📘 The Gospel of Mark — Words of Jesus
Mark 1–2 — The Beginning of His Ministry
Mark 1:15
“The time has come. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1:17
“Come, follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people.”
(Calling Simon Peter and Andrew.)
Mark 1:25
“Be quiet! Come out of him!”
(To an unclean spirit.)
Mark 2:5
“Son, your sins are forgiven.”
(To the paralyzed man lowered through the roof.)
Mark 2:17
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:27–28
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Mark 3–4 — Authority and Parables
Mark 3:23–25
“How can Satan drive out Satan?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.”
Mark 3:35
“Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 4:3–9 — The Parable of the Sower
“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed…
Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Mark 4:24
“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.”
Mark 4:39–40
“Quiet! Be still!”
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
“Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
Mark 5–6 — Miracles and Faith
Mark 5:34
“Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
(To the woman healed of bleeding.)
Mark 5:36
“Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
(To Jairus.)
Mark 6:4
“A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”
Mark 6:31
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Mark 6:50
“Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
(Walking on the water.)
Mark 7–8 — Teachings and Compassion
Mark 7:15
“Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
Mark 7:34
“Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”)
(Healing the deaf man.)
Mark 8:34–35
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.”
Mark 9–10 — Transfiguration, Faith, and Service
Mark 9:23
“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”
Mark 9:35
“Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
Mark 9:50
“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”
Mark 10:14–15
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Mark 10:25
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
Mark 10:27
“With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
Mark 10:45
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 11–13 — Jerusalem and the End Times
Mark 11:17
“Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
(Cleansing the Temple.)
Mark 11:22–24
“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
Mark 12:30–31
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Mark 13:31
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
Mark 13:33
“Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.”
Mark 14–16 — The Last Supper, Crucifixion, and Resurrection
Mark 14:22–24
“Take it; this is my body.
This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.”
Mark 14:38
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Mark 15:34
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
(On the Cross.)
Mark 16:15–16 — The Great Commission (Mark’s version)
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
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