Mark
Mark has 16 chapters. Read Mark in the New Living Translation, chapter by chapter, free and without an account.
Mark follows Jesus from his baptism and proclamation of God’s kingdom through healing, teaching, and growing conflict. The disciples struggle to understand a Messiah who must suffer and calls them to service. The story reaches its climax in Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and the announcement at the empty tomb that he has risen.
Mark is one of the four Gospels of the New Testament, the same 27 books in every Christian Bible. See it on the shelf.
Mark 1 introduces John, Jesus’ baptism and testing, the first disciples, and an authoritative ministry of teaching and healing.
Mark 2 recounts forgiveness and healing, Levi’s call, shared meals, fasting questions, and a Sabbath dispute.
Mark 3 records a Sabbath healing, appointment of the twelve, conflict over Jesus’ authority, and teaching about his true family.
Mark 4 gathers kingdom parables about hearing and growth, then recounts Jesus calming a storm.
Mark 5 recounts restoration of a tormented man, healing of a suffering woman, and the raising of Jairus’s daughter.
Mark 6 recounts rejection at Nazareth, the twelve’s mission, John’s death, feeding five thousand, and Jesus walking on water.
Mark 7 addresses inner purity, inherited traditions, a Syrophoenician mother’s appeal, and restoration of hearing and speech.
Mark 8 joins provision, a gradual healing, Peter’s confession, Jesus’ suffering prediction, and the call to self-denial.
Mark 9 recounts the transfiguration, a difficult restoration, another suffering prediction, and teaching on humble service.
Mark 10 addresses marriage, children, wealth, servant leadership, Jesus’ coming suffering, and Bartimaeus’s restored sight.
Mark 11 recounts Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, temple action, the withered fig tree, and a challenge to his authority.
Mark 12 presents the tenants parable, questions about taxes and resurrection, the greatest commandment, and the widow’s offering.
Mark 13 records Jesus’ teaching on the temple’s destruction, coming upheaval, endurance, and watchfulness.
Mark 14 recounts anointing, betrayal, the Last Supper, Gethsemane, Jesus’ arrest and trial, and Peter’s denial.
Mark 15 recounts Jesus’ condemnation, crucifixion between two others, death, and burial witnessed by women.
Mark 16 recounts the women finding Jesus’ tomb open and receiving the announcement that he has risen.