2. The Calling of the First Disciples Mark 1:14-20
Jesus drives out an Evil Spirit Mark 1:21-28
Jesus Prays Mark 1:35-39
A Man with Leprosy Mark 1:40-45
Jesus heals a Paralytic Mark 2:1-12
Crowds follow Jesus Mark 3: 7-12
Parable of the Sower Mark 4:1-9
Growing Seed Mark 4:26-29
Lamp on a Stand Mark 4: 21-25
Jesus calm the Storm Mark 4:35-41
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5. 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee,
proclaiming the good news of God. 15 "The time has
come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and
believe the good news!" 16 As Jesus walked beside the
Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew
casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 17
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you
fishers of men." 18 At once they left their nets and
followed him. 19 When he had gone a little farther, he
saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a
boat, preparing their nets. 20 Without delay he called
them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with
the hired men and followed him.
MARK 1:14-20
7. 21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus
went into the synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people
were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one
who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. 23 Just then
a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit
cried out, 24 "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One
of God!" 25 "Be quiet!" said Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!"
26 The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him
with a shriek. 27 The people were all so amazed that they asked
each other, "What is this? A new teaching--and with authority!
He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him." 28 News
about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.
MARK 1:21-28
9. 35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark,
Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary
place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions
went to look for him, 37 and when they found him,
they exclaimed: "Everyone is looking for you!" 38 Jesus
replied, "Let us go somewhere else--to the nearby
villages--so I can preach there also. That is why I have
come." 39 So he travelled throughout Galilee,
preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
MARK 1:35-39
11. 40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his
knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." 41 Filled
with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the
man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" 42 Immediately the
leprosy left him and he was cured. 43 Jesus sent him away at
once with a strong warning: 44 "See that you don't tell this to
anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the
sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a
testimony to them." 45 Instead he went out and began to talk
freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer
enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the
people still came to him from everywhere.
MARK 1:40-45
13. 1 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the
Son of God. 2 It is written in Isaiah the prophet: "I will
send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare
your way"-- 3 "a voice of one calling in the desert,
'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for
him.'" 4 And so John came, baptizing in the desert
region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside
and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him.
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the
Jordan River. 6 John wore clothing made of camel's
hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate
locusts and wild honey.
MARK 2:1-12
14. 7 And this was his message: "After me will come one
more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I
am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you
with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit." 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in
Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 As
Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven
being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like
a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven: "You are my
Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." 12 At
once the Spirit sent him out into the desert,
MARK 2:1-12
16. 7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a
large crowd from Galilee followed. 8 When they heard
all he was doing, many people came to him from
Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the
Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9 Because of the
crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready
for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For
he had healed many, so that those with diseases were
pushing forward to touch him. 11 Whenever the evil
spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried
out, "You are the Son of God." 12 But he gave them
strict orders not to tell who he was.
MARK 3:7-12
18. 1 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. 2 He taught them many things by
parables, and in his teaching said: 3 "Listen! A farmer went out
to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell
along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on
rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up
quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came
up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they
had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and
choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other
seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop,
multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times." 9 Then Jesus
said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
MARK 4:1-9
20. 26 He also said, "This is what the kingdom of
God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up,
the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not
know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces
grain--first the stalk, then the head, then the
full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain
is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the
harvest has come."
MARK 4: 26-29
22. 21 He said to them, "Do you bring in a lamp to
put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don't you
put it on its stand? 22 For whatever is hidden is
meant to be disclosed, and whatever is
concealed is meant to be brought out into the
open. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him
hear." 24 "Consider carefully what you hear," he
continued. "With the measure you use, it will be
measured to you--and even more. 25 Whoever
has will be given more; whoever does not have,
even what he has will be taken from him."
MARK 4:21-25
24. 35 That day when evening came, he said to his
disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." 36
Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along,
just as he was, in the boat. There were also
other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came
up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that
it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the
stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke
him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if
we drown?"
MARK 4:35-41
25. 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said
to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the
wind died down and it was completely
calm. 40 He said to his disciples, "Why are
you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
41 They were terrified and asked each
other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the
waves obey him!"
MARK 4:35-41
