How to read Mark's Gospel - Reading Guide

Mark’s Gospel is a brilliant way to meet Jesus in the pages of the Bible. You can read Mark’s Gospel from the Bible in about the same time it takes to read the sports section of the newspaper and chuckle over the cartoons (about two hours). That’s an awesome thing to do!

However, it may be bit like drinking from a fire hydrant.

Here is a reading plan to read Mark’s Gospel in 21 days. The first numbers are chapters and the second numbers are verses which are close enough to sentences. Mark 1:1 is Mark chapter 1 and verse 1.

If you don’t have a printed copy of Mark’s Gospel you can read it here.

  1. Mark 1:1-28

  2. Mark 1:29-2:12

  3. Mark 2:13-3:6

  4. Mark 3:7-34

  5. Mark 4:1-41

  6. Mark 5:1-20

  7. Mark 5:21-43

  8. Mark 6:1-29

  9. Mark 6:30-56

  10. Mark 7:1-37

  11. Mark 8:1-38

  12. Mark 9:1-32

  13. Mark 9:33-10:16

  14. Mark 10:17-52

  15. Mark 11:1-33

  16. Mark 12:1-44

  17. Mark 13:1-37

  18. Mark 14:1-52

  19. Mark 14:53-15:15

  20. Mark 15:16-47

  21. Mark 16

With thanks to Christianity Explored, The Gospel of Mark for this break down.

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How to read Mark’s Gospel - part 1

How to read Mark’s Gospel - part 2