Introduction Mk 1:1 - 1-8

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2 As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold I send the messenger of me before (the) face of thee, who will prepare the way of thee; 3 a voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of (the) Lord, straight make the paths of him, 4 came John the (one) baptizing in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance of forgiveness of sins. 5 And went out to him all the Judaean country and the Jerusalemites all, and were baptized by him in the Jordan river confessing the sins of them. 6 And was John having been clothed (in) hairs of a camel and girdle a leathern round the loin(s) of him and eating locusts and honey wild. 7 And he proclaimed saying: Comes the (one) stronger of me after me, of whom I am not competent stooping to loosen the thong of the sandals of him. 8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you Spirit in (the) Holy.

(Text is the literal translation from the RSV Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, 1988)

Section A

LAW IS BASED UPON AUTHORITY

1:9 - 3:35

Paragraph "hooks" are locations of Jesus

1. (Authority is) Based on God's will

1:9-12

new base my beloved son

3:20-35

new base my brother and sister and mother

1:9 And it came to pass in those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. 10And immediately going up out of the water he saw being rent the heavens and the Spirit as a dove coming down to him: 11 and a voice there was out of the heavens: Thou art the Son of me the beloved , in thee I was well pleased.

3:20 And he comes into a house; and comes together again the crowd, so as not to be able them not bread to eat. 21 And hearing the (ones) (=his relations) with him went forth to seize him; for they said He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes from Jerusalem coming down said Beelzebub he has and By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons. 23 And calling to (him) them in parables he said to them: How can Satan Satan to expel? 24 And if a kingdom against itself be divided, cannot stand kingdom that; 25 and if a house against itself be divided, will not be able house that to stand. 26 And if Satan stood up against himself and was divided he cannot to stand but an end has. 27 But cannot not (any) one into the house of the strong man entering the goods of him to plunder, unless first the strong man he bind, and then the house of him he will plunder. 28 Truly I tell you that all will be forgiven to the sons of men the sins and the blasphemies, whatever they may blaspheme; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Spirit Holy, has not forgiveness unto the age, but liable is of an eternal sin. 30 Because they said: spirit an unclean he has. 31 And come the mother of him and the brothers of him, and outside standing sent to him calling him. 32 And sat round him a crowd, and they say to him: Behold the mother of thee and the brothers of thee and the sisters of thee outside seek thee. 33 And answering them he says: Who is the mother of me and the brothers? 34 And looking round (at) the (ones) round him in a circle sitting he says: Behold the mother of me and the brothers of me. 35 Whoever does the will of God, this one brother of me and sister and mother is.

2. (Authority) Extends to Good and bad

1: 12-13 Forth into desert bad and good spirits

3:13-19 Up into mountain good and bad disciples

1:12 And immediately the Spirit him thrust forth into the desert. 13 And he was in the desert forty days being tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

3:13 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to (him) (those) whom wished he, and they went to him. 14 And he made twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to proclaim 15 and to have authority to expel the demons; 16 and he made the twelve, and he added a name to Simon(,) Peter; 17 and James the (son) of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and he added to them a name(,) Boanerges, which is sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James to (son) of Alphaeus and thaddaeus and Simon the Cananaean 19 And Judas Iscariot, who indeed betrayed him.

3. (Authority) requires support

1: 14-20 Gallilee/ Sea - preaching c/f disciples

3:7-12 Sea - preaching c/f disciples

1:14 And after the to be delivered John came Jesus into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God 15 and saying "Has been fulfilled the time and has drawn near the kingdom of God: repent ye and believe in the gospel". 16 And passing along beside the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting (a net) in the sea for they were fishers. 17 And said to them Jesus: Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And immediately leaving the nets they followed him. 19 And going forward a little he saw James the (son) of Zebedee and John the brother of him even them in the ship mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them: and leaving the father of them Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants they went after him.

3:7 And Jesus with the disciples of him departed to the sea; and a much (great) multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan and round Tyre and Sidon, multitude a much (great), hearing what things he does, came to him. 9 And he told the disciples of him that a boat should remain near him because of the crowd, lest they should press upon him; 10 for many he healed, so as to fall upon him that him they might touch as many as had plagues. 11 and the spirits unclean, when him they saw, fell before him and cried out saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And much he warned them that not him manifest they should make.

4. (Authority) Challenges Corruption

1: 21-28 Capernaum/Synagogue V unclean spirits (silenced)

3:1-6 Synagogue V Pharisees (silenced)

1:21 And they enter into Capernaum: and immediately on the sabbaths entering into the synagogue he taught. 22 And they were astounded on(at) the teaching of him: he was for teaching them as authority having, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in the synagogue of them a man in spirit an unclean, and he cried out 24 saying: What to us and to thee, Jesus Nazarene? camest thou to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the holy (one) of God. 25 And rebuked him Jesus saying: Be quiet and come out of him. 26 And throwing him the spirit unclean and shouting voice with a great he came out out of him. 27 And were astounded all so that they debated saying: What is this? teaching a new by authority; and the spirits unclean he commands, and they obey him. 28 And went forth the report of him immediately everywhere into all the neighbourhood of Galilee.

3:1 And he entered again into a synagogue. And there was there a man having been withered having the hand; 2 and they watched carefully him if on the sabbaths he will heal him, that they might accuse him. 3 And he says to the man the hand having dry: Rise into the midst. 4 And he says to them. Lawful on the sabbaths good to do or to do evil, life to save or to kill? But they were silent. 5 And looking round (on) them with anger, being greatly grieved on(at) the hardness of the heart of them, he says to the man: Stretch forth the hand. And he stretched forth, and was restored the hand of him. 6 And going forth the Pharisees immediately with the Herodians counsel gave against him, that him they might destroy.

5. (Authority) Gives Priority to People

1: 29-34 House of Simon - priority to people	2:26-27 (House of God) -priority to people (note in Mark Jesus c/f David)
1:29 And immediately out of the synagogue going forth they came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 30 Now the mother-in-law of Simon was laid (aside) fever-stricken and immediately they tell him about her. 31 And approaching he raised her holding the (her) hand: and left her the fever and she served them. 32 And evening coming when set the sun, they brought to him all the (ones ill having the being demon-possessed; 33 and was all the city having been assembled at the door. 34 And he healed many ill having with various diseases and demons many he expelled, and did not allow to speak the demons because they knew him.		2:26 how he entered into the house of God on (in the days of) Abiathar high priest and the loaves of the setting forth ate, which it is not lawful to eat except the priests, and gave also to the (ones) with him being? 27 And he said to them: the sabbath on account of man was, and not man on account of the sabbath; 28 so as Lord is the Son of man also of the sabbath.

6. (Authority) Respects Human needs

1: 35-37 A desert place - need to pray

2:23-25 Cornfields - need to eat

1:35 And early in the night very rising up he went out and went away to a desert place and there prayed. 36 And hunted down him Simon and the (ones) with him, and found him and say to him. 37 All are seeking thee.

2:23 And it came to pass him on the sabbaths to pass through the cornfields, and the disciples of him began way to make plucking the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said to him: Behold why do on the sabbaths what is not lawful? 25 And he says to them; never read ye what did David, when need he had and hungered he and the (ones) with him?

7. (Authority) Can innovate new order

1: 38 came out (of home) - new order

2:15 - 22 came (out) - new order, c/f wine skins

1:38 And he says to them: Let us go elsewhere into the neighbouring towns, that also there I may proclaim; for for this (purpose) I came forth.

2:15 And it comes to pass to recline him in the house of him, and many tax-collectors and sinners reclined with Jesus and the disciples of him; for there were many and they followed him. 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees seeing that he eats (ate) with sinners and tax-collectors said to the disciples of him: With tax-collectors and sinners does he eat? 17 And hearing Jesus says to them, Not need have the (ones) being strong of a physician but the (ones) ill having: I came (forth) not to call righteous men but sinners. 18 And were the disciples of John and the Pharisees fasting. And they come and say to him: Why the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples do not fast? 19 And said to them Jesus: not can the sons of the bride chamber, while the bridegroom with them is, to fast? what time they have the bridegroom with them, not they can to fast. 20 But will come days when taken away from them the bridegroom and then they will fast in that day. 21 No one a patch cloth of unfulled sews on garment an old; otherwise, takes the fulness from itself the new the old and a worse rent occurs. 22 And no one puts wine new into wineskins old; otherwise, will burst the wine the wineskins, and the wine perishes and the wineskins. But wine new into wineskins fresh.

8 (Authority) Reaches to crowds

1: 39-45 Throughout Galilee(&seaside) - with crowds

2:13 - 14 Beside sea - with crowds

1:39 And he came proclaiming in the synagogues of them in all Galilee and the demons expelling. 40 And comes to him a leper beseeching him and falling on (his) knees saying to him. If thou art willing thou art able me to cleanse. 41 And being filled with tenderness stretching forth the his) hand him he touched and says to him: I am willing, be thou cleansed. 42 And immediately departed from him the leprosy, and he was cleansed. 43 And sternly admonishing him immediately he put out him, 44 And says to him: See no one no(any) thing thou tellest, but go thyself show to the priest and offer concerning the cleansing of thee (the things) which commanded Moses, for a testimony to them. 45 But he going out began to proclaim many things and to spread about the matter, so as he was no longer able openly into a city to enter, but outside on (in) desert places he was; and they came to him from all directions.

2:13 And he went forth again by the sea; and all the crowd came to him and he taught them. 14 And passing along he say Levi the (son) Alphaeus sitting on (in or at) the custom house, and says to him: Follow me. And rising up he followed him.

9. (Authority is) Ready to forgive

2: 1-12 .Capernaum/Home

"..authority.to forgive sin."..

2:1 And entering again into Capernaum through days it was heard that at home he is(was) 2 And were assembled many, so as no longer to have room not at the door, and he spoke to them the word. 3 And they come carrying to him a paralytic being borne by four (men). 4 And not being able to bring to him because of the crowd they unroofed the roof where he was, and having opened up they lower the mattress where the paralytic was lying. 5 And seeing Jesus the faith of them he says to the paralytic: Child, are forgiven of thee the sins. 6 Now there were some of the scribes there sitting and reasoning in the hearts of them: 7 Why this (man) thus speaks? he blasphemes: who can to forgive sins except one God? 8 And immediately knowing Jesus in the spirit of him that thus they reason among themselves, he says to them Why these things reason ye in the hearts of you? 9 What is easier, to say to the paralytic: are forgiven of thee the sins, or to say: Rise and take the mattress of thee and walk? 10 But that ye may know that authority has the Son of man to forgive sins on the earth, he says to the paralytic: 11 To thee I say, rise(,) take the mattress of thee and go to the house of thee. 12 And he arose and immediately taking the mattress he went forth before all, so that they were all astonished and glorified God saying Thus never we saw.

Note: stress on 'forgive' point c/f Matthew middle of Section C and at end of Section D. Also at end of Gospel c/f disciple failures. And also it is said by Jesus on the cross in Luke and is at end of gospel of Luke