13:32-37)

d. Jesus’ Passover (14:1-15:47)

i. Two Days Before Passover (14:1-16)

1. The Plot to Kill Jesus (14:1-2)

2. Jesus Anointed at Bethany (14:3-9)

3. Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus (14:10-11)

4. Preparing the Passover (14:12-16)

ii. The Last Supper (14:17-31)

1. Judas the Betrayer (14:17-21)

2. The Bread and Cup After Supper (14:22-26)

3. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial (14:27-31)

iii. On the Mount of Olives (14:32-52)

1. Jesus Prays at Gethsemane (14:32-42)

2. The Betrayal of Jesus (14:43-52)

iv. One Long Night (14:53-15:20)

1. Jesus before the Sanhedrin (14:53-65)

2. Peter Denies Jesus (14:66-72)

3. Jesus before Pilate (15:1-15)

a. Jesus Delivered to Pilate (15:1-5)

b. The Crowd Chooses Barabbas (15:6-11)

c. Pilate Delivers Up Jesus (15:12-15)

4. The Soldiers Mock Jesus (15:16-20)

v. The Crucifixion (15:21-41)

vi. The Burial of Jesus (15:42-47)

e. The Resurrection (16:1-20)

i. The Women at the Tomb (16:1-8)

ii. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene (16:9-11)

iii. Jesus Appears to Two Disciples (16:12-13)

iv. The Great Commission (16:14-18)

v. The Ascension (16:19-20)



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