The Gospel of Mark moves quicker than the other gospels through Jesus’ ministry, so here are the top 15 Bible quotes from the Gospel of Mark.
15 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
- Mark 15:33-34
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14 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
- Mark 8:34-35
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13 Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows,or in the morning— lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.
- Mark 13:35-36
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12 Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
- Mark 10:11-12
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11 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
- Mark 10:17-18
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10 Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
- Mark 10:14-15
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9 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”
- Mark 9:31
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8 And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
- Mark 14:24-25
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7 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.
- Mark 1:17-18
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6 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- Mark 10:43-45
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5 But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.
- Mark 13:32-33
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4 The cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
- Mark 4:19-20
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3 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
- Mark 16:6
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2 And he said to them, Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Mark 16:15-16
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1 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
- Mark 1:14-15
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5 Stories From The Bible From The Gospel Of Mark
Here are 5 stories from the Bible from the Gospel of Mark.
Repent and Believe
When Jesus began His earthly ministry, shortly after John the Baptist’s arrest, He came, “saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15). What is the Gospel? Jesus says we must repent and believe, for even the demons believe (James 2:19) and are not saved, so belief must be accompanied by repentance, or you don’t have the full Gospel Jesus Christ brought.
Jesus Choses the Twelve
I don’t believe Jesus choose the twelve disciples without praying first, and that’s what it appears He did (Mark 3:13), so only after a time of prayer, “he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach” (Mark 3:14). Jesus was a Man of prayer and prayed…He prayed before choosing the twelve, leaving us a great example that we should pray before making any major decision.
The Sower
The Parable of the Sower tells us that the seed is the Word of God; the field is the world, but some of the seeds are snatch away by Satan (Mark 4:19), some withered away by the persecution and trials that came (Mark 4:17), while others had the seed of God’s Word choked out by the cares of the world (Mark 4:19). Lastly, the seeds “that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold” (Mark 4:20).
A Ransom for Many
Jesus came into the world to die for the world; at least those who would believe. He says that “even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Jesus could not be any clearer…He came to give His life as a ransom those whom God had chosen and who believe in the Lord, Jesus Christ, therefore, the wrath of God we rightly deserved was placed upon Him.
The Lord’s Supper
When Jesus had the last supper with the disciples, He instituted a new ordinance where we are commanded to take the bread as being symbolic of His broken body (Mark 14:22), then He took the cup and said, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many” (Mark 14:23). Today, Communion or the Lord’s Supper is customarily observed in churches, and by partaking of the wine and bread, we proclaim the Lord’s coming. The Apostle Paul said, “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26).
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Written by Pastor Jack Wellman
