Mark Literacy

Question 1

Mark 1

Answer 1

• John the Baptist proclaiming
• Jesus Baptism
• Temptation of Jesus
• “The time is fulfilled”
• Jesus calls Simon and Andrew, James and John
• Teaching with authority
• Unclean spirit (recognizes him)
• Jesus heals Simons mother (and others at sundown)
• early morning prayer
• the reason I came out (preaching)
• Leper - “if you will you can make me clean”

Question 2

Mark 1:7-8

Answer 2

And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Question 3

Mark 1:15

Answer 3

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Question 4

Mark 1:17-18

Answer 4

And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Question 5

Mark 1:27

Answer 5

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

Question 6

Mark 1:35

Answer 6

And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Question 7

Mark 1:38

Answer 7

And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

Question 8

Mark 1:40-41

Answer 8

And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.”

Question 9

Mark 2

Answer 9

• Jesus forgives and heals the paralytic (roof story)
• Jesus calls Levi (tax collector) - those who are sick have no need of a physician
• fasting, bridegroom, unshrunk cloth, new wine skin
• sabbath made for man, not sabbath for man

Question 10

Mark 2:10-12

Answer 10

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Question 11

Mark 2:14

Answer 11

[14] And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Question 12

Mark 2:17

Answer 12

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Question 13

Mark 2:27-28

Answer 13

And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”