Mark

Ioannes the Baptist preaches repentance and baptizes Iēsous, who is then anointed by the Spirit and tempted by Satan. Iēsous proclaims the kingdom of God is at hand, calls Simon (Petros), Andreas, Yakōbos, and Ioannes as disciples, casts out demons, and heals many including a leper.[1][2][4]

Many gathered at Simon Peter's house where Jesus forgave a paralytic his sins and healed him, demonstrating His authority over sin.[2] Jesus was questioned by religious leaders about fasting and keeping the Sabbath, establishing His authority over Jewish law and tradition.[2]

Jesus heals a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, drawing crowds and appointing the twelve apostles, including Simon (Petros), James (Iakobos), John (Ioannes), Andrew (Andreas), Philippos, Bartholomaios, Mattathias, Thomas (Thoma), Iakobos son of Alphaios, Thaddaios, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iskariotes. Accused by Pharisees of casting out daimonia by Beelzebul, Jesus teaches that a kingdom divided cannot stand and redefines his family as those who do God's will.

Jesus teaches multiple parables, including the parable of the sower, to reveal truths to those open to understanding while concealing them from those resistant.[1] Jesus calms a great storm, demonstrating His authority over nature.[2]

Jesus casts out a legion of demons from the Gerasene man, who lives among tombs; the demons enter a herd of pigs that drown in the sea. He heals a woman with a twelve-year hemorrhage who touches his garment and raises Jairus's daughter from death, demonstrating authority over demons, chronic illness, and death.

Jesus faces rejection in Nazareth due to unbelief, sends out the Twelve in pairs with authority over unclean spirits to preach repentance and heal, instructing them to shake dust off feet against rejectors; Herod Antipas beheads Ioannes the Baptist after his stepdaughter's dance and Herodias' request.[1][2][4] The apostles return, Jesus feeds 5,000 with five loaves and two fish, walks on the sea calming the disciples' fears amid hardened hearts, and heals many in Gennesaret who touch his garment.[1][2][3][4]

Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and scribes for prioritizing human traditions like *corban* over God's commandments, quoting Isaiah to condemn their hypocrisy, and teaches the crowd that defilement comes from the heart, not external foods. He heals a Syrophoenician woman's demon-possessed daughter after her persistent faith and, in the Decapolis, heals a deaf man with a speech impediment, saying '*Ephphatha*' ('Be opened'), prompting widespread astonishment despite his command for silence.[1][2]

Jesus demonstrates compassion by miraculously feeding four thousand people with seven loaves and a few fish, then warns his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod after they demand a sign from heaven.[1][2][3] The chapter also includes Jesus healing a blind man, Peter's confession that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus' first prediction of his death and resurrection, and his teaching that followers must deny themselves and take up their cross.[1][9]

Jesus is transfigured on a high mountain before Peter, James, and John, with a voice from the cloud declaring him the beloved Son; descending, he casts out a deaf and mute spirit from a boy after rebuking the disciples' faithlessness.[1][2][3] Jesus teaches on his betrayal and resurrection, humility among disciples, not hindering others who follow him, the severity of causing sin with warnings of **Gehenna**'s unquenchable fire, and the necessity of salt and peace.[1][2]

Jesus teaches on divorce in Judea, declaring it adultery except for God's original intent of lifelong marriage; He blesses little children, emphasizing childlike faith for the kingdom of God, challenges the rich young ruler to sell all and follow Him, promises rewards for discipleship amid persecutions, predicts His death and resurrection in Jerusalem, rebukes James and John's request for glory by teaching servant leadership, and heals blind Bartimaeus by faith.[1][2][5]

Jesus enters Jerusalem triumphantly on a colt from Bethphage and Bethany, fulfilling prophecy, as crowds acclaim him. He curses a barren fig tree symbolizing fruitless Israel, cleanses the temple by overturning tables of money-changers and sellers—declaring 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of robbers'—prompting chief priests and scribes to plot his death; later, he teaches on faith that moves mountains and the necessity of forgiveness in prayer, then counters religious leaders' challenge to his authority with a question about Ioannes the Baptist.

Jesus tells the parable of the wicked tenants (geōrgoi) who beat, stone, and kill the vineyard owner's servants and beloved son, symbolizing Israel's rejection of God's prophets and the Messiah, leading to their destruction and the kingdom given to others; he quotes Psalm 118 about the rejected stone becoming the cornerstone.[1][2][3][4][6] Religious leaders challenge him on paying taxes to Caesar, to which Jesus replies 'Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God (Theos) the things that are God's'; he answers Sadducees on resurrection, declares the greatest commandment to love God (Kyrios) and neighbor, critiques scribes' hypocrisy, and praises a poor widow's sacrificial offering over the rich's abundance.[2][3][4][6]

As they leave the temple, Jesus predicts its total destruction, prompting private questions from Petros, Iakobos, Ioannes, and Andreas on the Mount of Olives about the timing and signs. He warns of false christs, wars, earthquakes, famines, persecution of believers, family betrayals, the abomination of desolation from Daniēl requiring flight from Ioudaia, great tribulation, darkened sun and moon, falling stars, the Son of Man's coming in clouds, and urges watchfulness via parables of the fig tree and faithful servant.[1][2][3]

Chief priests and scribes plot to arrest and kill Jesus stealthily before Passover; a woman anoints him with costly perfume in Bethany as preparation for burial. Jesus celebrates the Last Supper, institutes the Lord's Supper, predicts Judas's betrayal and Peter's threefold denial, prays in agony in Gethsemane, and is betrayed by Judas's kiss and arrested.

Jesus is tried before Pontius Pilate, mocked by Roman soldiers, and condemned to crucifixion at Golgotha.[1][2] He is crucified between two criminals, endures mockery from passersby and religious leaders, cries out "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?), and dies, after which the temple veil is torn and a centurion declares him the Son of God.[1][2][3]

Women discover Iēsous Nazōraios's empty tomb, announced by an angel as risen; he appears first to Maria Magdalēnē, then to two disciples and the eleven, rebuking their unbelief.[1][2][3] Iēsous commissions them to preach the gospel worldwide, promising salvation through belief and baptism, condemnation for unbelief, and signs like exorcism, tongues, serpent-handling, poison immunity, and healing; he ascends to the right hand of Theos.[1][2][3]