Mark
16 chapters, 678 verses. The 41st of 66 books, in The Gospels.
How it begins
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
Chapters
- 1John's baptism and Jesus's calling
- 2Forgiveness and the new way
- 3The choosing of the twelve
- 4Parables of the kingdom
- 5The demoniac and the healings
- 6Teaching, rejection, and Herod's fear
- 7Traditions and cleansing
- 8Feeding the four thousand and blindness
- 9The transfiguration
- 10Riches and the way to Jerusalem
- 11Entry to Jerusalem and cleansing the temple
- 12Parables and the greatest commandment
- 13Signs and watchfulness
- 14The passover and betrayal
- 15The crucifixion
- 16The empty sepulchre
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.