| Preface | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xii |
| Bibliography | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Story | p. 1 |
| Structure | p. 4 |
| Genre | p. 6 |
| Sources | p. 9 |
| Date | p. 14 |
| Provenance | p. 15 |
| Author | p. 20 |
| Purpose | p. 21 |
| Text and Transmission | p. 22 |
| Language, Translation, and Interpretation | p. 23 |
| 1:1-15 Title and Prologue | p. 29 |
| 1:1 The Author's Title | p. 29 |
| 1:2-15 The Markan Prologue | p. 33 |
| 1:2-3 Transcendent Prelude: The Messenger, the Lord, and the Way | p. 34 |
| Excursus: The Way | p. 37 |
| 1:4-8 John the Baptizer: Preaching and Baptizing in the Wilderness | p. 38 |
| 1:9-15 Jesus of Nazareth: Baptized, Tested in the Wilderness, and Preaching | p. 43 |
| 1:9-11 Baptism: God Reveals Jesus as His Son and Empowers Him with the Spirit | p. 43 |
| 1:12-13 Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness | p. 46 |
| 1:14-15 Ministry in Galilee | p. 49 |
| Excursus: Kingdom of God | p. 51 |
| Galilee 1:16-8:21 | p. 55 |
| 1:16-3:35 Authority, Rejection, and the New Community | p. 57 |
| 1:16-3:6 Acting with Authority | p. 57 |
| 1:16-20 The Call of the Disciples | p. 57 |
| 1:21-34 The Day of the Lord | p. 61 |
| 1:35-39 Ministry in All Galilee | p. 67 |
| 1:40-45 The Cleansing of the Leper | p. 69 |
| 2:1-3:6 Authority and Conflict | p. 73 |
| 2:1-12 Healing and Forgiveness | p. 74 |
| 2:13-17 Calling Sinners and Eating with Them | p. 78 |
| 2:18-22 Now and Later; Old and New | p. 83 |
| 2:23-28 Keeping the Sabbath Holy: Jesus Challenged and Warned | p. 87 |
| 3:1-6 Keeping the Sabbath Holy: Jesus Persists and Is Condemned | p. 92 |
| 3:7-12 International Multitudes, the Sick, and the Demonized and Jesus' Response | p. 96 |
| 3:13-19 The Choosing of the Twelve | p. 99 |
| 3:20-35 God's Kingdom and Family | p. 103 |
| 4:1-34 Central Discourse of Part 1: Parables and Mystery of the Kingdom of God | p. 111 |
| 4:1-2 The Markan Setting | p. 114 |
| 4:3-9 Seed Parable 1: "The Sower" | p. 115 |
| 4:10-12 The Markan "Parable Theory" -First Statement | p. 119 |
| 4:13-20 Interpretation of "The Sower" | p. 128 |
| 4:21-25 Markan "Parable Theory" -Second Statement: "Parables about Parables" | p. 132 |
| 4:26-29 Seed Parable 2: "The Seed Growing Secretly" | p. 136 |
| 4:30-32 Seed Parable 3: "The Mustard Seed" | p. 138 |
| 4:33-34 The Markan "Parable Theory" -Third Statement | p. 140 |
| 4:35-8:21 Crossing Borders | p. 142 |
| 4:35-41 Stilling the Storm | p. 142 |
| 5:1-20 The Gerasene Demoniac | p. 147 |
| 5:21-43 Jairus's Daughter and the Woman with a Hemorrhage | p. 155 |
| 6:1-6a Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth | p. 163 |
| 6:6b-30 Mission of the Twelve and the Death of John the Baptist | p. 167 |
| Excursus: Crowds, Followers, Disciples, and the Twelve | p. 167 |
| 6:31-14 Five Thousand Are Fed | p. 179 |
| 6:45-52 The Walking on the Sea | p. 187 |
| 6:53-56 Healings at Gennesaret | p. 191 |
| Excursus: Miracle Stories in Mark | p. 192 |
| Terminology | p. 192 |
| Amount and Distribution | p. 193 |
| Event and Interpretation | p. 193 |
| Pre-Markan Tradition and Interpretation | p. 194 |
| Markan Interpretation | p. 194 |
| 7:1-23 Defilement-Traditional and Real | p. 196 |
| Excursus: Jesus the Teacher versus the Scribes | p. 205 |
| 7:24-30 The Syrophoenician Woman | p. 206 |
| 7:31-37 Jesus Heals a Man Who Was Deaf and Impaired in Speech | p. 215 |
| 8:1-9 Four Thousand Are Fed | p. 218 |
| 8:10-13 No Sign Whatsoever | p. 221 |
| 8:14-21 The Leaven of the Pharisees and the Unleavened Bread of Jesus | p. 224 |
| The "Way": Galilee to Jerusalem 8:22-10:52 | p. 229 |
| From Blindness to Sight | p. 231 |
| 8:22-26 A Blind Man Is Healed at Bethsaida | p. 232 |
| 8:27-9:1 Christology, Discipleship, and First Passion Prediction | p. 234 |
| Excursus: Markan Christology | p. 248 |
| Titles, Designations, and Images | p. 249 |
| Titular Christology: Summary | p. 257 |
| Narrative Christology: Summary | p. 258 |
| 9:2-13 The Transfiguration and Discussion about Elijah | p. 259 |
| Excursus: The Messianic Secret | p. 264 |
| 9:14-29 Jesus Heals a Boy Possessed by a Spirit | p. 271 |
| 9:30-32 Jesus Foretells His Passion Again | p. 276 |
| 9.33-50 The Meaning of Discipleship, Second Version | p. 278 |
| 10:1-31 Discipleship, Family, Society | p. 284 |
| 10:1-12 Discipleship, Marriage, and Divorce | p. 285 |
| 10:13-16 Discipleship and Children | p. 288 |
| 10:17-31 Discipleship, Property, and Family | p. 290 |
| 10:32-45 The Third Prediction of the Passion and the Argument about Precedence among the Disciples | p. 297 |
| 10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus Healed at Jericho | p. 304 |
| Jerusalem 11:1-15:47 | p. 309 |
| Temple, Confrontation, and Death | p. 311 |
| 11:1-13:4 The Lord Comes to His Temple | p. 313 |
| 11:1-11 The Veiled Messianic Procession | p. 313 |
| 11:12-25 Barren Temple, Withered Fig Tree, and a House of Prayer for All People | p. 316 |
| 11:27-33 The Question about Authority | p. 325 |
| 12:1-12 Those Responsible for the Lord's Vineyard Reject the Son, Who Is Vindicated by God | p. 327 |
| 12:13-17 The Question about Taxes Paid to a Pagan Government | p. 333 |
| 12:18-27 The Question about the Resurrection | p. 337 |
| 12:28-34 The Question about the Great Commandment | p. 342 |
| 12:35-37 Is David's Lord the "Son of David"? | p. 347 |
| 12:38-40 Woe to the Scribes | p. 349 |
| 12:41-44 True Piety in Contrast to False | p. 351 |
| 13:1-4 Leaving the Temple; Its Coming Destruction | p. 353 |
| 13:5-37 Central Discourse of Part 2: Historical Troubles and the Coming of the Son of Man | p. 356 |
| Interpreting the Apocalyptic Discourse | p. 356 |
| 13:5-23 I. The End Is Not Yet | p. 360 |
| 13:24-27 II. The End Will Come | p. 371 |
| 13:28-37 III. When? | p. 373 |
| 14:1-15:47 Trial and Death | p. 378 |
| 14:1-11 Betrayal and Anointing | p. 379 |
| 14:12-25 Passover and Eucharist | p. 385 |
| 14:26-31 Predictions of Suffering and Scattering, Resurrection and Regathering | p. 392 |
| 14:32-52 Jesus Prays, Is Arrested; Disciples Sleep, Abandon Him | p. 395 |
| Excursus: Mark and the Scriptures | p. 404 |
| 14:53-72 Trial before the Sanhedrin: Jesus' Confession and Peter's Denial | p. 408 |
| 15:1-15 Trial before Pilate | p. 416 |
| 15:16-39 Jesus Is Mocked and Crucified | p. 422 |
| 15:40-47 Jesus Is Buried | p. 435 |
| 16:1-8 Epilogue: Resurrection and Mission: Back to Galilee | p. 441 |
| Alternative Endings | p. 451 |
| Index of Ancient Sources | p. 454 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 478 |
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