Outline 1. The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry ( 1:1–15 ) a. The Mission of John the Baptist ( 1:1–11 ) b. The Temptation and Preaching of Jesus ( 1:12–15 ) 2. Jesus’ Ministry in Galilee ( 1:16–7:23 ) a. Early Ministry ( 1:16–3:19 ) i. The First Disciples ( 1:16–20 ) ii. Miracles at Capernaum ( 1:21–34 ) 1. Jesus Expels an Unclean Spirit ( 1:21–28 ) 2. Jesus Heals at Peter’s House ( 1:29–34 ) iii. Jesus Prays and Preaches ( 1:35–39 ) iv. The Leper’s Prayer ( 1:40–45 ) v. Ministry in Capernaum ( 2:1–22 ) 1. Jesus Heals a Paralytic ( 2:1–12 ) 2. Jesus Calls Levi ( 2:13–17 ) 3. Questions about Fasting ( 2:18–20 ) 4. The Patches and the Wineskins ( 2:21–22 ) vi. The Lord of the Sabbath ( 2:23–3:6 ) 1. Sabbath was Made for Man ( 2:23–27 ) 2. Jesus Heals on the Sabbath ( 3:1–6 ) vii. Multitudes Follow Jesus ( 3:7–12 ) viii. The Twelve Apostles ( 3:13–19 ) b. Later Ministry ( 3:20–7:23 ) i. Opposition to Jesus ( 3:20–35 ) 1. A House Divided ( 3:20–27 ) 2. The Unpardonable Sin ( 3:28–30 ) 3. Jesus’ Mothers and Brothers ( 3:31–35 ) ii. Parables of the Kingdom ( 4:1–34 ) 1. The Parable of the Sower ( 4:1–9 ) 2. The Purpose of Jesus’ Parables ( 4:10–12 ) 3. The Parable of the Sower Explained ( 4:13–20 ) 4. The Lesson of the Lamp ( 4:21–25 ) 5. The Seed Growing Secretly ( 4:26–29 ) 6. The Parable of the Mustard Seed ( 4:30–34 ) iii. The Authority of Jesus ( 4:35–5:20 ) 1. Jesus Calms the Storm ( 4:35–41 ) 2. The Demons and the Pigs ( 5:1–20 ) iv. The Healing Touch of Jesus ( 5:21–43 ) 1. Jairus’ Daughter is Near Death ( 5:21–23 ) 2. The Woman Suffering from Bleeding ( 5:24–34 ) 3. Jairus’ Daughter Raised from the Dead ( 5:35–43 ) v. The Rejection at Nazareth ( 6:1–6 ) vi. The Ministry of the Twelve ( 6:7–13 ) vii. The Beheading of John ( 6:14–29 ) viii. The Feeding of the Five Thousand ( 6:30–44 ) ix. Jesus Walks on Water ( 6:45–52 ) x. Jesus Heals at Gennesaret ( 6:53–56 ) xi. Tradition of the Elders ( 7:1–13 ) xii. What Defiles a Man ( 7:14–23 ) 3. Jesus’ Ministry in Various Gentile Regions ( 7:24–9:50 ) i. The Faith of the Gentile Woman ( 7:24–30 ) ii. The Deaf and Mute Man ( 7:31–37 ) iii. The Feeding of the Four Thousand ( 8:1–10 ) iv. The Demand for a Sign ( 8:11–13 ) v. The Leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod ( 8:14–21 ) vi. The Blind Man at Bethsaida ( 8:22–26 ) vii. At Caesarea Philippi ( 8:27–38 ) 1. Peter’s Confession of Christ ( 8:27–30 ) 2. The First Prediction of the Passion ( 8:31–33 ) 3. Take Up Your Cross ( 8:34–38 ) viii. The Transfiguration ( 9:1–13 ) ix. The Boy with an Evil Spirit ( 9:14–29 ) x. The Second Prediction of the Passion ( 9:30–32 ) xi. The Greatest in the Kingdom ( 9:33–41 ) xii. Temptations and Trespasses ( 9:42–48 ) xiii. Good Salt ( 9:49–50 ) 4. The Way to Jerusalem ( 10:1–52 ) a. Teachings about Divorce ( 10:1–12 ) b. Jesus Blesses the Children ( 10:13–16 ) c. The Rich Young Man ( 10:17–31 ) d. The Third Prediction of the Passion ( 10:32–34 ) e. The Two and the Ten ( 10:35–45 ) f. Jesus Heals Bartimaeus ( 10:46–52 ) 5. Jesus’ Ministry in Jerusalem ( 11:1–16:20 ) a. Jesus Arrives at Jerusalem ( 11:1–25 ) i. The Triumphal Entry ( 11:1–11 ) ii. Jesus Curses the Fig Tree ( 11:12–14 ) iii. Jesus Cleanses the Temple ( 11:15–19 ) iv. The Withering Fig Tree ( 11:20–25 ) b. Jesus Examined for Blemish ( 11:27–12:44 ) i. Chief Priests and Scribes Question Jesus ( 11:27–12:12 ) 1. Jesus’ Authority Challenged ( 11:27–33 ) 2. The Parable of the Wicked Tenants ( 12:1–12 ) ii. Pharisees and Herodians Question Taxes to Caesar ( 12:13–17 ) iii. The Sadducees Question the Resurrection ( 12:18–27 ) iv. The Scribes Question the Greatest Commandment ( 12:28–34 ) v. Jesus Questions the Crowds ( 12:35–44 ) 1. Whose Son Is the Christ? ( 12:35–37 ) 2. Beware of the Scribes ( 12:38–40 ) 3. The Widow’s Offering ( 12:41–44 ) c. The Olivet Discourse ( 13:1–37 ) i. Temple Destruction Foretold ( 13:1–2 ) ii. Signs of the End of the age ( 13:3–31 ) 1. Let No Man Deceive You ( 13:3–8 ) 2. Witnessing to All Nations ( 13:9–13 ) 3. The Abomination of Desolation ( 13:14–23 ) 4. The Return of the Son of Man ( 13:24–27 ) 5. The Lesson of the Fig Tree ( 13:28–31 ) iii. Readiness at Any Hour ( 13:32–37 ) d. Jesus’ Passover ( 14:1–15:47 ) i. Two Days Before Passover ( 14:1–16 ) 1. The Plot to Kill Jesus ( 14:1–2 ) 2. Jesus Anointed at Bethany ( 14:3–9 ) 3. Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus ( 14:10–11 ) 4. Preparing the Passover ( 14:12–16 ) ii. The Last Supper ( 14:17–31 ) 1. Judas the Betrayer ( 14:17–21 ) 2. The Bread and Cup After Supper ( 14:22–26 ) 3. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial ( 14:27–31 ) iii. On the Mount of Olives ( 14:32–52 ) 1. Jesus Prays at Gethsemane ( 14:32–42 ) 2. The Betrayal of Jesus ( 14:43–52 ) iv. One Long Night ( 14:53–15:20 ) 1. Jesus before the Sanhedrin ( 14:53–65 ) 2. Peter Denies Jesus ( 14:66–72 ) 3. Jesus before Pilate ( 15:1–15 ) a. Jesus Delivered to Pilate ( 15:1–5 ) b. The Crowd Chooses Barabbas ( 15:6–11 ) c. Pilate Delivers Up Jesus ( 15:12–15 ) 4. The Soldiers Mock Jesus ( 15:16–20 ) v. The Crucifixion ( 15:21–41 ) vi. The Burial of Jesus ( 15:42–47 ) e. The Resurrection ( 16:1–20 ) i. The Women at the Tomb ( 16:1–8 ) ii. Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene ( 16:9–11 ) iii. Jesus Appears to Two Disciples ( 16:12–13 ) iv. The Great Commission ( 16:14–18 ) v. The Ascension ( 16:19–20 ) |