The Gospel according to...
Mark
The Gospel according to Mark, traditionally attributed to John Mark, a companion of the apostle Peter, is the most concise account of the four Gospels. Based on Peter's eyewitness testimony, Mark's Gospel emphasises Jesus' authority and kingship, showcasing His divine power and triumphant resurrection.
Explore the key chapters of Mark's gospel below or jump right to reading the book yourself by clicking the link here
Key Chapters
Jesus heals a paralytic
'Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."' - Mark 2:5
In the healing of the paralytic, Jesus demonstrates not only His dominion over physical ailments but sin itself. The account teaches of both the great power Christ holds and the severity and primacy with which we are to regard sin.
The Parable of the Sower
He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said... - Mark 4:2
In preaching the parable of the sower, Christ answers the question as to why so many deny the Word of God while also declaring the signs of a genuine and lasting faith.
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The
Transfiguration
'...a voice came from the cloud: "This is my beloved Son; listen to him!"' - Mark 9:7
Despite Jesus appearing first in the world as one who was lowly and poor in appearance and possession, the transfiguration shows the disciples with Him, and us reading today, may understand the royal majesty that the Son of God would return with.​
Jesus Heals a paralytic
Scripture
Mark 2:1-12
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
The Parable of The Sower
Scripture
Mark 4:1-20 (quoted 4:1-8)
Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
the transfiguration
Scripture
Mark 9:2-13
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
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Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)
Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
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Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.
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And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”