OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• John the Baptizer preaches (1-8)

• Baptism of Jesus (9-11)

• Jesus tempted by Satan (12, 13)

• Jesus begins preaching in Galilee (14, 15)

• First disciples called (16-20)

• Unclean spirit expelled (21-28)

• Jesus heals many in Capernaum (29-34)

• Praying in a lonely place (35-39)

• A leper healed (40-45)

2

• Jesus heals a paralytic (1-12)

• Jesus calls Levi (13-17)

• Question about fasting (18-22)

• Jesus, ‘Lord of the Sabbath’ (23-28)

3

• Man with a withered hand healed (1-6)

• Great multitude on the shore (7-12)

• The 12 apostles (13-19)

• Blasphemy against holy spirit (20-30)

• Jesus’ mother and brothers (31-35)

4

• KINGDOM ILLUSTRATIONS (1-34)

  • The sower (1-9)

  • Why Jesus used illustrations (10-12)

  • Illustration of the sower explained (13-20)

  • The lamp not under a basket (21-23)

  • The measure you use (24, 25)

  • The sower who sleeps (26-29)

  • The mustard grain (30-32)

  • Use of illustrations (33, 34)

• Jesus calms a storm (35-41)

5

• Jesus sends demons into swine (1-20)

• Jairus’ daughter; a woman touches Jesus’ outer garments (21-43)

6

• Jesus rejected in his hometown (1-6)

• The Twelve instructed for the ministry (7-13)

• Death of John the Baptizer (14-29)

• Jesus feeds 5,000 (30-44)

• Jesus walks on water (45-52)

• Healings in Gennesaret (53-56)

7

• Human traditions exposed (1-13)

• Defilement comes from the heart (14-23)

• Syrophoenician woman’s faith (24-30)

• Deaf man healed (31-37)

8

• Jesus feeds 4,000 (1-9)

• Request for a sign (10-13)

• Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod (14-21)

• Blind man healed in Bethsaida (22-26)

• Peter identifies the Christ (27-30)

• Jesus’ death foretold (31-33)

• True discipleship (34-38)

9

• Jesus’ transfiguration (1-13)

• Demon-possessed boy healed (14-29)

  • All things possible for one with faith (23)

• Jesus’ death again foretold (30-32)

• Disciples argue over greatness (33-37)

• Anyone not against us is for us (38-41)

• Stumbling blocks (42-48)

• “Have salt in yourselves” (49, 50)

10

• Marriage and divorce (1-12)

• Jesus blesses the children (13-16)

• A rich man’s question (17-25)

• Sacrifices for the Kingdom (26-31)

• Jesus’ death again foretold (32-34)

• Request from James and John (35-45)

  • Jesus a ransom for many (45)

• Blind Bartimaeus healed (46-52)

11

• Jesus’ triumphal entry (1-11)

• Fig tree cursed (12-14)

• Jesus cleanses the temple (15-18)

• Lesson from withered fig tree (19-26)

• Jesus’ authority challenged (27-33)

12

• Illustration of the murderous cultivators (1-12)

• God and Caesar (13-17)

• Question about the resurrection (18-27)

• Two greatest commandments (28-34)

• Is the Christ the son of David? (35-37a)

• Warning against the scribes (37b-40)

• Poor widow’s two coins (41-44)

13

• CONCLUSION OF SYSTEM OF THINGS (1-37)

  • Wars, earthquakes, food shortages (8)

  • Good news to be preached (10)

  • Great tribulation (19)

  • Coming of the Son of man (26)

  • Illustration of the fig tree (28-31)

  • Keep on the watch (32-37)

14

• Priests plot to kill Jesus (1, 2)

• Perfumed oil poured on Jesus (3-9)

• Judas betrays Jesus (10, 11)

• The last Passover (12-21)

• Institution of the Lord’s Evening Meal (22-26)

• Peter’s denial foretold (27-31)

• Jesus prays in Gethsemane (32-42)

• Jesus arrested (43-52)

• Trial before the Sanhedrin (53-65)

• Peter denies Jesus (66-72)

15

• Jesus before Pilate (1-15)

• Publicly mocked (16-20)

• Nailed to a stake at Golgotha (21-32)

• Death of Jesus (33-41)

• Burial of Jesus (42-47)

16

• Jesus resurrected (1-8)