| 1.
1:14-15 "After the imprisonment of John Jesus went to Galilee preaching
the good news of God..." (This is a general statement providing a
summary of the content of Jesus' preaching.) |
| 2.
1:16-20 "And as Jesus walked beside the sea of Galilee..." (Jesus calls
four disciples.) |
| *3.
1:21-39 This complex of traditions relate events in Jesus' ministry
that occurred on a Sabbath and the evening following that Sabbath. It
also describes in general terms what Jesus and his disciples did after
this.
a. 1:21-28 "And he [Jesus] went into Capernaum,
and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into a synagogue." (Jesus
exorcizes a man.)
b. 1:29-31 "And immediately leaving the synagogue,
they went with James and John into Simon's house..." (Jesus heals
Simon's mother-in-law.)
c. 1:32-34 "And when evening came, when the sun
set..." (Jesus heals many sick from Capernaum.)
d. 1:35-38 "And very early the morning while it
was still dark..." (Jesus goes out to pray, and when found by his
disciples, tells them that they must go to other towns to preach.)
e. 1:39 "And he went preaching..." (Jesus is said
to have traveled throughout Galilee preaching in synagogues and
exorcising.)
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| 4.
1:40-45 "And a man with leprosy came to him..." (Jesus heals a man with
leprosy.) |
| 5.
2:1-12 "And again he went again to Capernaum a few days later..."
(Jesus heals a paralytic, and is criticized for claiming to being
authorized to forgive sins.) |
| *6.
2:13-17 This complex relates Jesus' calling of Levi and a meal that
Jesus had at Levi's house with tax-collectors and sinners. Presumably
the meal followed immediately after the calling.
a. 2:13 "And he went out again to the sea."
b. 2:15 "And it happens when he is reclining at
his house..."
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| 7.
2:18-22 "And John's disciples and the Pharisees fasted..." (Jesus
defends his disciples against the charge that they do not fast.) |
| 8.
2:23-28 "And one Sabbath when Jesus was going through grain fields..."
(Jesus defends his disciples against the charge that they violated the
Sabbath by picking grain.) |
| 9.
3:1-6 "And he went again into the synagogue..." (Jesus defends himself
against the charge that he violated the Sabbath by healing on it.) |
| 10.
3:7-12 "And Jesus and his disciples withdrew to the sea..." (This is a
general description of how Jesus healed many at the shore.) |
| 11.
3:13-19 "And he went into the hills..." (Jesus calls his twelve
disciples.) |
| 12.
3:20-21 "And he went into a house..." (Jesus' family tries to take him
because they think that he is out of his mind.) |
| 13.
3:22-30 "And when the scribes had come from Jerusalem, they said..."
(Jesus defends himself against the charge that he casts out demons by
the power of Beelzebub.) |
| 14.
3:31-35 "And his mother and brothers came, and, standing outside, they
sent someone to call to him..." (Jesus says that whoever does the will
of God is his brother, sister and mother.) |
| *15.
4:1-6:13 This complex of traditions contains a collection
of parables (4:1-34) along with Jesus' interpretation of
the parable of the sower to his disciples. After teaching,
Jesus goes across the sea and then to his hometown.
a. 4:1-20 "And again he began to teach by the
sea..." (Jesus taught the crowds using the parable of the sower;
afterwards the disciples ask for an explanation of the parable, which
Jesus provides.)
b. 4:21-32 "And he said to them..." (This sections
contains more parables and teaching.)
c. 4:33-34 "And with many similar parables did
Jesus teach..." (This is a summary statement concerning how Jesus only
used parables to teach the crowds.)
d. 4:35-41 "And that day when evening came, he
said to his disciples..." (Jesus travels by boat with his disciples
across the sea, at which time he calms the sea.)
e. 5:1-20 "And he went to the other side of the
sea, to the region of the Gerasenes..." (Jesus exorcises the demoniac
who dwelled among the tombs.)
f. 5:21-43 "And Jesus again crossed by boat to the
other side" (Jesus heals the woman with the bleeding problem and raises
Jairus' daughter from the dead.)
g. 6:1-6a "And Jesus left there and went to his
hometown..." (Jesus is rejected in Nazareth.)
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| 16.
6:6b-13 "And Jesus went around teaching from town to town..." (Jesus
sends out his twelve disciples in pairs to preach, heal and exorcise.) |
| 17.
6:14-29 "And king Herod heard..." (John the Baptist's death is
recounted.) |
| *18.
6:30-56 This complex of traditions relates how Jesus fed the 5,000, and
then traveled to Genessaret by boat, arriving the next day.
a. 6:30-44 "And the apostles gathered around
Jesus....So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary
place..." (Jesus feeds the 5,000.)
b. 6:45-56 "And immediately Jesus made his
disciples embark for Bethsaida....After leaving them he went into the
hills to pray....When evening came the boat was in the middle of the
sea....About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them....When
they had crossed over they landed at Genessaret..." (Jesus walks on
water meeting his disciples in the middle of the sea; they land at
Genessaret where Jesus travels around healing.)
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| *19.
7:1-37 This complex of traditions relates Jesus' dispute with the
Pharisees over ritual impurity, his disciples request for explanation
of his "parable" and Jesus' ministry outside of Galilee.
a. 7:1-15 "And the Pharisees and some scribes who
had come from Jerusalem came to him..." (Jesus criticizes the Pharisaic
oral law.)
b. 7:17-23 "And when he went into a house away
from the crowds..." (Jesus explains his "parable" at his disciples'
request.)
c. 7:24-30 "And Jesus left from there and went
into the region of Tyre..." (Jesus exorcises the daughter of the
Syro-Phoenician woman.)
d. 7:31-37 "And again Jesus left the regions of
Tyre and went through Sidon down to the sea and into the regions of
Decapolis..." (Jesus heals a deaf man.)
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| *20.
8:1-26 This complex of traditions describes Jesus' feeding of the
4,000, a controversy with the Pharisees, after which Jesus and his
disciples travel to Bethsaida.
a. 8:1-10 "In those days again there was a great
crowd....They have already been with me three days" (Jesus feeds the
4,000.)
b. 8:11-13 "And the Pharisees came and began to
question him..." (Jesus rejects the Pharisee's demand for a sign.)
c. 8:14-21 "And the disciples forgot to bring
bread..." (Jesus and his disciples travel by boat, and the disciples
forget to bring enough bread.)
d. 8:22-26 "And they came to Bethsaida..." (Jesus
heals a blind man.)
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| *21.
8:27-9:32 This complex of traditions consists of Peter's confession of
Jesus as the Christ, followed by Jesus' foretelling of his death and
his teaching about discipleship. After six days Jesus goes to the mount
of transfiguration; upon descending Jesus exorcises a boy.
a. 8:27-30 "And Jesus and his disciples went out
to the villages of Caesarea Philippi..." (Peter confesses that Jesus is
the Christ.)
b. 8:31-33 "And he began to teach them...." (Jesus
explains that he must be delivered over, die and be raised again)
c. 8:34-9:1 "And calling the crowds along with the
disciples, he said..." (Jesus teaches about discipleship.)
d. 9:2-13 "After six days Jesus took Peter, James
and John..." (Jesus is transfigured.)
e. 9:14-29 "And when they came to the other
disciples..." (Jesus exorcises a boy.)
f. 9:30-32 "And leaving from there they went
through Galilee..." (Jesus teaches his disciples about the necessity of
his death.)
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| 22.
9:33-37 "And they went to Capernaum..." (Jesus teaches his disciples
about service." |
| 23.
9:38-41 "John said to him..." (John complains that others are
exorcising in Jesus' name.) |
| 24.
9:42-50 "And whoever..." (This section contains several
sayings of Jesus joined by means of word connectives.) |
| 25.
10:1-12 "And leaving from there he went to the regions of Judea..."
(Jesus teaches about divorce.) |
| 26.
10:13-16 "And they brought to him little children..." (Jesus blesses
children.) |
| 27.
10:17-31 "As Jesus was starting on his way..." (Jesus teaches the rich
young man about the requirements for obtaining eternal life.) |
| 28.
10:32-34 "They were on their way to Jerusalem..." (Jesus again teaches
about the necessity of his death.) |
| 29.
10:35-45 "And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him..."
(James and John ask to be seated at Jesus' right and left when he comes
into his glory.) |
| 30.
10:46-52 "And he went to Jericho. And leaving from Jericho..." (Jesus
heals the blind Bartimaeus.) |
