Mark 1:1-20 Questions

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“Why Should I Follow Jesus”

Mark 1:1-20

Key Verse: 17:

And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

 

  1. What do verses 1-3 tell us about Jesus? Why did Mark not use genealogies like Matthew or Luke’s gospel? How did John prepare people to receive Jesus (4-8)? How does this apply to us today (Acts 2:38)?
  2. What happened at Jesus’ baptism (9-11)? What does it mean that the heaven being torn open? (Is. 64:1) Why did Jesus have to be baptized? Who and what did the voice of heaven say?
  3. How did Jesus encounter Satan and his temptations (12-13)? What do these events teach about following Jesus (Jn 15:9; Heb 4:15)? What spiritual hopes can we receive from Jesus?
  4. What was the context in which Jesus began proclaiming the good news (14-15)? What is the kingdom of God, and how did Jesus bring it near? How should we respond to Jesus’ message?
  5. Who were the first disciples (16,19)? Why do you think Jesus went to the shores of Galilee to call his disciples? What did he call them to do, and what did he promise them (17)?
  6. What did it mean to them to follow Jesus (18,20) Why were they willing to leave everything behind to follow Jesus? What does following Jesus mean to you?

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.[a]

2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,[b]

“Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare[c] the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”

4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

The Baptism of Jesus

9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son;[d] with you I am well pleased.”

The Temptation of Jesus

12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;[e] repent and believe in the gospel.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”[f] 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts omit the Son of God
  2. Mark 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets
  3. Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness
  4. Mark 1:11 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved
  5. Mark 1:15 Or the kingdom of God has come near
  6. Mark 1:17 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

 

 

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