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Outline of the Gospel of Mark
New Jerome Biblical Commentary

The Gospel According to Mark is outlined as follows:

            C.            Five Conflict Stories (2:1-3:6)
a. Healing of a Paralytic and Forgiveness of Sin (2:1-12)
                                                b.            Call of Levi (2:13-17)
                                                c.            Question about Fasting (2:18-22)
                                                d.            Work on the Sabbath (2:23-28)
                                                e.            Healing on the Sabbath (3:1-6)
III.      Jesus is Rejected in Galilee (3:7-6:6a)
      A.       Positive Responses (3:7-19a)
                        a.      People Come to Jesus (3:7-12)
                        b.      Appointment of the Twelve (3:13-19a)
      B.       Negative Responses (3:19b-35)
      C.      Parables and Explanations (4:1-34)
                        a.      Setting (4:1-2)
                        b. Parable of the Seeds (4:3-9)
                        c. Parables’ Purpose (4:10-12)
                        d.      Explanation (4:13-20)
                        e.      Parabolic Sayings (4:21-25)
                        f.      Parable of the Growing Seed (4:26-29)
                        g.      Parable of the Mustard Seed (4:30-32)
                        h.      Summary (4:33-34)
      D.      Three Miraculous Actions (4:35-5:43)
                        a.      Stilling the Storm (4:35-41)
                        b.      Exorcising a Demon (5:1-20)
                        c.      Healing the Sick (5:21-43)
      E.      Rejection of Jesus by His Own People (6:1-6a)
IV.      Jesus Misunderstood by Disciples in Galilee and Beyond (6:6b-8:21)

            a.      The Disciples’ Mission (6:6b-13)
            b.      John’s Death (6:14-29)
            c.      The Disciples’ Return (6:30-34)
            B.             Acts of Power and a Controversy (6:35-7:23)
                                                a.            Feeding the Five Thousand (6:35-44)
                                    b.            Walking on the Waters (6:45-52)
                                    c.            Healing the Sick (6:53-56)
                                    d.            Controversy about Ritual Purity (7:1-23)
            C.            More Acts of Power and a Controversy (7:24-8:21)
                                    a.            Healing a Gentile Woman’s Daughter (7:24-30)
                                    b.            Healing a Man Incapable of Hearing and Speaking Properly (7:31-37)
                                    c.            Feeding the Four Thousand (8:1-10)
                                    d.            Controversy about Signs (8:11-21)
            V.            Jesus Instructs His Disciples on the Way to Jerusalem (8:22-10:52)
                        A.            Healing the Blind Man (8:22-26)
                        B.            Jesus the Christ (8:27-30)
                        C.            First Instruction on Christology and Discipleship (8:31-9:29)
                                                a. First Passion Prediction and Its Consequences for Discipleship (8:31-38)
                                                b.            Jesus’ Transfiguration and the Elijah Question (9:1-13)
                                                c. Healing a Possessed Boy (9:14-29)
                        D.            Second Instruction on Christology and Discipleship (9:30-10:31)
                                                a.            Second Passion Prediction and Its Consequences for Discipleship (9:30-10:31)
                                                b.            Jesus’ Teaching on Marriage Divorce (10:1-12)
                                                c.            Jesus’ Blessings of the Children (10:13-16)
                                                d.            Jesus’ Teachings about Riches (10:17-31)
                        E.             Third Instruction on Christology and Discipleship (10:32-45)
                                                a. Third Passion Prediction (10:32-34)
                                                b.            Its Consequences for Discipleship (10:35-45)
                        F.            Healing Blind Bartimaeus (10:46-52)
            VI.             The First Pat of Passion Week in Jerusalem (11:1-13:37)

• Entrance on the First Day (11:1-11)
• Prophetic Teachings on the Second Day (11:12-19)
• More Teachings on the Third Day (11:20-13:37
1. Explanations (11:20-26)
2. Controversies (11:27-12:37)
1. Jesus’ authority (11:27-33)
2. Parable of the vineyard (12:1-12)
3. Taxes to Caesar (12:13-17)
4. Resurrection (12:18-27)
5. The great commandment (12:28-34)
6. David’s Son (12:35-37)
3. Scribes and a Widow (12:38-44)
4. Jesus’ Final Discourse (13:1-37)
1. Introduction (13:1-4)
2. Beginning of the sufferings (13:5-13)
3. The great tribulation (13:14-23)
4. Triumph of the Son of Man (13:24-27)
5. Exhortation to confidence and vigilance (13:28-37)
• Jesus’ Death in Jerusalem (14:1-16:20)
1. The Anointing and the Last Supper (14:1-31)
1. Plotting and Anointing (14:1-11)
2. Arrangements for the Passover Meal (14:12-16)
3. The Last Supper (14:17-31)
• Prediction of Judas’s treachery (14:17-21)
• The supper (14:22-25)
• Prediction of Peter’s denial (14:26-31)
• Jesus’ Prayer and Arrest (14:32-52)
1. Gethsemane (14:32-42)
2. Arrest (14:43-52)
• The Trials (14:523-15:15)
1. Trial before the High Priest; Peter’s Denial (14:53-72)
2. The Trial before Pilate (15:1-15)
• The Crucifixion and Death
1. The Mockery (15:16-20)
2. The Crucifixion (15:21-32)
3. The Death of Jesus (15:33-39)
4. The Burial (15:40-47)
• The Empty Tomb (16:1-8)
• Later Endings (16:9-20)